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A record-low 20 percent of Americans believe the Bible is the literal word of God, down from 24 percent the last time Gallup asked the question in 2017 and half of what it was at its high points in 1980 and 1984. Meanwhile, 29 percent currently say the Bible is a collection of “fables, legends,…

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When Joseph Kennedy began kneeling on the football field after games to pray, he probably had no idea the decision would land him in the Supreme Court. The former Bremerton, Washington high school assistant football coach had started the practice in 2008. Initially, he went by himself, but eventually, other students, including some on the…

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Things looked bleak for Texas A&M’s pitcher Nathan Dettmer on June 17th, after a tough 13-8 loss to the Oklahoma University Sooners. A college sophomore, Dettmer had started the game and given up 7 runs, getting himself pulled from the game in the second inning. Depressed and in tears, Dettmer found himself in a very…

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Most U.S. adults believe in God, but the 81 percent who do so is down six percentage points from 2017 and is the lowest in Gallup’s trend. Between 1944 and 2011, more than 90 percent of Americans believed in God. Gallup’s May 2-22 Values and Beliefs poll finds 17 percent of Americans saying they do…

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The strawberry supermoon, which will be visible on June 21st this year, has some people wondering if it might be a sign of the end times. What is a supermoon? A supermoon is a full moon that will be much larger than a typical full moon as it’s much closer to the earth. Supermoons usually…

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