What Differentiates Man from the Animals

Charles Jefferson, author of The Character of Jesus:

"The only thing which places a man above the beasts of the field is his possession of the spiritual gifts. … Man’s earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, and his soul upon the things which contribute to the comfort and gratification of his physical instincts and passions, or whether he will make as his life's end and purpose the acquisition of spiritual qualities."

Another thought: "I don't doubt His wisdom; only my understanding of it."

Climate Change Falls Further Apart

An LA Times reports that scientists have determined that sunspots have far greater effect on our climate than they realized. Other articles point out that termites emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide, with some articles reporting they emit as much as ten times what humans do.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-goldberg1-2009sep01,0,2797425.column

"What does it say that the modeling that guaranteed disastrous increases in global temperatures never predicted the halt in planetary warming since the late 1990s? (MIT's Richard Lindzen says that "there has been no warming since 1997 and no statistically significant warming since 1995.") What does it say that the modelers have only just now discovered how sunspots make the Earth warmer?"

http://ilovecarbondioxide.com/2009/04/termites-emit-ten-times-more-co2-than.html
Claims termites emit more CO2 than humans.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061104084951.htm
Claims natural sources, including termites, emit 40% of the CO2.