-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990124b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question > EASTERN INDONESIA DEATH TOLL RISES. (CNN) Indonesia's military threatened to shoot rioters, and dozens of houses burned Saturday as clashes between Christians and Muslims continued for a fifth day in eastern Indonesia. Police said at least 47 people have been killed since the violence flared on Tuesday. The death toll was expected to rise as searchers looked for more victims in the ashes of dozens of burned-out buildings. Your god or mine - see http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/23/indonesia.02/index.html : Does monotheism inevitably spark homicidal mania? Do polytheism, atheism? Is your religion worth killing or dying for? Are your politics, economics? > ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES DIRECTION. (CNN) Pope John Paul II sent a new message to Roman Catholics, denouncing capitalism and calling for out- reach to the rich as well as the poor. The pope presented a 24-page document outlining a change in direction for the church in the autumn of his papacy and the end of the millenium. http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/24/pope.01 : Is it capitalism that's a plague, or communism, or just industrialization? What are the viable alternatives? Should churches direct economies? Why? -R @ Related sites - Mexico: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/mx.html Mexico - Atlapedia Online: http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/mexico.htm Vatican Exhibit Rome Reborn: http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html Catholic Information Network (CIN): http://www.cin.org/ The Vatican - official site: http://www.vatican.va/ > SCIENTISTS LOOK AT BUILDING ARTIFICIAL LIFE. (CNN) Scientists busy trying to map all the genes in creatures ranging from bacteria to humans think they are on the verge of figuring out how to build an artificial life form, from genes. Just as Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein used bits of corpses to make a monster, Dr. J. Craig Venter hopes to salvage DNA from dead bacteria to construct his artificial bug. "We are asking whether it is ethical" - see http://cnn.com/US/9901/23/BC-SCIENCE-LIFE.reut/index.html and ponder. : How come nobody remembers that Frankenstein used magic, not science, to build his Creature? Would you like to build A-life? Will you join PETAL? [People for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial Lifeforms] Or maybe PETARD? [People for the Eventual Termination of American Rightwing Demagogues] How many fun PETA-derived acronyms can you devise? Does this get old fast? -Ric @ ONLINE SCIENCE EXPO. "Alpha release" of the National Center for Super- computing Applications (NCSA) "Science for the Millennium" - an online Science Expo. Initially, the expo will focus on astronomy and astrophysics, advanced computation, and virtual environments, altho later other areas of science and engineering may be added. See www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/ : What would you do with supercomputers, virtual environments, infinity? -R @ The mailing list for the discussion of the advancement of science in the context of society (especially educational, cultural and political concerns) is ready. To subscribe, send to email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following in the body of the email: subscribe scisoc Your Name : Do science [testing your notions], technology [providing for material needs] and engineering [building things] have different social contexts? -R @ PAVLOV, HIS DOG AND SCIENCE. The man who forced the world to reconsider spirituality once studied to become an Orthodox priest. But while in the seminary, Pavlov happened upon Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, and a tome by Russian physiologist Ivan Sechenov. Their ideas moved him in a way that theology didn't, and not long after, Pavlov took up natural science. See http://www.discovery.com/stories/wayback/wayback.html : Does this ring a bell? Did Darwin depopulate seminaries? Are you glad? -R # Some churches removing 'Baptist' designation to attract members. DALLAS (AP) The Rev. Roddy Clyde discovered that he could add hundreds of parish- ioners to his church simply by subtracting the word "Baptist" from its name. "I'm not ashamed to be a Baptist, but a brand name can be a hindrance," Rev. Clyde said. "Some people mistakenly associate the Baptist name with an angry, judgmental kind of fundamentalism." Softening the image - see http://www.cnn.com/US/9901/12/AM-Baptists-NameChange.ap/index.html : What churches will survive? Is this as evolution in action? How? --Ric > SPACE STATION LIFEBOAT: NASA draws on familiar technology to create space- ship for the future. (CNN) Built from off-the-shelf parts, NASA's new space 'lifeboat' looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle. But its parachute delivery from orbit looks more like a cargo airdrop than a space- flight. Hodge-podge - http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9901/19/x38/index.html : How many of these should go onto every shuttle? 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