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“Respected scientific studies show that homosexuals can change their sexual orientation”
o The Kinsey Institute reports that 84% of the homosexuals they studied had shifted their sexual orientation at least once; 32% of them reported a second shift, and 13% reported five changes, during their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
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PEACE CORP VOLUNTEER STUDIES
Some years ago a study was conducted among Peace Corps volunteers. Researchers took a random sample of volunteers and split them into two roughly equal groups: those who completed their tour commitments and those who returned home early because of "problems of
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 5, 2002
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A recent study by the University of Chicago showed couples who stay in an unhappy marriage and endure it are more likely to be happy 5 years later than those who decide to divorce. The study noted that even if no work is done on the marriage, ongoing problems were often viewed in new perspective
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
A study was recently completed on corporate managers. In it they were asked if they voiced positions that 1. focused on the good of the company, rather than personal benefit and 2. jeopardized their own careers. Emerging from this study were the four leader-types which are found in all
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2008
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Recent studies in psychology suggest that the pursuit of self-interest may not be the
clearest path to the greater good or personal happiness, as so widely assumed. When
researchers study what makes us happy, they find that it is not personal wealth, the
strength of the stock market, inflation,
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 29, 2011
HOME BIBLE STUDY FINED
San Juan Capistrano, CA -- 2011: Chuck and Stephanie Fromm were fined $300 and ordered to stop holding a regular Bible study at their home. The meeting violates a city ordinance as a "church" and not as a private gathering, they were told. They also face additional charges
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Scientists were studying the impact of a high-cholesterol diet on heart disease. To measure this effect, they fed a group of genetically similar rabbits the same high-cholesterol diet. To their amazement, half the rabbits developed heart troubles, while the others were normal, with no noticeable
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
In our study group, it was mentioned that if someone broke in and stole all the Christmas gifts not to mention the decorations and Christmas ham, then most of us would have a pretty miserable Christmas. Very few of us would get up and see the empty house and walk outside and start singing the
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Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
In 2006 a study was done on the lifespan of people. It was determined that the average person would be alive for around 65 years. That is 3,380 weeks, or 23,725 days, or 569,400 hours, or 34,164,000 minutes, or 2,049,840,000 seconds that the average person is alive. Of course I just wasted like
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 15, 2008
"Without regular, personal Bible study and prayer, we are not really walking with Christ as His followers, and we are certainly not obeying Him in specifics."
[James Montgomery Boice,
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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A 1984 study done by McWhirter & Mattison was supposed to show that homosexual relationships are as stable as heterosexual relationships. To prove this point 165 "stable" gay couples were studied to see what percentage would remain monogamous for five years. The study had to be called off because
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