Religions change with culture. Those that don't change die out and become mythology and/or action heroes (Thor, Hercules, Merlin). The religions we all follow have adapted successfully through many cultural shifts. How do they do that? Given that most current religions have a scriptural basis that is often centuries-old, how do we adapt old texts to new understandings? Is this legitimate? How do different religions deal with the conflict between old and new interpretations? Might there come a time when we need a new religion with a new (digital) text? Is it already here?

Afull irb committee meeting is convened and one agenda item is a new research proposal to evaluate how mothers interact with their learning-disabled child. the inclusion criteria require the children to be a minimum of five years of age. the protocol requires the mother of the child to look at the child without any expression and not to talk to the child for three minutes. the committee determined that the mother's required task may upset the child. the irb approved the study with appropriate language in the parental permission form regarding the possibility that children might become upset. after the start of the study, the principal investigator reports to the irb that, as expected, one of the children became upset. the incident was handled according to the protocol and the child is fine. what should the irb do with regard to this report?

What is a common factor all nonprofit businesses share? they pay no income tax. they have no capital. they are national in scope. they perform charitable acts.

In the case of furman v. georgia (1972), the united states supreme court ruled that the death penalty- in specific cases- being arbitrarily and inconsistently imposed, often in a discriminatory manner. as a result, the imposition of the death penalty as a punishment was stopped throughout the united states.