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The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the biblical flood was actually based on real events. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour for ABC News, Robert Ballard, one of the world's best-known…
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A cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets. Blake Page announced his decision to quit the U.S. Military Academy this week in a much-discussed online post that echoed the sentiments of soldiers…
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As more business leaders express concern over the possibility of a year-end fiscal cliff, safe haven investments like gold appear more enticing. But experts also warn against jumping into the gold rush. Raymond Key, head of metals trading at Deutsche Bank, told Bloomberg News this week he expects gold to surpass $2,000 an ounce next…
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Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. Ape-man. Man-beast. The shaggy, towering, yet elusive, creature goes by many names and there has been no shortage of tales of unexplained sightings in the woods. People really want to believe Bigfoot is real, and for decades, dozens of Yeti hunters have tried to prove its existence. Never mind the fact that…
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The philanthropic arm of shipping giant UPS said it will no longer give money to the Boy Scouts of America as long as the group discriminates against gays, the second major corporation to recently strip funding from the scouts. The UPS Foundation made the change Thursday after an online petition protesting its annual grants to…
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The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Japanese tsunami. The sinking of the Titanic. These were unfathomable disasters that cost thousands of lives, and yet some people claim that they had premonitions that foretold these catastrophic events. Dr. Larry Dossey studied numerous examples of premonitions for his book, "The Power of Premonitions." To combat…
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Neuropsychiatrist and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's recent book on the brain, art and the creative process is a fascinating look into the brand new area of research called "neuroaesthetics." Just as fascinating is his perspective on turn-of-the-century Vienna, the city of his birth, which later expelled him for being Jewish. When Auguste Rodin visited Vienna…
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In his Nashville Christian church, Timothy Kurek was taught the lesson of God's wrath in the Biblical story of "Sodom and Gomorrah," and he believed that homosexuality was a sin. "You learned to be very afraid of God," said Kurek. According to the preachings of his church, "The loving thing to do is to tell…
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Jenny McCarthy grew up very fast in the public eye as a sexy pin-up girl for Playboy magazine, but as a young girl growing up in Chicago's South Side, she was deeply religious. "[My sisters and I] used to lay with rosaries and statues all over our bodies because we thought that would protect us…
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