Marilyn vos savant religion

AUSTRALIAN TRIP. Many of you have commented about our annual summer seminar program, which in was to Australia. With a group of Christians from America, we spent two weeks in Australia under the direction of Queenslander Travel (a Christian tour and travel business in Denver). During the two week trip, we presented programs in Blacktown, Cairns, and Brisbane and had the pleasure of staying with Christian families in all three towns. In Cairns, we presented a public university program that was very well attended from the community.

We will have some articles in future issues of this journal about the biology, geology, and anthropology of Australia, but the need for evidence material in Australia and New Zealand cannot be over- emphasized. The only contact the general Australian public has had with evidence material is the anti-evolution material of denomina-tional creationist groups, which they have generally rejected because of the adversarial approach and scientific problems. We had the same experience with non-christians in Australia that we have in the United States with people saying "we would really like to believe in God and in Christ, but no one has shown us that we can intelligently believe in God without embracing things we know are wrong." We have a large number of people we are studying with and hope that in the future we will be able to be of greater use to this beautiful land of people who are generally frustrated with the secular leadership they have experienced on an educational, political and social basis.

CHRISCROSS--A NEAT IDEA FOR TEENS. The La Grange Church of Christ (PO Box , La Grange, TX , phone /) has a neat idea for teens which they are calling ChrisCross. What is involved is a pen pal concept of putting teens in contact with teens in other countries with similar background. Teens who are Christians can write the LaGrange congregation for an application form to fill out expressing their interests. They

American columnist, author and lecturer (born )

Marilyn vos Savant (VOSS sə-VAHNT; born Marilyn Mach; August 11, ) is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Since , she has written "Ask Marilyn", a Parade magazine Sunday column wherein she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects, and which popularized the Monty Hall problem in

Biography

Marilyn vos Savant was born Marilyn Mach on August 11, , in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant. Savant says one should keep premarital surnames, with sons taking their father's and daughters their mother's. The word savant, meaning someone of learning, appears twice in her family: her grandmother's name was Savant; her grandfather's, vos Savant. She is of Italian, Czechoslovak, German, and Austrian ancestry, being descended from the physicist and philosopherErnst Mach.

As a teenager Savant worked in her father's general store and wrote for local newspapers using pseudonyms. She married at 16 and divorced 10 years later. Her second marriage ended when she was

She went to Meramec Community College and studied philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis but quit two years later to help with a family investment business. Savant moved to New York City in the s to pursue a career in writing. Before starting "Ask Marilyn", she wrote the Omni I.Q. Quiz Contest for Omni, which included intelligence quotient (IQ) quizzes and expositions on intelligence and its testing.

Savant married Robert Jarvik (one of the co-developers of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart) on August&#;23, , and was made Chief Financial Officer of Jarvik Heart, Inc. She has served on the board

Since many will enjoy special time with family and friends over the next few days in America celebrating Thanksgiving, the focus of today&#;s meditation is a list to stimulate good discussion. Through our interaction, I hope we can encourage one another to live out our faith generously, so that when we scatter, our impact multiplies.

There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. Proverbs

Seven Sacred Virtues to Replace the Seven Deadly Sins

1. Humility instead of pride
2. Generosity instead of covetousness
3. Restraint instead of lust
4. Kindness instead of anger
5. Moderation instead of gluttony
6. Charity instead of envy
7. Diligence instead of sloth

Marilyn vos Savant in The Speaker&#;s Quote Book: Over 5, Illustrations and Quotations for All Occasions, ed. Roy B. Zuck (Grand Rapids: Kregel, )

Here&#;s an interesting set of facts. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, penned today&#;s passage in Proverbs containing the seven deadly sins. Marilyn vos Savant, known widely as the world&#;s smartest woman, added the seven complementary virtues. Seriously, she&#;s in the Guinness Book of World Records for posting a score on an IQ test.

Perhaps over a meal with family and friends, take turns going around the table and sharing about why we must pursue these virtues and avoid these sins. Perhaps print the list, cut it into seven pieces, put them in a bowl in the middle of the table and take turns pulling one out and testifying in your own words the significance of each virtue and the dangers of each vice.

We plan to do intentional activities like this one with our loved ones. We are so excited that our daughter, Sophie, flew in last night with her boyfriend, P