Conflicting Perspectives on the Motivation of the Civil War

    It has come to my attention through many discussions that there remains a deep emotional and intellectual cut between the North and the South, concerning the precipitous debate of the American Civil War. The North upholds the abolition of slavery, the South defends slavery as an economic necessity of the period. Everyone seems to agree that slavery is wrong, southerners feel ostracized. Country folk are stereotyped as racists, illiterate, extremist, and are largely separated from scholarly contributions. As such, the history books are written in a Northern slant. So then, what is the truth behind this bitter divide?

Thought of a new scientific proof for God

One of the major debates between scientists and theologians is whether the incredible statistical improbability of the universal conditions--from the big bang, to the goldilocks zone, to the laws of physics themselves--is a result of a creator, or just chance.