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By John Fernandez A recently published letter written by Albert Einstein casts a disparaging light on the Bible. According to the letter, Einstein believed that the Bible was a “product of human weaknesses” based on “primitive” and “childish” legends. This is not really news, since Einstein was already on record saying that he considered [...] By Rusty Wright When you suddenly learn you might have only 18 months to live, it’s a good time to sort out what really matters in life. Last December, Yang Chen, MD, dismissed an aching pain under his shoulder as muscle strain. Five weeks later, as the pain persisted, a chest x-ray brought shocking results: [...]
2.1 billion of the 6.5 billion people worldwide call themselves Christian, including Roman Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Mormons, and Jehovah Witnesses. This makes Christianity the largest religion. Islam, which has 1.5 billion followers, is the fastest growing religion and will likely overtake Christianity within our lifetimes.
By Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. I am a scientist and a believer, and I find no conflict between those world views. As the director of the Human Genome Project, I have led a consortium of scientists to read out the 3.1 billion letters of the human genome, our own DNA instruction book. As [...]
Those who believe they believe in God but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself. Madelein L’Engle (1918-2007) The following article by Everett Piper does an excellent job explaining why ideas about religion and philosophy matter. Two Christmases ago I was watching the movie Polar Express with my sons, Seth and Cobi. As you likely know, this movie is a digitally animated 3D production that stars Tom Hanks as the conductor of a [...] Here’s a short clip from The Genius Club, in which seven geniuses with IQs over 200 try to solve the world’s problems in one night, including hunger, war, cancer, and terrorism. If they fail, the world will come to an end. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15NEmXTn58U] In his new book, Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend, Ravi Zacharias presents a collection of essays on the topic of Christian apologetics in a post-modern world. The following is a review posted at Amazon.com. Beyond Opinion is filled with lots of good, helpful, interesting information, if you are interested in the field [...] Boston College professor, Peter Kreeft, is one of my favorite teachers and commentators on the philosophy of religion. Here’s his take on whether the existence of God can be proved (or disproved). Before we answer this question, we must distinguish five questions that are often confused. 1. First, there is the question of whether something exists [...] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BFEhkIujA] |
  
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