On Science and Religion
Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish. — Pope John Paul II
On Rot in Democracy
What a rot is democracy without religion! — J. R R. Tolkien
I Don’t Believe In Puberty
Well, I believe in it as the title for a period of time during which a child becomes an adult human being. I don’t believe in it as an excuse, as a way to blame something when we parents feel guilty or helpless. Perhaps puberty is a crisis. But it is our crisis, not the […]
What About the Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin, which is believed to have wrapped Jesus’ body after his Crucifixion, is a seemingly inexhaustible source of discoveries and disputes between historians and scientists — and between men of faith themselves, some seeing it as a simple icon symbolizing the death and resurrection of Christ, while others remain convinced of its […]
Maths of Good and Evil
We cannot fight evil with evil. We can fight evil only by adding good deeds to the “common good”.
God’s Voice Message to Humankind
In one of the episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, Debra (Patricia Heaton) records a voice message ho her husband Ray: “I will never leave you … you stupid, stupid man!’ That sounds like a God’s voice message to the whole humankind.