Creationism and Intelligent Design are prescriptive terms for a “God-centered” definition of where we come from and where we are going. These are very specific dogmas that were introduced as a smoke screen into educational curriculum by those who were opposed to evolution as a suitable topic for teaching in school biology courses.
In my earlier [...]Click here to read more...»
Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design: Some Random Thoughts
AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON MEDICAL PHYSICS & ASSOCIATED DISCIPLINES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
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A two day Seminar on Medical Physics and associated disciplines will be held within the period of late May or early June, 2010. The seminar is being organized [...]Click here to read more...»
Are human rights universal?
The Roman Catholic Archbishop Dom Helder Camara famously said, “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
I work to protect and promote the rights of people. The government and groups with different names and notions challenge me. [...]Click here to read more...»
Political Correctness or Suicide?
Several empires (e.g., Roman, Islamic, British, etc.) have ruled the world in the past for centuries. They all achieved their hegemonies around the world mostly through violence and terror. While the Roman and the British Empires were all about establishing their territorial hegemonies and trades, the Islamic Empire, on the other hand, was only about [...]Click here to read more...»
Calling Radicalization, instead of Islamization: Ignorance or Political Correctness?
By Syed Kamran Mirza
Mirza.syed@gmail.com
December 30, 2009
["Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." (Blaise Pascal, mathematician, 1670)]
Over whelming ignorance of the western world about the roots of Islamic terrorism, erroneously calling radicalization instead of Islamization due to Political Correctness is ruining the success of war on [...]Click here to read more...»
Cheers!
Cheers!
Jiten Roy
We just finished celebrating the Durga-Puja during September - October, and Thanksgiving in November. Here, I am getting ready to celebrate Christmas in December, just like many other years before. I have decorated my house with colorful lights, extended invitation to my friends to spend the Christmas Eve with us. My wife is [...]Click here to read more...»
Sin sounds strange and strong
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall,” wrote William Shakespeare, expressing the concept of sin in his own way, painting with his pen a vivid picture of “sin” and “sinners”. The mysterious concept of sin starts in religion as a way of introducing the supremacy of a perfect God, while Satan emerges from [...]Click here to read more...»
Bin Laden’s track gone cold, America now says. Is he alive though?
The defense secretary of America, Robert Gates, told American TV media on December 5, 2009 that American intelligence has no idea where Osama bin Laden is residing these days. This is quite a revelation!
America routinely sends rocket ships to Mars, spends billions of dollars to gather intelligence on other nations, and the great nation [...]Click here to read more...»
Excerpt from “History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science” By John William Draper
Will modern civilization consent to abandon the career of advancement which has given it so much power and happiness? Will it consent to retrace its steps to the semi-barbarian ignorance and superstition of the middle ages? Will it submit to the dictation of a power, which, claiming divine authority, can present no adequate credentials of [...]Click here to read more...»