The Immensity of It All

Heart of Bio-Ethics

Pure Science

Happy Thanksgiving
By the President of the United States of America: a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor–and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me `to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. Now therefore I do recommend and ass

Absolute Relativism
In Hamlet, William Shakespeare declares: “There is nothing either good nor bad but thinking makes it so.” This also seems to be the mantra of the day: There is no universal right and there is no universal wrong – Morality is relative to the person and place in which it is applied. You might have heard someone say, “there’s no right and there’s no wrong,” but you have to ask yourself, is their statement right or wrong? And I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “It’s wrong for you to impose your morals on me!” But if

Did Jesus Really Claim to be God?
Throughout history, many religious voices have competed for our attention. Why should we consider the message of Jesus above those of Muhammad or Confucius, Buddha or Joseph Smith? After all, don’t all roads, if faithfully traveled, lead to heaven? Aren’t all religions basically the same? When you earnestly investigate the many religions, you’ll discover that only Jesus speaks with the authority of God. You see, he didn’t claim to be another religious prophet; he claimed to be the Son of God! “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I Am!” At this they picked up stones to ston

Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
“Of old in the beginning, there was the great chaos, without form and dark. The five elements [planets] had not begun to revolve, nor the sun and moon to shine. You, O Spiritual Sovereign [ShangDi], first divided the grosser parts from the purer. You made heaven. You made earth. You made man. All things with their reproducing power got their being.” – Chinese emperor recitation from the ancient “Border Sacrifice,” translated by James Legge, The Notions of t

Ready, Set, SMASH!
“It’s called the Large Hadron Collider, and its purpose is simple but ambitious: to crack the code of the physical world; to figure out what the universe is made of; in other words, to get to the very bottom of things.” (Joel Achenbach, National Geographic) After a few stutter starts and break-downs, it appears that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) beam test of September 10, 2009 worked. Now, all eyes are set on October 21, 2009, when those beams are scheduled to be “smashed” together for the first time. Fun stuff! And a great reason to re-visit the “world’s largest experimental machine” of all time… The LHC is on