Neighborliness Common Ground for the Children of Abraham
Perhaps the most famous of all of the parables of Jesus is the parable of the Good Samaritan…
Issue 64 (July - August 2008)
19 articles
Crime in the Mind of Dostoyevsky
The theoretical study of crime, due to its potential to provide us with a way to understand the…
Qalb (Heart) – 2
Belief is the life of the heart; worship is the blood flowing in its veins; and reflection, self-supervision,…
A Pair of New Shoes
A pair of young feet in a pair of very old shoes walked along an awfully muddy road.…
Radar-Evading Moths
Members of the animal kingdom are equipped with amazing features. Every species has a particular gift for communication,…
Scope of the Scientific Method and What Remains Beyond
Once Newton published his Principia in 1687, the world was never the same again. In a mere 750…
Is the Suffering in the World in Agreement with God’s Mercy?
To some individuals who want to believe, in particular, young minds, the pain and suffering that exist in…
A Journey into Our Body with B12
Vitamins are organic (carbon-based) compounds that are necessary in tiny amounts for the biochemical activities that take place…
Sources of Happiness
Happiness is a subjective concept that evades accurate definitions or objective measurements. Social scientists, philosophers, and ordinary people…
Suffering and Mercy
Last month marked a great loss in world literature; on June 10 Chingiz Aytmatov died. This author, who…
On the Unscientific Basis of the Crusade of Some Scientists against Religion
The voices as well as popularity of certain anti-religion scientists have increased lately. Such figures as evolutionary biologist…
Longing for Love
It seems that we have forgotten how to act like human beings. We are far removed from representing…
It’s me, Peter, your Stomach!
Dear Peter, when your heart was telling you about itself in the previous issue (and perhaps you got…
Confinement Systems for Fusion
The world’s energy sources are limited and in four or five decades they will be in short supply.…
We should think well of others
People’s way of thinking shapes their behavior. The way they are is parallel to how they think, and…