A Debate on the Argument from Contingency Father F. C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell Broadcast in 1948 on the Third Program of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Copleston: As we are going to discuss the existence of God, it might perhaps be as well to come to some provisional agreement...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
There are generally three types of space colonies that are being proposed by scientists. These are: Colonies located on satellites or asteroids, colonies that are located on other planets and finally, completely artificial space colonies. The idea of space colonies have long been discussed and...
Sir Isaac Newton was a prominent English scientist that is considered one of the most influential and brilliant people in the history of humankind. He was a renowned physicist, mathematicians, historian, philosopher and theologian. His early life was characterized by a sad experience of family...
All Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are negatively charged particles. These orbit the nucleus, similar to the way planets orbit the sun. They are “held together’ to the atom’s nucleus by the electromagnetic forces. Electrons are very, very small—about 1/1000 the...
Some things might have been better off not being invented. Now we're not denying that these come with some good ... convenience, connectedness, etc. We're just saying... sometimes the bad seems to outweigh the good.
A Dyson sphere is a theoretical structure of massive size but it doesn’t exist in reality because it is a hypothetical entity. The Dyson sphere is so huge that it is envisioned to completely envelop a star and thus allow it keep the energy radiated by the reactions that take place in the star’s...
In 1948 a Dutch theoretical physicist named Hendrik Casimir predicted that two uncharged plates, when placed very close to each other in a vacuum, would have a tiny attractive force. Ten years later, his theory was validated by Marcus Spaarnay. Scientists eventually explained that the “Casimir”...
