Summer 2007

Several leading writers have recently authored books with the intent of showing that belief in God is irrational. Is it?

Manipulation of religious fervor is an important element in the rise and rule of dictators such as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and Kim Il-sung.

Mao received the Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in Beijing in June 1975 to congratulate him on installing radical communism in one fell swoop.

Kim Il-sung of North Korea created his own postcommunist Juche ideology of self-reliance, perpetuating a personality cult and savior dynasty.

“Where did the universe come from?” The “big bang” theory has become the dominant answer to that question. But what happened before the big bang?

Is science opening the way to a new form of human spirituality that will transcend ancient ideas of a supernatural creator? Astronomer Nahum Arav seems to think so.

Hubble became known as the man who made the smartest man in the world change his mind about the structure of the universe.

Paul’s final visit to Jerusalem resulted in riots, beatings, imprisonment, hearings before governors and a king, and finally an appeal to Caesar.

Would eradicating all forms of religious belief remove terror from our world?

As a veritable cascade of material wealth floods much of the globe, many wonder why they do not feel any happier or more content with life.

Whatever objectives parents have for their children, bookstore shelves bulge with advice to help parents achieve them. But which do we choose?

Whatever his intentions and sources were, Edgar Allan Poe would probably be surprised by how well his ideas are borne out in modern cosmology’s story of the universe.