If God Be for us

If God plays dice , must we do the same ?

Entanglement between separate, distant systems, be it pairs of photon, atoms or molecules, is a well-documented phenomenon. It is the bases for emerging quantum information technologies, including cryptographic secure keys, quantum teleportation and quantum computing. At present there is a consensus among physicists that the violation of nonlocality, prescribed by quantum mechanics, should be a...

Can There Be Alternative Concepts of God?

1. Can it be consistent to adhere to theism, and yet to reject the belief that omniGod exists, where "omniGod" means a unique omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, supernatural person who is creator and sustainer of all else that exists? On the assumptions prevailing within Philosophy of Religion, at least as practised by analytical philosophers, the answer is clearly "No." Such philosophers ...

"If not us, who? If not now, when?".

"If God wanted me yesterday, I wouldn't be here today": religious and spiritual themes in patients' experiences of advanced cancer.

BACKGROUND This study sought to inductively derive core themes of religion and/or spirituality (R/S) active in patients' experiences of advanced cancer to inform the development of spiritual care interventions in the terminally ill cancer setting. METHODS This is a multisite, cross-sectional, mixed-methods study of randomly-selected patients with advanced cancer (n = 68). Scripted interviews ...

If you wanna be loved

We enjoyed reading Jordan Raff’s My word article [1], in which he expressed dismay at the lack of interest the British public take in science and contrasted this with his experiences in the US. He also indicated that local politicians and school children did not visit scientific institutions in the UK and that his colleagues were less than enthusiastic when confronted with the idea that such vi...