On December 5th, a graying man in the audience of a seminar about cloning stood up and announced that he was starting to organize a clinic to clone human beings. Richard Seed, a Chicago-based entrepreneur, was not a familiar face to the crowd of geneticists, fertility experts and bioethicists. But, following the news last year about Dolly the cloned lamb, his audacious plan couldn’t simply be l...

spinoza thinks that god is the only existent substance and all things are manifestations of it. in his view the manifestations of god in all infinite worlds is by his attributes which are infinite numerally and by their natures and they are united with his nature. in this world his nature has manifested by two attributes: thought and extension. spinoza’s conception of god is so ambiguous that a...

This essay explores the first segment of Lot sub-narrative Abraham cycle (Gen 11:27–25:10). The study adopts a narrative close reading approach and canonical theological hermeneutical framework in its strategies (with canon’s reception history undergirding plausibility structures), aiming ultimately at unfolding world possibilities being-in-the-world text, particularly from an ethical standpoin...

In general, D = E + 4πP and H = B − 4πM, where P and M are the densities of electric and magnetic polarization, respectively, while Abraham (and Minkowski) considered only linear media, where D = E and B = μH. All media except vacuum have both and μ different from unity. However, most media have μ , and most discussion [2] of the Abraham and Minkowski momenta assume that μ = 1. In this idealize...

Mathematical Platonism is the view that mathematical objects exist. Traditional Pla-tonists believe that a world with no mathematical objects is consistent; subtle Platonists believe that such a world would be inconsistent. The easiest way of getting a handle on traditional Platonism is by imagining a creation myth. On the first day God created light; by the sixth day, she had created a large a...

The problem of evil continues to be a supposed 'safe haven 'for the skeptic. He believes that issue gives evidence to support his rebellious attitude toward God. Unfortunately, many evangelicals, by adopting theistic evolution, give credence to the skeptic's argument; because God would then have created pain and suffering to be inherent in the universe. As one rightly understands the Scriptures...

Two chitosan samples (medium molecular weight (MMCHI) and low molecular weight (LMCHI)) were investigated as an enzyme immobilization matrix for the fabrication of a glucose biosensor. Chitosan membranes prepared from acetic acid were flexible, transparent, smooth and quick-drying. The FTIR spectra showed the existence of intermolecular interactions between chitosan and glucose oxidase (GOD). H...

Alexander P. Zhuravel, B. G. Ghamsari, C. Kurter, P. Jung, S. Remillard, J. Abrahams, A. V. Lukashenko, Alexey V. Ustinov, and Steven M. Anlage 3 B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, UA-61103 Kharkov, Ukraine CNAM, Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA 20742-4111 Physikalisches Institut and DFG...

Despite the cultural ubiquity of ideas and images related to God, relatively little is known about the effects of exposure to God representations on behavior. Specific depictions of God differ across religions, but common to most is that God is (a) an omnipotent, controlling force and (b) an omniscient, all-knowing being. Given these 2 characteristic features, how might exposure to the concept ...