Voltaire, regarded by some as a realist and by others as a cynic, remarked that 'if God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him'. One suspects that this comment is equally applicable to placental insufficiency, a concept that has similarly attracted not only faithful adherence but also bewildered agnosticism or defiant disbelief. Placental insufficiency has been largely defined in cli...

In the beginning there was Aristotle And objects at rest tended to remain at rest And objects in motion tended to come to rest And soon everything was at rest And God saw that it was boring. Then God created Newton And objects at rest tended to remain at rest But objects in motion tended to remain in motion And energy was conserved and momentum was conserved and matter was conserved And God saw...

ho was Hermes? The great 19th century German mythographer, W.H.Roscher, identified Hermes as the wind, subsuming under this basic identity all of his other roles and attributes Hermes as servant and messenger of the sky god Zeus, Hermes as swift and winged, Hermes as thief and bandit, Hermes as inventor of the pipes and lyre, Hermes as guide of souls and as god of dreams and sleep, Hermes as pr...

The religious experience of Suun Choe Jeu (水雲 崔濟愚, 1824–1864) was a decisive starting point for the Donghak (東學, Eastern Learning) religion. This paper illustrates how Suun’s experiences—which are both dualistic and monistic—are foundational to conception God integral Donghak’s unique ethical framework. Whereas experiences manifested in first encounter with Sangje 1860 Cheonsa mundap (天師問答, “co...

In the penultimate chapter of the Bible, in the opening statement of the very last speech God makes in the whole of the Christian Scriptures, God says: "Behold I am making all things new" (Rev 21:5). The prophet sees the old heavens and the old earth the universe as it now is passing away, and new heavens and a new earth, God's new creation of all things, coming into being. It is not that God r...

Glucose oxidase (GOD) is an important enzyme that finds a wide range of applications in food and pharmaceutical industry. In this investigation the feasibility of using rice polish as a substrate for the production of GOD by Penicillium notatum in submerged fermentation (SmF) has been evaluated. The intention was to enhance total GOD activity by the selection of economical substrate, microorgan...

An enzymatic reaction rate of glucose oxidase (GOD) using ferricyanide ion ([Fe(CN)(6)](3-)) as an oxidant significantly increased by the addition of ε-poly-L-lysine (ε-PL). The bimolecular rate constant between GOD and [Fe(CN)(6)](3-) in the presence of ε-PL reached about 10000-fold relative to what it was measured without the ε-PL, and the Michaelis constant decreased. The reaction rate reach...

Religious beliefs often persist among unaffiliated young adults, and certain beliefs about God have been shown to support subjective well-being. Yet we know much less about the persistence or psychological impact of religious experiences, specifically miracles from God. I conceive of such experiences as faith pinnacle moments which express and reinvigorate the individual's reciprocal bond with ...

(1) God exists in the understanding but not in reality. (Supposition) (2) Existence in reality is greater than existence in the understanding alone. (Premise) (3) God’s existence in reality is conceivable. (Premise) (4) If God did exist in reality, then he would be greater than he is (from (1) and (2)). (5) It is conceivable that there be a being greater than God is (from (3) and (4)). (6) It i...

In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. ...Then God commanded, "Let there be light" and light appeared....Then He commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"--and it was done. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw....Then God commanded, "Let the ear...