Dr. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and a monthly columnist for Scientific American, presents his most popular lecture on science, pseudoscience, and superstitions, explaining mysteries and exploring the psychology of why people believe them. In the process, Dr. Shermer will consider how science works by looking at how it does not work. Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publish...

The request to see God is one of the theological paradoxes mentioned in the life story of Prophet Moses (a) that apparently opposes his infallibility. The verse 143 of the chapter A’rāf is one of the places this story is narrated. The opponents of infallibility suggest that Moses knew God is not physical or visible, nor occupies a place, so why did he have such a request? The answer is that he ...

arabic language spread in different parts ofpersiaafter arabic-islamic expansion in this territory. the iranians were interested in learning arabic, because it was the language of the qoran and islam and its injunctions which were based on monoism and unity of god; and equality and justice this is why one not find a book composed in scientific or historical or religious subjects or on etics dur...

1.1 A Comic Example I recently came across an evangelical comic strip discussing whether evolutionary theory is true. The strip consists of a dialogue between a righteous college student and his arrogant atheist college professor, and the student is on the verge of convincing his professor of the literal truth of the Book of Genesis when he switches tacks. “Protons have positive charge,” he poi...

2. J. Kilner, R. Orr, J.A. Shelly (eds.), The Changing Face of Health Care (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans/London: Paternoster, 1998). 3. N.P. Wolterstorff, 'The Role of Religion in Decision and Discussion of Political Issues', in: R. Audi and N.P. Wolterstorff, Religion in the Public Square (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), 67-120. 4. J.A. Shelly, 'Working Toward Shalom: The Core of Nursing Practi...

1. Read Matthew 4:1-11 and discuss the following questions 2. Why do you think Satan was tempting Jesus, what was his purpose 3. Why did The Spirit of God lead Jesus into the desert to be tempted, why did God allow it? 4. How did Jesus resist the devils temptations — what did he do? 5. What did the devil do when he realized he would not be successful? 6. Based on the versus below what is the so...

The question “Why is there anything at all rather than absolutely nothing?” was not a question medieval Arabic-speaking philosophers were prone to raise, at least not in this exact wording. Instead, they were more concerned with the related question, “Why is there a world rather than no world at all?” or more exactly, “Why does the world have the particular features that it has?” Certainly in t...