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Saturday, 6 June 2015

The Great Paradox of Religions II: Believe or not

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The fundament of religions is that God exists, that God is reality; yet, many humans are incapable of seeing this reality. Religion therefo...
Thursday, 25 December 2014

The true meaning of “do they know it’s Christmas”, band aid 30, explained.

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It’s Christmas time – and there’s no need to be afraid At Christmas time – we let in light – and banish shade In other words, we buy o...
Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Wem hilft Band Aid 30 wirklich?

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“Do they know it’s Christmas?” ist seit 30 Jahren wieder ein Top Ten Hit in Deutschland.   Vor 30 Jahren haben wir gespendet damit in Äthi...
Saturday, 11 October 2014

Happy 50th Anniversary, Bell's Theorem

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It's the 50th anniversary of the Bell's Theorem. Nobody has to date been able to prove it wrong, so now be prepared to give up one ...
Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Death by Elevator

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Here is one of the least documented, but nonetheless most devastating evils of our society: the 'DOOR CLOSE' button in elevators. I...

The Pope's 10 tips for happiness.

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It doesn't matter that I am not a Catholic Christian; this Pope 'my pope', and a true guide. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/04...
Sunday, 20 July 2014

Bioscience Faculty position outside the US

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Given the ongoing deterioration of living and working conditions for US scientists in faculty positionsm more and more scientists in the...

Reductionism, Globalization and Faith

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Dear Dr. Malki, I have read your book Reductionism, Globalization and Faith with much joy and relief. The world needs people like you ...
Saturday, 5 July 2014

The critical state of scientists-when do we jump?

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You certainly know the image of the frog, that you can place in cold water. If you heat the water slowly, the frog will not jump out of the...

The World's End?

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All day and night, music, a quiet and bright reedsong. If it fades, we fade. Rumi (transl. C. Barks)
Saturday, 21 June 2014

Fête de la musique in Saudi Arabia

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21. of June, for the fete de la musique I managed to find a particularly dead street in a particularly derelict area next to Thuwal, Saudi ...
Monday, 9 June 2014

So God created mankind in his own image

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Monotheistic religions somehow assume that God created humans in her own image. Hence we are the closest to God, and the most like God. I w...
Friday, 7 February 2014

truth & religion

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Krishnamurthi said that 'truth cannot be given to you by someone - you have to discover it by yourself'. The same is true for spiri...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013

The counter-intuitive restrictions on Allah: my God or your God

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A longstanding and totally nonsensical struggle has opposed Muslims and Christians in Malaysia over the usage of the word Allah in prayer ....

Free the Nelson Mandela in you

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As political leaders and other influential figures gather in the FNB stadium in Soweto to pay homage to Nelson Mandela, they should also st...
Monday, 14 October 2013

It's 'Stand By Your Nationality' month!

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I feel it's time to declare a 'Stand By Your Nationality' month! Often, people from so-called third-world countries need to st...
Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Everything is natural

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In a simplified way, we think that ‘natural’ (without human intervention or technology) is opposed to ‘artificial’ (produced by humans). T...
Sunday, 29 September 2013

Republicans, Christian values, and Obamacare

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US House Republicans are trying yet another way to to block Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') th...
Saturday, 28 September 2013

The Great Paradox Of Religions: Words

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All religions agree that the highest divinity, the highest spiritual principle (God, Allah, Brahman, Yahwe etc...) cannot be truthfully and...
Monday, 23 September 2013

These things the world will never know.

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Two days ago, my Italian friend slipped and fell down 10 meters during a hiking trip in a remote part of Saudi Arabia. He was seriously inj...
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