Theology distinguishes Christianity from other religions, says Stark. It is ‘a sophisticated, highly rational discipline that is fully developed only in Christianity. “…theology consists of formal reasoning about God. The emphasis is on discovering God’s nature, intentions, and demands, and on understanding how these define the relationship between human beings and God. The gods of […]
The Cell’s Design (Reasons to Believe): How Chemistry Reveals the Creator’s Artistry by Fazale Rana Top Amazon Review: When Darwin contructed his theory of evolution by random mutations and subsequent “survival of the fittest”, which included the emergence of new body forms which led to new species, genera, etc.up to even new phyla, he and […]
Dragons of a Fallen Sun, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, 619 pages long. Egad. Dragons, mages, knights, minotaurs, elves, humans, dwarves, missing moons, missing magic, and dying elves and a strange shield maiden and girl warrior, a Joan of Arc character called Mina. IT took me about 200 pages to get into this one, […]
“The habit of casual reading… is a form of mild intellectual dissipation which does more harm than we realise. Many who would not read even a brilliant novel of a certain type, sit down to read twaddle without scruple. Nothing is too scrappy, nothing is too weak to “pass the time!” The “Scraps” literature of […]
If you know the term grok, then you have either read this book or know somebody who has, or of course know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody… I would have said I had not read this one of Heinlein’s. I would have been wrong. It’s the weirdest thing. Because I definitely read it, […]
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