Category: Religion Philosophy
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Common Mistakes in Arguments Against Christianity (Defense of Religion Against Modern Anti-Christians)
How many times have you been in a discussion where some atheist (or "agnostic") attacks and mocks religion or Christianity in particular? Unfortunately mocking anything religious is in fashion today and such cases are the norm rather than exceptions. This article aims to answer some of the most common arguments against religion (and Christianity more…
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Boltzmann's idea of entropy and the Creator: An unexpected end…
While reading a scientific paper for thermodynamics (Ted Jacobson, Entropy from Carnot to Bekenstein, arXiv:1810.07839 [physics.hist-ph]) I came up to a reference of Boltzmann’s (and later on Planck’s) notion that entropy corresponds to the logarithm of the number of microstates compatible with a macrostate, and that entropy is maximized in equilibrium. Given that, one can…
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The secret of happiness. Known already for thousands of years…
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness,” wrote Einstein in German on a piece of hotel stationery which was sold for millions of dollars in an auction last year. (1) But this is not news. A calm and modest life was always promoted by wise…
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Being a psychopath. “Saving” people?
New research shows that people would sacrifice one person to save a larger group of people - and in addition, the force with which they carry out these actions could be predicted by psychopathic traits. The study, led by the University of Plymouth, compared what people 'said' they would do with what they actually 'did'…
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Unpredictable love. Unpredictable cosmos.
Here’s some heartbreaking news for people pinning their hopes on online matchmaking sites: It’s virtually impossible to forecast a love connection. Maybe that’s not so shocking to survivors of the dating wars. But now science is weighing in. Extensive background data on two individuals — comparable to that collected by digital dating services — can’t…
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