Researchers are now “coaxing” human stem cells, in the lab, to grow into beings that are similar to a human embryo. There are innumerable questions
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.—attributed to Albert Einstein BIOTECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE THAT AFFECT HUMANS In Part I
Turning to the relationship between religion and science, there has been a definite, though still fragile and provisional, movement towards a new and more nuanced
An immense scientific study has pulled the rug out from under the argument that some gene or targeted set of genes causes people to engage
NOTE: The featured image, “Ballistik,” by Johann Petrejus (1547), is of the ballistic trajectory given by Buridan’s theory of impetus (momentum). A century elapsed between
Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.—Corinthians 15:53 Noah’s Living Longer Story Imagine a hip,
A new kind of “hook up” culture is on the rise. It won’t be about connections between people but about individuals connecting with computers and
We human beings have always played around with our nature. But there is a point where the playing goes too far. We like to alter
No, you’re not paranoid. You are being watched. Very closely. Let’s arbitrarily begin with Facebook. Whether you have a Facebook page or not, the company
“Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science
Ever since the 1988 radiocarbon tests of the Shroud of Turin, the laboratories’ conclusion that the fabric dates from between 1260 and 1390 “with 95%
Does it fit within our Christian values to manufacture a human baby? More specifically, does it fit within our Catholic values? Our children will inherit
The denial of the concept of sin is the denial of one facet of intelligibility, yielding freedom without order, which is inanity. A sin is
The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and
Last month, I concluded an article by asking how we can know for sure that Catholicism, in particular, is God introducing Himself to the human
Who would have a death wish? Stuntmen, firefighters, and perhaps some customer service representatives (like the guy I was on the phone with for an
Yes, he did it. In a majority legal opinion issued in May, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put a stick in the middle of
Introduction Last Trinity Sunday our priest talked about trying to understand the Trinity, the fundamental mystery of our Catholic faith. He solicited analogies from the
Off the Shelf 123 – Mark McNeil Another conversion story coming at you this week. Listen in as Mark McNeil and I discuss his journey
Prayer is easy if we take the time to do it and focus on the act itself. However, let’s face it, life is tough. We
“Be not afraid of faith: some are born with faith, some achieve faith, and some have faith thrust upon them.” (with apologies to William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.)
We are all on a quest. A journey to find what we are ultimately meant to be. A journey to discover how to fill the
Human experimentation is being widely conducted today both in the narrow, scientific sense, such as in the CRISPR gene editing program, and in the broader,
