
On Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar, which maps the entire history of our cosmos onto a single year, the universe has been swirling since the Big Bang on January 1st (13.7 billion years ago). Today, May 11th, comes the formation of…
Read More30 04 2012 Today is a Cross-quarter. That is, it is the midpoint between the previous equinox and the upcoming solstice. As such, it is one of eight stations in our planet’s annual journey around the sun. For those in…
Read More– by B. T. Newberg What good do we do? Last time, we tackled the question of harm. Now let’s consider the potential good. We should be careful not to let this become a self-congratulatory fest. We must be even…
Read MoreIn The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, published in 1967, Peter Berger analyses religion as socially constructed knowledge. His description suggests to me that our body of knowledge about the history and evolution of life could…
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