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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.9 min read

Did Einstein Believe in God? Find Out from His Letters and Quotes

Did Einstein believe in God? His view of God is a tangle, partly because his words are often taken out of the multiple contexts in which he spoke about God.
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Guest Writer3 min read

Easter and the Science of Hope

After I talk on science and faith, the most asked questions touch on the issue of natural evil and the possibility of miracles. Both painfully topical.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.8 min read

What is Time? Part II—How We Perceive Time 

In this second article on the series of how we perceive time, we focus on three perceptions: St. Augustine of Hippo, William James, and Oliver Sacks.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.6 min read

Einstein, Science, and Religion: Was the Great Scientist Religious?

Why do people care what Einstein thought about religion and God? Are we looking for his help in mysteries like “Does God exist?” and “Do we need religion?”
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.3 min read

What is Time? Part I—Philosophy

What is time? Philosophers have tried to explain it since antiquity. I’ll begin with what the ancient Greeks, Parmenides and Heraclitus, had to say.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.5 min read

Saint Augustine of Hippo: A Theologian for Our Time

St. Augustine's wonderings about the nature of time fit with contemporary scientific theories—and are altogether in accord with our present-day confusion.
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Guest Writer14 min read

Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance

Do faith and science operate in separate realms? Guy Consolmagno SJ, explores the place that faith has in science—simply because scientists are people.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Are Animals Just Like Us?

New studies on animal learning, language, and the use of tools have created a number of articles implying “animals are just like us.” But how true is this?
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.3 min read

New Ebook Discusses How to Navigate the Weirdness of a Quantum Universe

In his most recent ebook, “Mysteries: Quantum and Theological," Dr. Kurland provides a 60 page overview covering the math underlying the physics of the Newtonian world, a brief history of the emergenc
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Wednesday on the World: What's So Special About The Catholic Church?

What does the Catholic Church have to satisfy our longings? In this week’s Wednesday on the World, Fr. Spitzer discusses four aspects unique to the Church.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.6 min read

Mathematics: The Language God Speaks

This post proposes to answer the question "Is God a Mathematician?" and comment on arguments by physicists and philosophers that reality is mathematics.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.6 min read

Faith as a Scientist and Faith as a Catholic

Science has its limits and its power. Those who have worked in science know that faith is an essential element and a cornerstone of the scientific method.
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