Medicine & science
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Q013. Sura 13: Thunder!
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It is He who shows you the lightning, inspiring fear and hope; He builds up the clouds heavy with rain; the thunder sounds His praises,…
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46: Did Paul Have A Brain Disorder? (And did it help him?!)
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(Note: regarding the previous post about discontinuing the blog: I am adding spam protection and will continue for now. I’m also thinking of adding posts…
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44: The Swoon Theory Revisited
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In Post #36 I discussed whether Jesus may have suffered a Near-Death Experience (NDE), either on the cross or perhaps earlier in his life. …
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39: Baptism and the Macbeth Effect
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From Macbeth, Act V Scene I by William Shakespeare: Doctor: How came she by that light? Gentlewoman: Why, it stood by her: she has light…
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36: Did Jesus Have a Near-Death Experience?
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There have been books written and at least one movie I know of that are based on the idea of near-death experiences. An NDE is…
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35: Jesus the Healer, Part 5: What if Jesus was a heel, not a healer?
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One of the best-known and best-loved Christian writers of the 20th Century was C. S. Lewis. One of his better-known sayings is that based…
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33: Jesus the Healer, Part 3: Repossessed?
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Jesus’ ministry kept the disciples on the move, from town to town. In two cases we looked at in previous posts Jesus specifically sent the…
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32: Jesus the Healer, Part 2: The Analysis of Paralysis
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In the previous post I discussed exorcisms as a form of healing and how we can account for Jesus having some apparent success in…
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31: Jesus the Healer, Part 1: Those Darn Demons
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Some years ago I participated in a retreat for Christian medical students in Kursk, Russia, arranged by a church pastor I had met in…
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18: Loopy Laws
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Are the laws in the Old Testament divinely inspired, or do they simply reflect the primitive superstitious culture that produced them? I remember when…
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16: Was Moses Really High on Mt. Sinai?
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I always found it strange that doctors are allowed to prescribe a variety of potent and expensive psychoactive medications but safe and cheap herbs…
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14: Cut Off My What?!
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During my medical residency I performed quite a few circumcisions, when parents requested it. The boys didn’t seem so happy about it. If I…
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11: Is It A Sin To Be Transgender?
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– There is an unusual medical condition called androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS). It is caused by a genetic mutation with the result that a…
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10: Did Israel Have Its Own ‘Sacred Band of Thebes’?
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Homosexuality has been known throughout human history but it was not until 1973 that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) finally removed “homosexuality” as a…
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9: Onan the Barbarian
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– How an obscure Bible character affected the church’s stance on birth control and masturbation. – Most doctors have some embarrassing stories. Relevant to this…
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7: Does God Have Chromosomes?
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In the previous post we looked at the possibility that angels are able to have sex and offspring with human women, as suggested in…
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4: Was Abraham ‘Just Plain Nuts?’
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One of my favorite Far Side cartoons by Gary Larson shows a man lying on the couch as the psychiatrist writes on his notepad,…
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1: Does God Have A Split Personality? (part 1)
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Life is amazing. I mean, a single microscopic cell not only multiplies into more than 30 trillion cells (30,000,000,000,000!) but groups of cells somehow…