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...that the momentum of Christianity by which they are now being carried along will inevitably spend itself in this or a future generation, and that their atheism, which removes the only effective check on sin, will inevitably lead to moral degradation and the destruction of human society. Atheism is mankind's greatest enemy." Derek Blackburn, Auckland...
...hear about the environment and think, is this going to kill us,” Weisman said. “In my book, we get beyond this concern because we’re all dead by page one.” Once it gets beyond the end of mankind, the book examines how the earth would react without the daily pressure of 6.6 billion humans. After extensive travel and research, Weisman concluded that nature eventually would rehabilitate. “No matter how much we have ravaged the landscape, no matter how contaminated, nature finds a way to make...
Five years ago, British scientist Colin Pillinger convinced the world's biggest medical-research charity, the Wellcome Trust, to bet on a project far beyond its usual scope: a probe to find life on Mars. Detecting life on other planets, he argued, would be a giant leap for mankind toward understanding the origins of life back on earth. But in 2003, the Beagle 2 probe - worth tens of millions of dollars, and carrying a gas-analysis unit bankrolled by Wellcome - disappeared without a trace into the Martian atmosphere. Four years later, scientists and funders alike are delighted...
...American director, a bit of a cult figure himself in Europe, regretted that the real message of transcendental meditation, which he calls an "ancient eternal knowledge verified by Western science," was being lost in the furor. "Mankind was not made to suffer," he said. "We are all one. Bliss is our nature ... But somehow tonight this beautiful gift has gotten perverted. Let's march boldly toward a bright and shining future!" The strangeness of the whole affair was not lost on film students in the audience, one of whom caught it on film . At the very least, the evening...
...Marshall Plan, almost as if he'd been a witness to them himself (he was born in 1955). He similarly reeled off a list of American pop culture icons that inspire lasting French admiration, including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, and the Armstrong Sarkozy hailed for "fulfilling mankind's oldest dream." (It turned out he meant Neil's moonwalk, not Lance's record-setting seven Tour de France wins...