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...when we perceive it. I don't believe in the Big Bang any more than I buy the parting of the Red Sea. The supposed noise from the Big Bang could just be noise from everyday creation and destruction occurring in the universe. Unfortunately, a lot of science and religion has evolved into fantasies that provide grandiose explanations for questions that may never be answered. Richard Thomas Rowlett, Texas, U.S. The Toughness Test "The end of invincibility" [Sept. 4] illustrated the difficulty of achieving peace in the Middle East. Once again a leader has failed the toughness test...
...Pontiff Has a Point His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion...
...Forced Argument on Forced Conversions Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
...Communists vs. Christians "The War for China's Soul" [aug. 28], on the growth of Christianity in China, implied that Chinese Communist Party control over religion might be relaxing. But given the party's history of infiltrating seemingly safe social networks, it is likely that those house churches are no more beyond government control than are Internet search engines or chat rooms. In a country where politically incorrect websites are routinely shut down and the government uses text messages as warnings against public demonstrations and has a history of using neighbors to spy on one another, can Chinese Christians really...
...common interest.There are, of course, less diverse extracurricular organizations—the female debater, for example, is a rare specimen. And cultural or background-based groups specialize in bringing people together on the basis of race (the Black Students’ Association), wealth (the Hasty Pudding social club), and religion (Hillel) etc. But as a whole, extracurriculars, more than any other kind of organization, classify people by what they do, not where they come from. The notion that college-enforced communities, or “house pride” et al., can create more natural and diverse social groups...