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Science Versus Religion Science is based on reason. Religion is based on faith.Reason and faith are fundamentally incompatible, therefore science and religion must be incompatible.Given this basic conflict, a close look at history reveals some puzzling facts: Science was born in a society that believed in many gods (Ancient Greece). Numerous scientific achievements were made in the very religious Islamic world. Modern science was born in a society dominated by Christianity (seventeenth-century Europe). Most scientists in history were religious.How are we to make sense of these facts? How are we to relate them to the broader trajectory of the science/religion relationship from Ancient Greece to the present?That is the subject of this book.

Mark White appears to have it all as the head of a prestigious PR firm in Washington, DC. But in the aftermath of his wife's sudden death, he is struggling to raise his eight-year-old son, Colin. When he takes on a controversial new technology startup mid-scandal and weeks before their IPO, Mark's world rapidly begins to unravel. Adrift, Mark is soon forced to make life-altering choices that will affect his bond with Colin, the legacy of his deceased wife's unsold paintings, and, most importantly, his relationship with himself. Set at intervals in present-day New York, San Francisco, Barbados, Italy, and Barcelona, Around the Sun is told in lush, graceful prose, a portrait of grief and hope in the age of social media, globalization, and artistic decadence.

The island of Newfoundland and its fishery helped start the American Revolution and were a major sticking point in ending the war. In between, the island proved to be a source of men for the British army and navy, but also a drain on supplies. For the Americans Newfoundland and its fishing grounds were a place where the nascent navy and swashbuckling privateers could carry the war to the enemy's doorstep and hurt the British economy with daring raids on shipping and the island itself. The fight for the fishery was also an administrative fight that would see statesmen like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin use a quiver full of political arrows to secure a place in the cod fishery for their new country over the wishes Great Britain, France and the rest of the European establishment. Even as the Fight for Tom Cod brought about the birth of the United States, it proved transformative to the island of Newfoundland as well. The war caused a population boom on the island and more importantly created a basis for the Newfoundland identity to be built upon.

This historically accurate espionage thriller follows a group of abolitionists who enact a plan to inspire a slave revoltThe period just before the Civil War was a time of dark division that challenged the essence of our American Democracy, much like our divided country of today.In New England during the antebellum period also known as the plantation era before the Civil War, Josh and Emily, two young white abolitionists, attend a meeting where they are introduced to four young blacks, two of whom were escaped slaves. The six unite and come together as friends, all with a similar intent, to help raise the consciousness of the slaves down south. Together, in deeply divided times, they hatch a plan to create a phony plantation on Hurricane Island in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area shortly before the Civil War.Nate, a very fine young chef who cooked many years for his slave master in the years before his escape, offers to teach the culinary arts to southern slaves, as a vehicle for consciousness raising. Jackson teaches slaves to view the bible as a revolutionary document. The four black slaves live under a constant cover up of their real life mission, as they imitate being the slave of their two white friends Emily and Josh. It is not easy. The group works under constant threat of dealing with slave hunters and being unmasked.Joan and Wilma, free blacks, pretend to work as slaves, to carry out their heartfelt mission instilling awareness in the southern slaves at all odds. As a function of working together in close quarters, romance and passion develop within the group.Josh, a firm abolitionist, joins the Confederate army as a union spy in his plan to help the slaves revolt. The plot carries through the siege of Vicksburg and the end of the Civil War.The group's teamwork and support for each other prevail through many life challenges and intrigues. This book gives a solid framework to view the events in today's America.

The seven children of Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Preston-Charles, James, William, Platt, Sophia, Maria and Calvin-were raised in rural Galway, New York, their lives to be influenced by major events of the latter part of the 19th century including Manifest Destiny, the Second Great Awakening, Gold Rushes, Civil War, the Transcontinental Railroad, Galveston Hurricane and the Second Opium War. Their intertwined stories, from the time they departed Galway for destinations far away to the passing of the last sibling were researched in great detail and provide an interesting saga of that time period.

Truly a book unlike any other, Simple Physics successfully marries science and spirituality, physics and the Bible. It is written with the firm conviction that the universe is not an accident but the creation of an almighty God named יהוה (Yahowah). He was joined in creation by his only begotten son, named Michael. The name is in the form of a question, the first question ever asked?"Who is like God?" We are all helped to answer that question by this little book. Romans 1:20 states, "His invisible qualities are seen from the world's creation onward, because they are perceived in the things made, even his eternal power and Godship (the kind God he is), so that they are inexcusable." No excuse exists for not seeing God's hand in nature. Simple Physics reveals how nature works. Based on the simple postulate that darkness is not the absence of light but its opposite, Simple Physics builds on that to explain how gravity works, how light and matter move, what mass (energy) is, what time is, and culminating in the theory of everything. Light (matter) is pretty wonderful stuff but there's something to be said for darkness, too. Ultimately, light and darkness make up everything?the nuts (light) and bolts (darkness) of the universe, working together. Simple Physics is the first and only book to explain this in straight-forward terms, drawing on clues contained in the Bible. About the Author: At the time of this writing, James Jacobs cannot be described as an individual. He is part of a team, united as "one flesh" with a supremely intelligent woman, his second wife?Karyne Jacobs. She is enlightening him as to the female aspect of creation, symbolized by darkness. He says, "It's been a long journey getting to this point in my 60th year but I feel like a child starting anew. I love her like my own self. יהוה (Yahowah) arranged for this that man might be complete?and now I am." James has spent the last 40 years studying the Bible (having read it in its entirety 16 times). That has familiarized him with the few references contained in Simple Physics. He has spent the last 20 overlapping years also involved with the study of physics. At the same time he's been dealing with the mental health system having been diagnosed with apparent bipolar disorder and treated accordingly. This has made it a real challenge to get Simple Physics published. The author was one of Jehovah's Witnesses his whole adult life but when word spread he was writing his own book the wheels began to turn to have him expelled from this mind controlling cult. As Einstein said, "The free spirit will always be persecuted by the mediocre minds." However, if enough free spirits embrace the ideas of his book, the author believes a paradigm shift could take place. Science could again become the tool of spiritual persons. ?

Navigation has played a crucial role for humanity on this beautiful blue planet. In the distant past, sniffing the air for scents, noticing the arc of the sun, naming the stars and using them to steer us toward prime hunting grounds all contributed to survival of our species, at least so far. However, today we must question our way forward. Our existence is questionable. Resources we have squandered have resulted in species extinction, mass pollution of the oceans and air, and perilous relationships among nations.The compass is a metaphor in this series of poems for navigational challenges we meet in both our personal and planetary existence. After each poem there is a reflection to steer the reader or at least prompt a consideration. We aim to steer ourselves toward a more compassionate course. Our simple life experiences: birth, death, gardening, laundry, are all pointers on the map. A refurbished compass needle can be calibrated using the heart to lead toward more love, harmony and beauty.