Europe

Why does God keep us in suspense?

by hugo born NZZ Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Wednesday the 22th February 2012 The following text was written by Ruedi Schmid. (please bear with us: It is a Google translation from German). The phenomenon is a concern people have always had: If God would reveal himself, the eternal dispute would […]

Queen of England: ‘The role of the Church is to Defend free Practice of all Faiths!’

Source: Telegraph http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?deepLinkEmbedCode=1ucmxpMzqhpjFQ_5Jql44bpmdtPjmJ1M&embedCode=1ucmxpMzqhpjFQ_5Jql44bpmdtPjmJ1M&width=560&height=315 Speaking at the first public event to mark her Diamond Jubilee, the Queen said that the concept of the established Church is “commonly under-appreciated” and “occasionally misunderstood”. […]

Body Count – a quantitative review of political violence across world civilizations

by Naveed Sheikh, University of Louisville – published by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought – Jordan. This interesting small publication lists all casualties through genocide, wars, civil wars from the year 0 to the year 2008 CE. The total death-toll is recorded as 578’993’500 (median figures are used) and is distributed among […]