Here we’ve given our writers a forum in which they can get a little more personal, talking about the elements that make them who they are and the experiences that have fashioned their beliefs.
Viewpoints
Growing Up With Thunderstorms: A Personal Journey
by Stephen Friberg (Sept, 2005) I liked science before I knew much about religion. I spent my childhood on a college campus (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico) where my father was a professor of mathematics. I remember always being in the library and also thoroughly digesting the Time-Life Series …
Physicists Explore the “Elephant” at CERN (PHDComics style)
A colleague just sent me a marvelous link to a site where there are—wait for it—comics about physics! This one has to do with dark matter, particle and astro-physics and it is marvelous. Take a look. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?n=1430
The Thesis-Writing Mammal Considers Albedo: Why I Believe
As a believer who hangs out on atheist websites, I am repeatedly bemused by the assumption that I believe without evidence. So after some pondering of how to say this concisely, here—in broad strokes—is why I believe in the human soul and the God who seeks to educate it. I believe because of Darwin’s Theory …
Dialogues
“The shining spark of truth cometh forth only after the clash of differing opinions.” — Bahá’í Writings We dedicate this page to the continuing dialogue between individual thinkers. Warning: some of the material linked to may not observe Common Ground’s ground rules for civil dialogue.





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