Thinking about religion can often be a complex task. The same can be said about science. I think that in his Ideas and Opinions Albert Einstein does both effectively. After reading the selections on religion I was delighted to find someone who thought of religion in terms of logic. I also enjoye...

Thine Eyes Behold a Power So Great Religion above all things has been a factor, and sometimes the most important factor, in everyone's daily life. Religion is everywhere, with no avoidance possible (unless of course you are a hermit in the Himalaya). And for some religion has even destroyed ...

We have all seen the movie Jurassic Park, Some may have even read the book. Both illustrate the dangers of letting science get too out of hand. In this story a scientist with goals of financial gain uses breakthroughs in cloning to interfere with nature by recreating dinousaurs that died off mill...

Human Cloning What if you were able to pick your child? Imagine just looking through a beauty magazine and pointing a finger, saying, "That's the one", and 9 months later the person that you have picked is born. This concept is not that far out of reach. In the near future a woma...

Webster's dictionary defines man as "A human being; a hominid having an opposable thumb, the ability to make and use specialized tools, articulate speech, and a highly developed brain..." This definition merely describes the physical features of mankind but it does not truly def...

Kevin Garcia Fragmentation and Wholeness Third Paper For thousands of years, man has been at war with his environment. He has been able to separate himself from everything that surrounds him and also fragment each and every aspect of his life. This concept of fragmentation is very widesp...

Essay quotations Daniel Haq (1)When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to loose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain. ' 'dale carnegie'' This quotation has a very practical importance. I think that, sometimes, many people come to s...

A GIRL OR A BOY . . . YOU PICKIn the July 23, 2002 issue of the Los Angeles Times Newspaper, there was an article entitled "A Girl or a Boy, You Pick" written by Aaron Zitner. The article discusses the embryo-sorting technique called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis or "PGD" and how embryo sortin...

The Ethical Issues of Human CloningTwenty years from now, as you are walking around the square in Wilkes Barre, you pass someone who looks exactly like you. They have your same brown eyes, round face, light brown hair, short stature, and even the same dimples you possess. Can you imagine the shock a...

Genetic Engineering Anti-technologists and political extremists misinform, and over exaggerate statements that genetic engineering is not part of the natural order of things. The moral question of genetic engineering can be answered by studying human evolution and the idea of survival of the fittes...