THE USE OF SUICIDE TERRORISM FOR POLITICAL AIMS Terrorism can be defined as the use of violence on non-combatants. Suicide terrorism is terrorism with the added twist that the perpetrator dies committing the violent act. My first exposure to people willing to die for a cause was the suicide bombers during the Second World War, Continue Reading
As an atheist, I find the dogma of all religions, aside from their ethical pronouncements, to be without substance. If one reads all the rules closely, the “raison d’etre” is about power, the ability to control the everyday life of people. But at least in the modern era, most religions, while not free of proselytization, Continue Reading
There is a verbal and written battle in the media and the lecture circuit. Most of the public is unaware of it. To be quite frank, most people would be at a loss to make sense of the complicated verbiage and the convoluted arguments. The battle pits scientists, professors, scholars, philosophers and theologians against each Continue Reading