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As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) expatriate, upon returning to the United States, I took off a 22K gold bracelet and laid it on top of my purse. I left both on a bench in an art and botanical center and invited my mom to walk with me so we could get a picture to...

Did man fall from grace in his pursuit of knowledge?
Were we created by Gods to live
       as their domesticated pets,
             to occupy a special place?
According to the Christian view,
       in our pursuit of knowledge, we offended our ...

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For decades, conservatives and far-right adherents have cried that “radical leftists” and the “anti-Christian left” are censoring their freedom of expression. Many still believe this even when a Republican presiden...

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.” 
—Carl Sagan

Something in human beings will not leave mystery alone. It has never left mystery alone. At Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey, hunter-gatherers constructed massive stone temples as early as 9500 BCE — before cities,...