Philosophy Web

This web is home to free-flowing discussion of topics related to philosophy, theology, and science. Please join in.

• Primary Dogma Of Christianity a short, consise list of statements that are the basis for the Christian Faith.
• Central Dogma Of Biotechnology
• History Of Original Sin -- A concept that has been disputed for centuries, but is still a key component in the Christian faith today.
• Hermeneutics -- Methods for interpreting scripture.
• DNA Fingerprinting -- Notes on use of DNA fingerprinting in Forensic Evidence
• Authentication Notes -- Notes and links related to authentication
• Serpent Connections -- Links and info about the historical interest in serpents.
• Evolutionary Theory -- Theory of Evolution, its assertions and open issues.
• Dating Methods -- Methods of dating our world, and weaknesses thereof.

Book Publishing and Promotion

• Comments On Book Publishing - I collected information about by experiences here.

Book Reviews

Glossary

Chapters of the book: "Coils of the Serpent"

• Authenticity
• Commentary On Genesis - verse-by-verse commentary on Genesis

Links to Sources

• Project Gutenburg: Many ancient documents in full text form
• Online Books: Central source for public-domain on-line books.
• Hyper History Online: Graphics summarizing all history.
• Summary of our solar system, current understanding
• Powers of ten summary from Milky way galaxy at 10 million light years to the subatomic level of electrons, protons and quarks.

Theology and Mythology Links

• The Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Stories from Hindu epics / purANas
• Definitions and translations of Hebrew words: http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Hebrew/
• Hebrew Alphabet Basics: http://www.jewfaq.org/alephbet.htm
• Hebrew/English Bible: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm
• Unicode table for Hebrew characters: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0590.pdf

Science Links

• UCSC Genome Bioinformatics: Latest information on Genetics and Biotechnology
• President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. PR 40.8:ET 3/ . Only hard copy is available, I think: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/guides/scitech/health.htm
• "Bioengineering: The Remaking of Planet Earth?" James J. Walter, Ph.D., Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, "The Bellarmine Lecture" (October 16, 2001)
  • Good review of recent advances and ethical questions.

• Stem Cell Basics - Stem cells have two important characteristics that distinguish them from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division. The second is that under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be induced to become cells with special functions such as the beating cells of the heart muscle or the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.
• Genetic Code Basics

Genetic Code Considered - Some further review of the genetic code.

FROM SCIENCE TO GOD by Peter Russell, an Englishman who has written several challenging books and also has a web page with lots of interesting things. Sri Aurobindo, from India and educated in England, has written some thought-provoking ideas that add another dimension to what we know of science.

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