The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

My reasons for this assertion are that science fiction and most fantasy literature presents a counter-narrative to Orthodox Christianity. St. Basil was writing in an era when there was very little in the way of fiction. The short-story or novel had not yet been invented, and tales were passed on thr...

They are modifying our basic foods with genes when they do not have sufficient knowledge as to the effects of these genes. They are modifying plants such as rice and wheat with genes from animal sources(pigs, mostly, cows and fish) Does this not disturb you? Does it effect the Orthodox fasts? Are w...

The trouble with genetic engineering is that a gene may be capable of expressing more than one trait. There is also a theory that the configuration of the nucleotide strand may be altered (by environmental factors, or even viruses) resulting in a gene that may be harmful to the organism or those who...

I'm staggered by the number of people who believe in the existence of aliens, and who swear to have been in contact with these beings. I waver between thinking that they are nuts or attention-seekers, and that these beings are demons. I have read that these "beings" will disappear at the n...

Two things: A great deal of scientific knowledge involves that most human of exercises, categorization. However, it is only valuable as a tool to help us cope with the natural world. It is not a pronouncement on the essence of anything. For example, a mammal is categorized as an organism that bears ...

His argument seems to revolve around natural selection as the cornerstone of evolutionary theory, and whether this exists on a large enough scale or just a micro scale. Natural selection has not been shown to result in new species and therefore, cannot account for evolution as it is taught today. I ...