One of the common arguments in religious debates is what I call the “retroactive creation” argument. This argument attempts to reconcile the numerous contradictions between scientific conclusions regarding the vast history of the universe and Earth, and religious claims regarding their recent origin. In a nutshell: Science recognizes countless pieces of evidence supporting a history […]

Many of us have studied the subject of “logic” formally, usually in academic-level courses. Even those who have not done so – know a lot about what “logic” is and often use its rules. We all sort of understand that if it is dark at night, and if it is dangerous in the dark – […]

A piece of news recently circulated online, announcing that the rapper Kanye West is planning to convert to Judaism to avoid accusations of antisemitism. Three notes on this topic: 1. Our short article is not at all about Kanye West’s opinions and statements. Even if there is much to write about on this topic, it […]

The famous “Witness Claim” is deeply rooted in the Orthodox Judaism. It states that according to the Old Testament – millions of witnesses were present at the divine revelation at Mount Sinai. Hence, millions of people in any generation after, could not be convinced to believe in the existence of such a public event if […]

The correspondence below (using pseudonyms) is part of a longer correspondence that took place within Facebook during the summer of 2024. The original topic was the definition of “life”. John: There is also an artificial intelligence that knows how to replicate itself or will know soon – robots that produce robots, software that produces software. […]

Prof. Dan Mahler passed away on April 16, 2024. Dan Mahler was a freedom fighter, an honorary member of the Hofesh (Freedom) – The largest secular Israeli NPO, and one of its founders. Dan Mahler was also an educated man, broad-minded, and with many interests. He was a plastic surgeon and medical consultant; He was […]

This article is translated from Hebrew. It was written originally by Eran in the “Hofesh” website. If you ask a “Western” religious believer when the world was created, you will almost certainly receive an answer that the world was created some 5700-6000 years ago. If you ask who created the world, the answer will be […]

In the nucleus of every cell of every living creature is its “genetic code”. Some of us know it by the mythological name “DNA”, which stands for a very long combination saying more or less “something Nucleic Acid”. Without delving into some sort of a biology lesson: DNA is made up of long, winding chains […]

We heard the intriguing truth not long ago, in one of the Islamic demonstrations in favor of the Hamas terrorist organization: “You believe that death is the end, we believe that death is the beginning!” – cried the brainwashed protester. How can you convince someone, given that they believe that death is a beginning – […]

Do you want to live forever? Have you wondered if science may one day enable you to live forever? Well, first we must ask what is “life” anyway. Are bacteria “alive”? Bacteria, in many cases, do not die – they simply divide into two, and now we have two new bacteria. There are also creatures […]