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The search for extraterrestrial life

The ultimate adventure of mankind Published in GrailWorld 52/2009 Half a millennium ago, the great seafarers were exploring the world. They found unknown islands, discovered new continents and met foreign cultures. The ultimate adventure at that time was the encounter with an exotic advanced civilization, such as the English navigator William Adams (1564-1620) [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 7

Darwin's Legacy Published in Grail World Special Issue 21/2008 After one hundred and fifty years of controversial discussions about Darwinism, we ask how the theory of evolution is received today and what its significance is. This question is asked not only in relation to biology, but moreover in relation to man's self-understanding in the modern world. The Darwinian [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 6

One hundred and fifty years after the first publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection on November 24, 1859, the controversy over the theory of evolution has not yet subsided. There are essentially three camps opposing each other, each accusing the other of ideological bias. [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 5

The Rise of the Living Published in GralsWelt sonderheft 21/2008 Towards the end of the 20th century, one could read that there were two (controversial) scientific theories that would not live to see the 21st century: Siegmund Freud's psychoanalysis and Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Like most prophecies, this prediction has not come true. Even in the 21st century, the [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 4

The Law of the Jungle (Published in Grail World Special Issue 21/2008) It couldn't be long before the “struggle for existence” was transferred to social and social politics and thus drawn into ideological disputes. This is how social Darwinism came into being. Its opponents see it as the transfer of the "law of the jungle" into human society. Unfortunately Darwin [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 3

Man as part of nature Published in Grail World Special Issue 21/2008 On November 30, 1864, the elite of British naturalists gathered at Somerset House in London to honor one of England's greatest naturalists: Charles Darwin is awarded the Copley Medal, the highest honor to be bestowed. At the time, the Copley Medal was almost as prestigious [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 2

The dynamic world of nature Published in GralsWelt special issue 21/2008 The private scholar At the end of his great journey on the Beagle (part 1, “Darwin's journey to knowledge”), Charles Darwin landed on October 2, 1836 in Falmouth (Cornwall). His life plan of becoming a country pastor had vanished and he now devoted himself entirely to nature research. This second important epoch [...]

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Darwin and Evolution Part 1

Darwin's Journey to Knowledge Published in Grail World Special Issue 21/2008 In surveys of the most important scientists of modern times, three names are regularly mentioned: - Isaac Newton (1643-1727)- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)- Siegmund Freud (1856-1939) Newton found a fundamental method for the study of inanimate matter and gave the starting signal for the dawn of a new era of natural science. [...]

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Will the "end of the world" come on Friday, April 13, 2029?

Published in GrailWelt 47/2008 Earlier than many other magazines, and at that time to the astonishment of some readers, we in GrailWelt already reported in 1998 ("Death from Space" under "Science") that our earth was facing a possible bombardment exposed to space. Small and micro planets (asteroids) and comets could hit the earth and cause devastation [...]

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Bible versus Darwin in America

(Published in GralsWelt 15/2000) In America many things are different, and in the "Land of the Free" many things can be argued for, which may seem absurd in our country; for example the dispute between Darwinists and Bible Christians believing in the letter of the law, which was thought to be over long ago. In the USA there is a group of "creationists", who convince us of the [...]