There have been many predictions about the impact of the new fiction ‘The Gospel according to Judas: By Benjamin Iscariot’. Media predicting that it would shock Christians and priests predicting that it would evangelize the un-evangelized. Both will be proved wrong this time. By Liny J.

And there was not a particle of doubt left as to whether this salvation was a present one or not. I had not to wait till after undergoing births and deaths for countless millions of times, when I should become a Brahman man, in order to get to know the Brahma. And then, was there any joy and happiness to be hoped for? No, there is nothing but to be amalgamated into Nothingness-Shunya, Brahma, writes Pandita Ramabai.

Dr. Parvathy V Das, a medical doctor, diagnoses the reasons for the AIDS and recommends that condoms are ineffective in preventing the spread of AIDS. However, she prescribes a 100% safe method to prevent AIDS.

The novel has everything that Fyodor ever had to offer the world. Apart from characterizing the eternal pathos that he is world-renowned for, the various psychological and spiritual insights that Fyodor offers through his troubled characters make the novel a worth-read, writes William Carey.

What should be done if a person defies the Pope? Should there be a fatwa? Should one shave the heads and blacken the faces of those defying the Pope? George Anthony Paul answers this.

Bhopal: "The heads of those not adhering to our requests would be shaved. Their faces may also be blackened," said Dilip Khandelwal, a leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) group in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. George Paul Proposes a manifesto for cultural cleansing.

Mostly soccer is just guys in shorts running around aimlessly, a metaphor for the meaninglessness of life. Whole blocks of game time transpire during which absolutely nothing happens. Fortunately, this permits fans to slip out for a bratwurst and a beer without missing anything important. It's little wonder fans at times resort to brawling amongst themselves in the grandstands, as there is so little transpiring on the field of play to occupy their wandering attention, wrote two scholars. Is it true? Jerry Thomas looks at the heart of the issue.

Does it Take a Blogger to Discover It?

After Sakshitimes.com published the media fraud on Lebanon war, the bloggers continued to do their good works by exposing mainstream media. Major newspapers are silent on these. However, here are a few more exposes. Don’t miss it. This reminds us that we are not dealing with people who are biased but with liars.  By Jerry Thomas.

Between the Danish cartoons and the Da Vinci Code the Times of India changed its stance on freedom of expression, writes Jerry Thomas.

Milton Friedman, a Nobel Laureate, shares his view on the relationship between different types of freedom.

Rules for the use of ordinary language are neither right nor wrong, neither true nor false: they are merely useful for the particular applications in which we apply them. Language is nothing more than relatively stable ways of playing a particular language-game. Say's Wittgenstein in Tractatus.   George A. Paul examines the relativistic claim of Wittenstein.

Following questions were raised in the Youth Alive (Assemblies of God, Secunderabad) about the book and movie The The DaVinci Code and were answered by Jerry Thomas and George Paul. 

Two anagrams, ‘O drink the can of creedal soda’ and ‘I condemn a boring court tyrant’ are the key to understand the movie The Da Vinci Code, writes Mark D Roberts.

“All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate”, read the ‘Fact Page’ of the Da Vinci Code. Here are the top ten hilarious mistakes of the Da Vinci Code.

With the pretext of freedom of expression and poetic license, Dan Brown has misrepresented    the facts of history to tarnish the image of Christ and His Church. Here are a few of them