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Was Albert Einstein an Atheist?

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist widely known for his theory of relativity. His ideas considerably changed physics and our understanding of gravity, space, time, and the universe. Besides science, today, people mostly use Einstein’s quotes to make political or religious statements. For decades, atheists and religious people have used his quotes to get their ...

Nathan Machoka

Black and white photo of Albert Einstein.

Retribution: For Destroying a Bodhisattva Image, 3 Generations Were Punished 

Here is a true story of karmic retribution. It happened in a small village in Hunan Province, China, in the 1950s. The people involved were the five members of He Kejian’s three generations of family, which was well off before 1949, but later was given the hereditary family class label of “middle peasant,” the second-to-the-lowest ...

Helen London

A statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin.

Money, Love, and Family: A Chinese Fairy Tale Without a Happy Ending

In 1997, a Chinese couple moved to Canada with big dreams. They became quite successful and eventually ended up making millions. However, their marriage soon started to disintegrate and the couple eventually ended up in what the Supreme Court judged as “unrestrained warfare.” The husband, YZ, and the wife, AC, whose names have been hidden ...

Emma Lu

A Chinese fairy-tale setting.

Socialism, Communism, Atheism: Their Effects on the Path of Modern Art

Socialism’s link to the modern art movement It’s everywhere and all-pervasive — the nonsensical, usually obnoxious and obscene, rarely aesthetically pleasing modern art. It is celebrated by higher institutions and museums around the world, confusing and irreverent to most of us, yet still emulated in every aspect of our modern lives, wittingly or unwittingly. Modern art has ...

Armin Auctor

'Feast of Rose Garlands' by German Painter Albrecht Duerer.