Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Somalia's civil war constitutes a danger to the whole region, but it is not the only cause of instability. How far will chaos spread, and what is the appropriate US policy response?
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
The biblical injunction of not doing unto others what you would not have done to you is buried under Israel's complex struggle for existence in a hostile environment and an innate need to perpetuate its status as the victim it once was, a need that blinds it to the suffering of others.
International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.
I have been in Ethiopia for less than 24 hours and have had my first experience with armed robbery.
I will spend about nine days traveling around Ethiopia with the UN Population Fund, visiting their maternal health sites and then writing about my trip for the HuffPost.
Soldiers, especially male soldiers in or anticipating combat, need time and the confidence to cry, resolve their fears, acknowledge their shame, and deal with their other emotions.
Studies have shown that up to 46 percent of women in developing countries have experienced at least one episode of sexual abuse in childhood.
Bekele Geleta grew up in Ethiopia where he developed a strong understanding of the critical role of Red Cross Red Crescent principles, such as neutrality in matters of politics and religion.
We could use it right now to feed 8.6 million hungry mouths in Ethiopia through to the end of the year. We really need it right now in Pakistan where it would cover a gaping hole in our budget and give us the cash we need to feed more. It can also buy you arguably the best soccer player in the world.
Women live in hell with a condition that has all but been eliminated in the developed world.
Fasil Amdetsion, an attorney from Ethiopia, thinks the Nile basin will be the most likely site of a future "water war" because the Nile embodies "all the challenges that transnational management of fresh water could possibly present."
I hesitate to say that Somalia is lost, but it is unlikely that it can be saved without major intervention from the West, which unfortunately, is unlikely.
There is a saying in Africa that to find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave. It must sound strange to Americans. But in the developing world, more women die from pregnancy and childbirth than any other cause.
Ironically, family planning isn't seen as a sexy issue. And it wrongly gets mired in debates around abortion -- even though family planning reduces abortions.
In this remote, densely-populated region of Ethiopia, it is common for men to have multiple wives. In Ayatu's case this tradition has backfired.
International collaboration and mutual understanding are key, as Somalia's concerns are best addressed from a Somali perspective.
As the internationally recognized leader of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif has the major communications challenge of selling his government both internally and externally.
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This kind of topic always will become poisoned by religion; because science triggers subconsciously something that says... science makes sense. this is threatening to them, I pose the following question-
why (myself included )is it that scientific minded individuals don't flock to religious website trying to debunk their beliefs?
Because that would be retarded.
I find it amazing the lengths seemingly intelligent people will go to, to justify & defend the myth(s) that their parents brainwashed them with.
I dont care if you believe in a god, or ten gods, that is your personal right. But trying to twist & distort a completely flawed "document" (bible) to fit todays scientific revelations removes any & all credibility from your claims. A day is a million years...Hebrew says that.......the earth is only 6000 years old...it just goes on & on, very similar to pathelogical lying. You have convinced yourself so completely that your only alternative is to believe.
Jeebus is a molecular biologist, and God is simply driving the spaceship. Theres your intelligent design.
I believe in darwin's theory.... I don't believe in religion. It's basically a money making, brain washing system of control... this is an exciting find....for those that believe the earth is only 6,000 years old....need to pay attention.....can't wait to here what the bible thumpers have to say....
How did this become a " God is really really real" discussion?
Check one, the theory that to god one day is billions or millions of days, is a religious cop out to not being able to explain the 7 days nonsense. That doesn't even touch on the world being Flat or 6000 years old myth.
No see this is actual proof of our past, not an imaginary arc or some other mindless pagan worship garbage, so if you want to seriously discuss it leave the cult worship nonsense out of it.
This kind of topic always will become poisoned by religion; because science triggers subconsciously something that says... science makes sense. this is threatening to them, I pose the following question-
why (myself included )is it that scientific minded individuals don't flock to religious website trying to debunk their beliefs?
"Therefore, we can argue that a human "day" could be millions of years to God."
Or vice-versa, of course (in the case of evolution).
Well anything is possible in the mind of God...even good Science ;-)
No, the idea of "time" is a concept that applies to the physical realm and restricts our understanding of things. The spiritual world is not bound by time. Therefore, we can argue that a human "day" could be millions of years to God.
The Big Bang is universally accepted as the beginning of natural/physical time. Many cosmologists believe that the universe is expanding and will do so forever, therefore it is infinite and will always remain so. That concept (something having no end) is difficult for us to accept, yet, the theory that our universe is infinite is also widely accepted.
Here's a better example. We know that if you begin with the number zero, and then head in both directions (negative and positive), then there will never be a beginning (negative #) nor and end (positive #). The number scale continues infinitely in both directions. This is truly incomprehensible - yet all of us accept it as fact.
That's the way I think of God:
1) God was always there, He has no beginning (think negative #'s)
2) The Big Bang represents the number zero (the beginning of what we call "time")
3) The universe and God will continue forever (think positive #'s).
A creator cannot be bound by the boundaries which govern its creation. The creator must exist beyond those boundaries. Therefore, God is not restricted by time, He existed before our time and will continue forever.
"The spiritual world is not bound by time. Therefore, we can argue that a human "day" could be millions of years to God."
We COULD argue that? Are you arguing it or not? If you aren't clear on what you are saying so its hard to have a discussion. Your definition of God seems completely fuzzy, you can argue anything and I can't really debate intelligently until you provide some clear definition of God.
"Many cosmologists believe that the universe is expanding and will do so forever, therefore it is infinite and will always remain so. That concept ... is difficult for us to accept, yet, the theory that our universe is infinite is also widely accepted."
That doesn't make sense to me. You seem to be saying that some people believe the universe is infinite while others think it is infinite. So I guess its infinite? The concept of infinity is not hard for mathematicians or physicists. We deal with it all the time.
"1) God was always there, He has no beginning (think negative #'s)"
Negative numbers have a beginning. Its 0.
"2) The Big Bang represents the number zero (the beginning of what we call "time")"
That makes no sense to me. Zero is nothing. How is that the big bang?
"3) The universe and God will continue forever (think positive #'s)."
In other words its infinite. I get that. Lots of things are infinite besides positive numbers. Rational numbers, integers, negative numbers, ...
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