The "Grandfather" of Modern Chemistry

    

     Many of you have probably heard about something called Chemistry. You probably took the subject in highschool or in college; but how many of you actually know it's origins?

     Robert Boyle also known as " the father of modern chemistry", was a 17th century Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. One of his most notable contributions was changing the name of alchemy into that of chemistry.

     The two most notible goals of Alchemy was turning lead into gold finding the philosophers stone(symbol at top). Some of the attempts to create the philosophers stone have failed, but ended up creating something else, such as the chinese alchemists who created gun powder.

     Alchemy also had a metaphysical element that was outlawed by the christian church.

     There are many shows in which depict alchemy as being used as a legitamate science, but my favorite of these is something called full metal alchemist. They have made a rule called the principle of equivilant exchange: you cannot creat something from nothing.

Basics of Religion

     What is religion. According to websters dictionary it is " A belief in a divine or superhuman power of powers to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s)". Another definition would be "Any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy".

     I would have to agree with the latter definition, but the former does have some truth in it. People will worship anybody who they see fit, even some cults such as the The Heavans Gate.

     There is a very wonderful reference to religion by Thea Sabin that I have personally loved since the day that I read it. It states that religion is a little bit like a tree. At the very base of that tree is something called deity. The chinese also call it chi. It is the eternal life force behind the universe. Spanning from that tree is the masculine and feminine. Also called the God and the Goddess. And spanning from these 2 branches are the male and female godes of all the worlds religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism. and Islam.

     Religion is a very controversial topic of debate. In the United States, we have the freedom to practice any religion that we so please. There is data that 77% of American adults consider themselves to be Christian, which leaves the other 23% very outnumbered. Another 18% of this do not consider themselves to be of any religion. Leaving only 5% to being another religion other than Christianity or Atheism.

     Myself, I fall into that very small 5%. I want you to leave a comment on the bottom of this post saying what religion you are and how you got to be that religion.