by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 18, 2022 | Pulse
April 2022 Pulse In the previous article on the metaverse, I mentioned Alina Delp, a woman with a rare neurovascular condition called erythromelalgia, who has found participation in the Virtual Reality Church a meaningful spiritual experience. In 2018, Alina was...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 4, 2022 | Pulse
4 April 2022 Pulse One of the most hallowed of human institutions that have come under attack in our postmodern culture is marriage. Revisionists of different stripes have tried to reconstruct the traditional understanding and practice of marriage in many different...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 21, 2022 | Pulse
21 March 2022 Pulse A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Centre revealed that millennials in America are leaving traditional institutionalised religions such as Christianity. Roughly two-thirds of those between ages 23-28 surveyed said that they attend worship...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 7, 2022 | Pulse
7 March 2022 Pulse The quest for immortality or eternal life has been a part of human civilisation since time immemorial. It is the quintessential feature of many of the world’s religions. For example, an ancient Hindu prayer addressed to Shiva, the God of...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 24, 2022 | Pulse
26 February 2022 Pulse On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook made two media-grabbing announcements. The first has to do with the rebranding of Facebook as Meta, and the second is that his company hopes to create the metaverse, an immersive...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 21, 2022 | Pulse
21 February 2022 Pulse In November 2021, The Straits Times published an interesting article on the transhumanist quest to defeat aging and conquer death entitled ‘Would You Want to Live Beyond 150?’ which reports that: Biologists have found ways of reprogramming old...
