by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 20, 2021 | Pulse
December 2021 Pulse On October 20, 2021, The Straits Times reported that for the first time, ‘a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system’. This may signal a significant breakthrough in...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 6, 2021 | Pulse
December 2021 Pulse In 2018, Lisa Littman, Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, published an article in the journal Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE) ‘Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults: A...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 15, 2021 | Pulse
November 2021 Pulse In his book Final Dawn Over Jerusalem (1998), the popular American pastor and televangelist, John Hagee, argues that God has two chosen peoples: Israel and the Church. Hagee’s view is based on a certain reading of Genesis 22:17, where God said to...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 1, 2021 | Pulse
November 2021 Pulse 2020 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, a unique piece of legislation passed by Parliament that addresses the relationship between religion and the secular state in Singapore. The Act came about as a result...
by Dr Roland Chia | Oct 18, 2021 | Pulse
October 2021 Pulse In an article published on the website ‘Common Sense with Bari Weiss’, Katie Herzog tells the story of a medical school professor who had to apologise to his class for using the term ‘pregnant women.’ He said to his students: ‘I said “when a woman...
by Dr Roland Chia | Oct 4, 2021 | Pulse
October 2021 Pulse In his National Day Rally this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong devoted about a third of his speech to the topic of race and religion, citing recent incidents of racial tension in Singapore. The Prime Minister also announced that a new law in...
