Bruno's Mauritian Blog

Rs 73.6 millions of public money has been given away to religions during the last financial year. The Catholic Church is the main beneficiary with Rs 23.7 millions, followed by the Somduth Dulthummun’s Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation, Rs 17.8 millions. Ten other institutions received Rs 32.1 millions altogether. This amount of public money is not astronomical compared with the figures involved in the wastage of public funds, as quoted by the latest Audit Report.

I don’t understand why some people fiercely oppose the death penalty for criminals, but then strongly support abortion of babies who have not murdered anyone yet. What’s the logic in there? Being pro-choice and abolitionist is illogical!

Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul. According to this verse, God made man out of moist earth and His breath of life. This is to be compared with the Atra-Hasis epic, written [...]

The Creation Story in Gen. 2.4 – 3.24 is clearly not a factual description of what might have happened a few millennia ago. It is rather a reflection of wise people living in the kingdom of Israel around 1000 BC. These men asked themselves various questions: where did mankind come from? Where are we heading? [...]

Last week, I wrote an article about the Creation according to the Book of Genesis. This weekend, I will shed some light upon the misinterpreted story of Adam and Eve. I am compelled to remind my dear readers that the Bible was written by MEN under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is [...]

I have been pleased by the good response to my posts on science and religion. Yesterday, I ran into an argument with some neo-con on Facebook. This fan of Sarah Palin believes in creationism: he believes that God made the Earth, plants, animals and mankind in 6 days and that the Earth is roughly 7000 [...]

Science has replaced superstition down the ages; so much so that nowadays, people have claimed that God is dead! The first milestone in reason was made by the greatest Physicist of all time: Sir Isaac Newton. His laws of motion and universal gravitation explained the motion of celestial bodies, and replaced the “Hand of God” [...]