Category Archives: superstitions

Pope Combats Fraud (Cancels Out Self?)

This is rich.  The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Pope Ratzinger “is declaring a ‘holy war’ against people who claim falsely that the Virgin Mary is appearing to them.”  As if a) anyone every really claimed truthfully that this has happened … Continue reading

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Do do that voodoo that you do so well

Yay!  Some legitimate craziness in my neck of the woods. A voodoo priestess in South Carolina has filed a report in Cobb County, Georgia, alleging that former Cobb commissioner Annette Kesting hired her to cast a spell on rival Woody … Continue reading

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More Wasilliness

And you thought Jeremiah Wright was bad.  Check out “Bishop” Thomas Muthee (rhymes with “moosey”).  Visit the website of Word of Faith Church in Kenya and then continue reading here.  This guy makes Wright look like John Shelby Spong.  Lest you doubt his … Continue reading

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Crackers of Manufactured Outrage

To protest university funding of on-campus religious services, University of Central Florida Student Senator Webster Cook “stole” a Eucharist during a Mass on June 29th.  Drilling down to Cook’s precise motives and exactly what happened can get complicated, but there’s … Continue reading

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Podcast #17 – Jeremiah Wright

Controversies Galore – We take a look at the ongoing feud between Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright.  To see Wright’s National Press Club appearance start here [link]. Not only is John McCain kowtowing to the … Continue reading

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Podcast #7 – Religion and Insanity

Religion and Insanity – Recent, tragic cases in the news involving filicide and/or suicide by insane and possibly religiously motivated people (Banita Jacks, John Violette and Marcelle Thibault). – A look back at the sad story of Andrea Yates, who infamously … Continue reading

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Podcast #6 – The Portable Atheist

The Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens – We take a look at the latest collection of writing selected and introduced by the Bad Boy of Unbelievers!

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What Galileo Wrought

A review of the science fiction anthology Galileo’s Children, edited by Gardner Dozois by John C. Snider © 2008 It has been nearly four centuries since Galileo Galilei lost his legendary showdown with the Catholic Church’s Court of the Inquisition.   … Continue reading

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Superstitions in the news…

One-third believe in ghosts, UFOs – How pathetic do you have to believe to go to all the trouble to move out of your house because you think it’s haunted?  (Of course, journalists haul out these stats every Halloween.) Superstitious … Continue reading

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