Archive for the ‘paranormal’ Category
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
“Ufologist” and Young Earth Creationist Gary Bates of Creation Ministries International presented “Aliens, UFOs and the Bible” on July 18th at the Sewell Mill Baptist Church in Marietta, GA. We (John and Allison) were there, but the building did not spontaneously burst into flame, nor were there any clear-skies lightning strikes to manifest the ire of YHWH at the presence of infidels. As for Bates…thanks a LOT, Australia! For general creationist debunkage visit TalkOrigins.org. [Late-breaking Bonus: If you can stomach it, you can listen to Bates's entire baloneython in podcast format at the church's website--including the very session we sat in on!]
American Atheists president Ed Buckner delivers the invocation before a meeting of the Cobb County (Georgia) Board of Commissioners in Marietta. Yes, we know that “atheist invocation” is an oxymoron, but Ed used the opportunity to go meta, delivering a four-minute invocation on the idiocy of invocations. Go get ‘em, Ed!
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Tags: american atheists, cobb county, creation ministries international, ed buckner, gary bates, star party, ufo, ufology
Posted in astronomy & space, atheism, christianity, evolution, history, intelligent design, news, paranormal, podcast, politics, religion, science | 6 Comments »
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11! On July 20, 1969 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to set foot on another world. Our special guest this time is Seth Shostak, senior astronomer with the SETI Institute, co-host of the Are We Alone? radio show, and author of the book Confessions of an Alien Hunter (available at Amazon.com and/or Amazon.co.uk).
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Tags: apollo 11, buzz aldrin, confessions of an alien hunter, neil armstrong, seth shostak, seti
Posted in astronomy & space, history, interviews, paranormal, podcast, science, skepticism, urban legends | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 26th, 2009
We interview Bruce M. Hood, author of SuperSense, which theorizes a genetic predisposition toward religious belief, superstition, and other irrational behaviors (and that includes you, too, atheists!).
Read John’s review of SuperSense, or buy your very own copy (highly recommended) at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Visit Bruce M. Hood’s Official Website.
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Tags: bruce m. hood, supersense
Posted in books, evolution, interviews, medical research, paranormal, podcast, religion, science, skepticism, superstitions | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Here’s a family who just published a book on June 5th–the day before D-Day–claiming that their five-year-old son is a reincarnated WWII pilot. How can this not screw up this kid?
Tags: jaimie leininger, reincarnation, world war ii
Posted in books, paranormal, superstitions | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
If you were intrigued by my recent review of Bruce M. Hood’s SuperSense, you’ll want to read what the UK’s David Gardiner has to say about Robert L. Park’s new book Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science (available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk). Gardiner’s review appears on page 34 of Gold Dust #15 (embedded below for your convenience).
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Tags: bob park, david gardiner, gold dust, robert l. park, superstition
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Gary Jones, publisher of the Elberton Star (the local newspaper of Elberton, Georgia), informs me that the Georgia Guidestones, a regional curiosity and recent target of vandalism by anti-New World Order whackjobs, “have been cleaned and are almost ‘good as new.’ [The] sheriff has been keeping [a] closer eye on them.”
Tags: georgia guidestones
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
You may recall we talked about the mysterious Georgia Guidestones during our special live podcast at last year’s Dragon*Con. Now Wired magazine’s Randall Sullivan has written a thorough account of the history of this strange Peach State landmark. (In a nutshell, these granite monoliths are engraved with a list of aphorisms which are vaguely New Agey, but which crack-brained fundamentalists interpret as templates of the New World Order. Among other things, why the NWO would advertise their nefarious plot in the north Georgia hinterlands has never been satisfactorily explained.)
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Tags: georgia guidestones
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Review by John C. Snider
Is the tide changing in the struggle between science and religion? For the last four hundred years (give or take a few decades), science has been content to challenge the claims of religion (and it’s made a fair amount of progress in that regard), but in the last few years, science has begun to take a serious look at the basis of religion. Books like Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell and David Sloan Wilson’s Darwin’s Cathedral are just two examples from a wide and growing spectrum of literature that seeks to explain why we are religious. Is religion just a meme out of control, or is there something in our genetics that moves us in that direction?
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Tags: bruce m. hood, supersense
Posted in evolution, medical research, paranormal, religion, science, skepticism | 5 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
This might be a little off-topic, but I thought you guys might get a kick out of this recent Scary Gary strip. Scary Gary is about a vampire who retires from a life of bloodsucking and moves to the ‘burbs with his not-so-trusty henchman Leopold, a 3-foot-tall green… um… something. It’s written and drawn by Mark Buford, a friend of mine who also lives and works in metro Atlanta.
Tags: scary gary
Posted in arts, humor, paranormal | 1 Comment »
Creflo Dollar: liar or dupe?
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Creflo Dollar tells his credulous flock about Drilling to Hell (literally). Thanks to American Freethought fan Bob (whom we met at last week’s American Atheists convention) for passing along this tidbit, and thanks to David for his research. It made great fodder for my new gig at Examiner.com.
Tags: creflo dollar, drilling to hell, well to hell
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