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Would A Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part III — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part II What are we to make of this? Who's the idiot here, my friend? Is it Coningsby? Or is it the reader of the novel who fails to…
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Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Reviewed: Why “Poetic Naturalism” is an Oxymoron — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Another version of this article first appeared at Kurland's site. Scientism, the belief that science can explain everything about the world and ourselves, is a religion, although not formally expressed…
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Would A Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I was prodded once, by a friend, to explain the existence and meaning of FreeMasonry. And I replied, briefly, that Julius Felsenburgh had yet to make his appearance. Not that…
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People’s Fundamental Objection to the Catholic Faith
Damian Thompson asks "Can anything stop Catholic infighting?" in the Catholic Herald. A call to both sides to wake up and smell the incense. Says things like, "First, liberal Catholics…
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Headline: We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans. Amen: We Did
When they used to tell me I would shorten my life ten years by smoking, they little knew the devotee they were wasting their puerile word upon---they little knew how…
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On The Demon Possessed Doll & Little Girl
You might have seen the video of the little girl playing near a doll, a doll which twitches its head without visible promoting. The video switches views and sees the…
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Why Americans Left Christianity And Became Nones
The title of the Pew report which we'll discuss is "Why America's 'nones' left religion behind", though, as you can see, I modified it. For good reason. The original Pew…
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Just In Time For Easter, The Annual Skeptical Article Denying Jesus Existed
It's that time of year again, friends; the holiest in the secular calendar. It's a time of contemplation, yes, but in the newsroom it's also one of celebration. For this…