The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church has changed its mind about the Bible. Effective immediately, it’s all true… except for the contradictory bits… oh, and the obviously silly parts.
An article from the London Times (thanks to PZ Myers for the link) contained what may be the greatest understatement ever:
The Catholic bishops of England, […]
A few weeks ago, when visiting my parents, I was in their basement trying to find a book I used to have. As I was searching the bookshelves, I found something unexpected. In a simple, wooden frame was a plenary indulgence with my mother’s name on it. It took me a moment […]
I had always been under the impression that a hurricane was caused by warm water, condensation of water vapor high in the atmosphere and the Coriolis effect. An article I just read at Jerusalem Newswire has shown me the light. Hurricane Katrina is, in fact, the “fist of God.”
Apparently, the big […]
I just read a Washington Post article (which I found out about at God is for Suckers!) about a new study on the healing power of prayer. Guess what. It doesn’t work.
The study of more than 700 heart patients, one of the most ambitious attempts to test the medicinal power of […]
At the suggestion of a reader (jdt), I’ve been reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes (1976). I’m not even 100 pages in, but there’s already enough material to make for a good post.
Jaynes starts out with a discussion of what exactly consciousness is. At […]
