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Ghosts, God and the Trouble With Ghosthunters.
So as Martin Gardner said, I think the decline of traditional religious belief may actually underlie, rather than be the opposite of, this explosion of popular ghosthunting. Still a great article by Hayley, and got me thinking as normal. Now I really must go do some work! Continue reading
Posted in atheism, Debunking myths, Paranormal, Religion
Tagged Alex Gabriel, atheism, CSICOP, Ghosthunting, Martin Gardner, paranormal belief, sceptocosm, The Heresy Club
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Living with the ‘Enemy’ – the Epistemological Acid Test
I just saw a friend has joined a Liberal Christian forum on Facebook, and it has brought to mind a few thoughts on what many people think is a rather perverse feature of my personality; given that I am a religious and ‘paranormal’ believer, with fairly strong beliefs that I express freely, why do I spend most of my on-line existence in atheist and sceptic sites? Continue reading
Posted in atheism, Debunking myths, Paranormal, Religion, Science, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged believers and sceptics, cancelled CU outing, communities of belief, epsitemological acid test, henotheism, Liberal Christians, Lisa Langood, modes of interpretation, paranormal belief, Scepticism, sceptics, skepticism, skeptics, ways-of-seeing
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