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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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UK-Sceptics Conference, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, 18th-20th September 2009
The UK Sceptics have announced their 2009 conference to be held at Muncaster Castle, Cumbria on the 18th-20th September 2009. Speakers include Chris French and Chris Roe, but also interestingly John Walliss on mediumship and amazingly Nick Pope – yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, Paranormal, Reviews and Past Events
Tagged Chris Roe, cult movies, Cumbria, David Curtin, Debunking, fun event, John Walliss, Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Nick Pope, parapsychology, psi, sceptic conference, sceptic events, Scepticism, sceptics, skepticism, skeptics, UFO, uk-sceptics
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 
Psychic News closes down after 78 years — but why?
I am aware of the byzantine politics of the Spiritualist movement, and the complex theological, administrative and personality clashes which sometimes (always?) arise. In this the Spiritualist National Union is much like any other church, or much like any other organisation, be it poetry club or gardening society.
In those two factors, economic issues and doubtless some political manoeuvring we see the immediate reasons for the decline of Psychic News (a newspaper that as long term reader of this blog may recall once featured me on the front page!). It is a shame, but possibly to be expected. And yet… Continue reading →