Russell Targ's exTEDx Talk
Russell Targ from Suzanne Taylor on Vimeo.I really loved Russell Targ's talk during the Brother Can You Spare a Paradigm, exTEDx event. It was an excellent program overall, but some of those talks are...
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Frogmarching Father Fugee
Father Michael Fugee, previously discussed here, has been arrested. The priest, who confessed to molesting an adolescent boy on multiple occasions, has been operating in violation of legal agreement...
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Score One for Religious Tolerance
Hat-tip to George Takei for digging this gem out of Jezebel's archive. It all started when Reddit user european_douchebag tried to make a little hay out of the unusual appearance of a Sikh woman.Writes...
View ArticleFrom the Memory Hole: Dawkins/Sheldrake Face Off
Once upon a time Rupert Sheldrake and Richard Dawkins had a debate, however brief. Except that it wasn't so much a debate as it was a set-up, proffered on false pretenses, and designed to make...
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The Buck Stops Where?
Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, NJ, has penned a letter about yet another resignation tied to the Fugee scandal, previously discussed here and here. Sadly, it's still not his own.The seriousness of...
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Cardinal Very Sorry for Everyone Else's Mistakes
Cardinal George Pell is "fully apologetic" for sex abuse in the Australian Catholic Church, but he's not responsible for any of it. Testifying in the Victorian Government Inquiry, Pell came clean on...
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Warren Jeffs Prophesies Destruction of Salt Lake City
The most startling reveal in Warren Jeffs's latest revelation is that Jesus has terrible grammar. His punctuation is somewhat capricious and he has little patience for articles like an and the.That...
View ArticleGraham Hancock Talks Consciousness on C2C
This is a long and fruitful interview with Graham Hancock. He discusses the TED censorship fiasco, the follow-up to Fingerprints of the Gods now in development, as well as some in-depth background on...
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Biblical Scholars Shred 1 Man, 1 Woman Argument
I've been saying for some time -- notably here, here, and here -- that the Biblical case against gay marriage isn't very strong. The case for polygamy and female slavery is much stronger and to say...
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Also DeleTED: Women
In a truly unsurprising development, it has been observed that TED conferences are heavily skewed towards men.Almost three fourths of all TED speakers are male.TED, the nonprofit conference behemoth...
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National Cathedral Celebrates Gay Marriage Victory
Buy From Art.comOnce again, I find myself very proud of the Episcopal Church I was raised in.The Washington National Cathedral will hold a special service Wednesday night to celebrate the Supreme Court...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Moving Egyptian Statue
Gotta say, this is a little weird.Some have theorized that the statue is moving because of the vibrations of visitors' feet, which would explain why the rotation only happens during the day.If the...
View ArticleRichard Dawkins Meets Max Headroom
I first watched this video last week and still haven't quite recovered. So Graham Hancock's comment today cracked me up. Has Richard Dawkins, arch materialist and formerly professor of the public...
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Verdict: Yoga is Not a Religion
Buy From Art.comIn a fairly unsurprising decision, Judge John Meyer has found that children in Encinitas, CA schools are not being religiously indoctrinated by a yoga program. The ruling denied a...
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He's Baaaaack!
Later today James Arthur Ray, possessor of The Secret, motivational speaker, and criminally negligent homicider, will ooze out of his prison cell and resume his career as a professional mover and...
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Announcing: The James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Trial
As you know, James Arthur Ray was released from prison last Friday. In honor of this inauspicious occasion, I'm unveiling The James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Trial page. I've been slowly organizing all...
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Pope Francis Won't Judge Gay People
Buy From Art.com"Judge not, that ye be not judged." ~ Matthew 7:1Pope Francis has once again shocked the world with a message of tolerance.Pope Francis opened the door on Sunday to greater acceptance...
View ArticlePat Robertson Takes an Odd Break from The Crazy
Is this whole Christian leaders not judging people becoming a trend? I don't know. Maybe.The 83-year-old televangelist [Pat Robertson] sat down on Sunday for the "Bring It Online" advice portion of his...
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The Flipping Sun
The sun is getting ready to reverse its polarity, which will put us at the midway point of solar maximum. It has been an unusually quiescent solar maximum, which has gone some way to calming concerns...
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Yoga's Terribly, Horribly, Awfully Negative Year
Buy From Art.comAll I could think when I read this was "here we go again." Yet another man in a position of spiritual leadership turns out to have been abusing his power by exploiting women and just...
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