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Daily Archives: October 11, 2009
UFO Mothership, or Just Sun and Clouds?
Last Wednesday there was a large UFO disk-like shape, apparently backlighted by the sun, that hung over Moscow, and the video of it has gotten a lot of YouTube attention: The Sun says this about the phenomenon: The video has appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, astronomy, motherships, science, skepticism, true believers, UFO sightings, UFOs, weather, weird things
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H1N1 (Swine Flu): Listen to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), Not Rush Limbaugh
Here’s the CDC’s recommendation regarding swine flu vaccination, as reported in the Washington Post: The first swine flu precaution that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests for parents: As soon as a vaccine is available, try to get … Continue reading
Mental Hospital Break
High school students wander around an old, abandoned Michigan mental hospital. Because the psyche is often thought about as a structure (metaphorically), there’s something poetic and sublime about their drifting from one wrecked and abandoned room to another: The video also called … Continue reading
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Tagged devils, gospel of Luke, Halloween, health, life, mental health break, mental hospitals, psychology, ruins, sublime, the mind
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Mental Health Break
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Tagged art, dance, freedom, life, love, music, psychology, the ontological mystery
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Atheism: More Than Cool Reason?
One of the narratives that atheists like to tell about themselves is this: We are the brave facers of the truth. There is no God, and death is the end of individual existence. We have reached conclusions that are unpleasant to many, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheists, behavior, contingency, God, Motivation, philosophy, psychology, religion, Richard Dawkins
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Prometheus Unbound 