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The Mathematics Of Santa Claus’ Present Delivery System
It's the time of year when people begin asking the very pertinent question: How does Santa Claus do it? How does he get all those presents to all those kids…
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The Myth Of Physicalism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
Physicalism is an extreme form of materialism that says that only physical entities exist. This differs from more moderate forms of materialism like property dualism or emergentism where immaterial entities…
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Let’s Talk About Q Again — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell
We talked about Q a little bit a few months ago but it's time for a second look. Since late October 2017, Q has been communicating with members of the…
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Poor Richard Carrier Goes On The Offensive
Six years ago I wrote a small, daily piece (Bayes Theorem Proves Jesus Existed And Didn't Exist) about the use of probability in proving or disproving the existence of God.…
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Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death?
Headline: "British And German Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death." Thanks to reader Mark Charters for discovering the study. British and German scientists have confirmed there is some form…
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Miracles And Possible Explanations
From Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory: 'And I dare say the first time you saw a man raised from the dead you might think so too.' He giggled…
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Time To Fast: I’m Giving Up The Internet For Lent
Our friend Jay Richards, editor of The Stream, has an excellent on-going series on fasting. In Part II, he discusses how our Lord fasted for forty days. By fasted Richards…
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Academics Busily Purging Its Enemies, Real & Imagined
This was written a while back, and part become an item in the Insanity & Doom update. I would have trashed it, except that since the events detailed below, Gilley…
