JUNK SCIENCE

Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 28, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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WORLD NEWS
Samoan Prime Minister: Leaders Who Deny Climate Change Are 'Utterly Stupid'
By Dominique Mosbergen
Tuilaepa Sailele suggested that such skeptics should be taken to a mental institution.
A close up of the eye of providence on a one dollar bill
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HEALTHY LIVING
This College Class On 'Historical Frauds' Is Fighting Pseudoscience Head-On
By Carolyn Gregoire
A university course designed to teach critical thinking has been highly successful in dispelling misinformation and conspiracy theories.
RELIGION
Only A Minority Is Right
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Whoever you are and whatever your view, you are vastly outnumbered by all the other options combined. You are Protestant
RELIGION
Gospel of Wealth Preachers At Inauguration
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Pardon me. This piece is admittedly too clever by half, but then again, so is The Gospel of Wealth. Two preachers, male and
RELIGION
Filthy Little Atheist
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
But goodness was not enough and Christians could not imagine belief in God without the Christian apparatus for that belief
RELIGION
God Is 'Simply Incredible'
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
There's no need for releasing the Searchers to find out the cause for the current incredulity about God. At some point in
RELIGION
God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
As far as I can discover from interviews and from books, there are at least 21 reasons smart people find God unconvincing
RELIGION
Faith = Credulity ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Faith and credulity are for the fabulous, fantastic, phantasmagoric beliefs that we only find in religions and conspiracy
RELIGION
Evangelical Lips*
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Wait and see. In the next year or so, The Cynical & Crafty Far Right Guides Who Lack the Gift of Faith will place a Justice
RELIGION
The Trinity Is One (Plus Two)
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
First, the Trinity is referred to as 'three persons.' Second, there is a division of labor among the persons of the Trinity
RELIGION
What is a Koan ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Koans are the special short questions of spiritual masters in the Chan and Zen traditions. (Chinese Chan became Japanese
RELIGION
What is Marriage ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Religions also legislate marriage in order to legislate sex. But most ancient religious prohibitions against certain sexual
RELIGION
Advice to Young Ph.D.s in Religious Studies
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
6. Note that epoche entails your public portrayal as an objective scholar and instructor. Privately, while lowered into your
RELIGION
What is a Cult ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Hold your ponies! Aren't some new religions harmful, hateful, distasteful, and downright wacky? Yes. And therefore 'cult
SCIENCE
Skeptical About Climate Deniers
By Jeff Schweitzer, Contributor
Scientist, former White House Senior Policy Analyst, Ph.D in n...
Few concepts are more poorly understood or more abused than skepticism. The best example of this abuse is to attribute the moniker of "climate change skeptic" to those who ignore the overwhelming data concerning global warming.
RELIGION
What is the End of the World ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
It would disclose a high degree of vanity in me were I to announce that the end of the world would occur during my life span
RELIGION
What Is An Atheist ?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
There's a twist to time and religion. Though time is corrosive of old beliefs it also evolves new beliefs. If God exists
RELIGION
What is Salvation?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
In the West, a person must believe in (depending upon the religion) the Torah, the laws of Moses, the Talmud, the efficacy
RELIGION
What Is Original Sin?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
Curiously though, like original sin, evolution also speaks of ancestral inheritance, and such an inheritance might argue
RELIGION
What is the Devil?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
There were no witches. And there was no devil. All this devil lore in post-biblical Jewish literature so influenced emerging
RELIGION
Letters From the Damned
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
I think men take it hardest, but there have been some women who've been crushed by damnation--absolutely crushed. And the
RELIGION
Faitheism
By Ryan Phipps, Contributor
Senior Minister, Church In Bethesda
Gandhi once said, Like the gentleman in my office, I too have gone through the same frustrations in my life. Conscience is
RELIGION
What Is Mysticism?
By J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Contributor
Senior Lecture, History of Religious Ideas, U of CA Irvine
There are two types of theistic personnel. from An Opinionated Dictionary of Religion at uponreligion.com. There can be no
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SCIENCE
How One Doctor Is Waging War On Bulls**t Science
By David Freeman
It's about time.
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