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2000 Years of Disbelief: Ethan Allen March 30, 2020 James A. Haught By James A. Haught This is the seventh segment of a series on renowned skeptics throughout history. These profiles are drawn from 2000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People With the Courage to Doubt, Prometheus Books, 1996. Ethan Allen,…

One of the most jarring parts of this odd new world is going for a walk—something I do once or twice a day—and constantly weaving as everyone makes sure we’re all staying six feet apart. I’m not used to it yet, and don’t know that I ever will be. It…

Image copyright Getty Images People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest.Global, which owns Capital FM and talk station LBC, said online radio listening had risen by 15%.The BBC said streaming of its radio stations had…

CORONAVIRUS MIGHT NOT HAVE JUMPED FROM BATS TO HUMANS IF CHINA WEREN’T PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS: That may sound far-fetched, but it’s anything but because the Old Testament warned more than three millennia ago that bats are “unclean.” More people in China would know that if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime…

UPDATE: Greg found the debunking paper from J. Archaeological Science Reports (Science got the name wrong), and a judicious inquiry will land you the paper. ********* I’m about to start reading the book below, which was published on March 1 and was kindly sent me by the author, Andrea Nicolotti,…

By Ron Synovitz March 17, 2020 Efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus have rekindled a millennium-old debate within Christianity. Should Eastern Orthodox priests use a shared spoon to distribute sacramental bread and wine to churchgoers? The debate has resurfaced amid unprecedented coronavirus measures that are compelling religious institutions around…

Last Wednesday, the World Health Organization labelled the novel coronavirus a pandemic, after it became clear that Covid-19 was spreading freely across most of the world. But history is no stranger to global disease outbreaks, each of which has taught us something about how to manage their spread. Whether we’re…

This article by James Farrelly is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in…

Saint Patrick's Day Getty Today is St Patrick’s day. A fitting occasion to explore the links between Ireland’s patron saint and the Irish whiskey industry and in particular the Hill of Slane which figures prominently in both the life of St. Patrick and modern day Irish whiskey. St. Patrick is…

I suppose we owe Jerry Falwell Jr. a debt of gratitude. I’m serious. Falwell is the son of the late Jerry Falwell, the man most responsible for bringing fundamentalist Christianity out of the political wilderness during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Junior, along with Franklin Graham, himself a scion of a religious…