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Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Humor Medicine Music Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

If you open your mind too much, your brains will fall out…

This about sums it up for me:

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Pareidolia Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Still more weekend pareidolia: Lookin’ for Jesus in all the wrong places

When it rains, it pours (so to speak). Not wanting to be upstaged by that upstart Sarah Palin making an appearance on a piece of toast, prompting the observation that Sarah Palin is toast, the One True God has decided it is time to show who’s really the King of All Pareidolia. I have to […]

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Humor Pareidolia Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Does this mean Sarah Palin is Jesus?

We’ve had Jesus, Mary, and a variety of others make their holy presence known on blessed pieces of toast. Now it looks as though we have a new sacred image: That’s right, Sarah Palin has proven her most sacred presence by appearing on a piece of toast! What more evidence do you need that her […]

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Biology Religion Science

Yep, that about sums it up

This one’s been floating around the intertubes, at least those parts of the intertubes I frequent, for several days now at least. But it’s so good that I just can’t resist posting it myself. I had no idea John Cleese had a video podcast…

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Medicine Religion Surgery

When religion interferes with medical education

I’ve often written about the intersection of medicine and religion. Most commonly, I’ve lamented how the faithful advocate inappropriately injecting religion into the doctor-patient relationship in a manner that risks imposing the religion of the health care practitioner on the patient, sometimes through physicians feeling no obligation to inform patients of therapeutic options that violate […]