Do the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous work for everyone? In short, no. Here’s why.
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The following is a guest post by Karen Garst, whose first book was publicized on this blog in 2014. After…
In which I review a debut novel by a very promising author.
In which we take a look at not well-known aspect of psychological pioneer Albert Ellis – his stance on religion.
In which I talk about some of the skepticism and religion related research my lab presented recently.
In which one of my students asks the question, “If we know how easily memory is manipulated and falsified, can the Gospels possibly be considered to be accurate records of the life of Jesus?”
When I was a kid, calling someone a “Neanderthal” was an insult. It implied that you were a primitive, ugly, stupid non-human that should really just die out and be rediscovered and named in Germany in the 1850s. Thanks to scientific and anthropological advances in the past 20 years, though, such insults really aren’t all that accurate anymore.
(Fairly relevant image, and also really fun game)
Since I was fairly young (pre-teens, certainly, although I can’t put an exact date on it), I have been fascinated by mythologies of all types. The earliest ones I was exposed to were the Greek and Roman myths, quickly followed by Egyptian stories and Norse sagas. Thanks to growing up in Oklahoma, I also got lots of early exposure to Native American stories, particularly ones from the Kiowa tribe. Reading stories like the Epic of Gilgamesh and learning more and more about comparative mythology was a critical step in my road to embracing a naturalistic worldview.
My good friend Brian was inspired by Nik Wallenda‘s historic, Jesus-Lord-God-filled high wire walk across the Grand Canyon Little Colorado…
This is the first in what will be an ongoing series of reviews here at GPS. These will be (to…