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In case you needed something else to facepalm about, today I stumbled on an article in Vice  about people who are blending AI with religion....

A friend of mine posted a link on social media about how forty percent of Republicans approve of how Donald Trump has handled the whole hor...

I have a problem with how people use the word miracle . The dictionary definition is "a surprising and welcome event that is not explic...

Today I dodged a battle on social media, and I honestly don't know if it makes me a coward or just someone who tries to be prudent about...

In his book Nothing's Sacred: The Truth About Judaism , media scholar Douglas Rushkoff discusses his concept of "open-source religi...

As someone who considers himself a de facto  atheist -- I'm not certain  there's no God, but the facts as I know them seem to strong...

I've been writing here at Skeptophilia  for fourteen years, so I guess it's to be expected that some of my opinions have changed ove...

Karma is an interesting idea. It's originally a concept from Hinduism and Buddhism, and claims that good or bad deeds accrue on what am...

My mom was an extremely devout Roman Catholic, and I still recall her instructing me to "pray to St. Jude " when I was worried abo...