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http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/109341.aspx I personally think it looks more phallic than holy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=apLYpeppu8ag&refer=canada http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2513322,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.komodo.reut/index.html I don't believe in god but I will worship this Komodo dragon. I am writing "the book" now.

This will probably illustrate my real lack of biblical historical knowledge, but it is something that I've been trying to think through. Ok, if we are to believe that Mary was a virgin when Jesus was born, why should that be a legitimate starting point to the whole story. There are two...

Regarding this week's commentary here: http://www.randi.org/jr/042205modern.html#3 One of the Chicago Tribune's columnists, Eric Zorn, wrote this in his weblog here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/weblog/ "Those who cite “faith” for the reason they believe that...

I cannot believe these people. They revere this woman and they think she is showing up on overpasses, bread, toast, frogs...? When is that casino going to buy the bridge? :D Stain Article

Virgin Mary spotted on underpass... [/b] Well, that could be one explanation..... [/b] Think I'll go with this one.... [/b]

I'm in the wrong business.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A52BDF1D-0296-4A93-9AB8-F9190B314B86 With everything going on in the world I saw this on the 10 O'clock news. I live in Orange County, CA and some how a car salesman trying to get media attention in Texas gets airtime on the news here.

Just reading 'The selfish Gene' and in it Dawkins talks about the fact that the 'Virgin' part of the bible was translated incorrectly from the Hebrew and that it should have said "Young woman". Etc... etc... Discuss.

Hmmm. A possible explanation for the virgin birth of Christ: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20040421/sc_nm/science_mice_dc What do you think? :D

from here OK, 'fess up...

Idolatry! Wasn't that supposed to be what p!ssed off Charlton Heston, oops I mean Moses, and made him fling the tablets he'd just been given on Sinai at the people and... and... all that? Tree Stump Virgin Mary Draws Faithful So if Moses were to appear and throw something at the idolators...

UK Virgin Mary claim over Hume photo (Closeups of image at link) I classify this under paranormal rather than religion because I would like a good skeptical debunking from some of you photographers out there. Of course there's the Rorscharch factor: If it looks like it has a beard it's...

This distressingCNN article of August 15 describes the growing acceptance of mysticism in the USA compared to the rest of the world. I do not think it is a coincidence that the last 40 years have seen a rise in paranormal beliefs and a rise in the acceptance of the more fanciful religious...

A ventriloquist? Hmmm...

An interesting debate has recently surfaced in one of Sweden's leading newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet (which incidetially has featured an interesting editorial by James Randi regarding a certain academic Swedish dowser back in the 90's). Mr. K. G. Hammar, archbishop of the Church of Sweden, has...