Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

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From the archive: Virgin Mary ‘appears’ in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Hilary Evans -
From the archives in 1991, Hilary Evans examines the claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to teenagers in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1981.
History

Did pirates and a First Nations chief help kick-start the Enlightenment?

Ted Lefroy -
The Enlightenment is often talked of as a 'Western' project, but European thinkers were influenced by the societies they met on their colonial travels
Moral Panics

Got any leads? Dog thieves won’t really leave secret signs outside your house

Brian Eggo -
Claims that would-be dog thieves mark their victims' houses with stickers echo old urban legends designed to spread fear and anxiety
Religion

Is Pope Leo XIV the true successor to the apostle Peter, Catholicism’s first Pope?

Gabriel Andrade -
The new Pope is no successor to Peter - the facts do not support the Catholic narrative that Peter was ever bishop of Rome, or the first established Pope
Podcast

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #010

The Skeptic Podcast -
Featuring articles from Deborah Hyde (November 2020), Brian Eggo (November 2020), Shaun Sellars (December 2020), Pixie Turner (March 2021)
Skepticism

Black Pope, Bad Omen? Apocalyptic fears, Nostradamus, and the Papal succession

Gabriel Andrade -
Misinterpreted 'predictions' about a black pope ushering in the end times reveal more about contemporary biases than about Nostradamus
Archive

From the archive: Glossolalia – fluently speaking gibberish languages

David Christie-Murray -
From the archives in 1991, David Christie-Murray explains how the Evangelical phenomenon of glossolalia differs from speaking a real language
Health

Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s “autism cure” quest reeks of eugenics

Noah Lugeons -
While claiming to seek a "cure" for autism, Robert F Kennedy Jr places autistic people on a spectrum ranging from inconvenient to undesirable
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