Long-time Cromrade Autumn is proposing an interesting experiment: I hear all the time from Christians that they feel discriminated against in day to day life. I find myself skeptical. I pretended to be Christian for years to avoid discrimination and harassment. This lead me to an idea. I’m uncertain about it so I thought I would put it up here, …
Category Archive: skeptivism
Apr 02 2012
I’m going to Kelowna!
I talk about CFI Vancouver often enough, since I am a volunteer (at least as much as my schedule will allow). What my Van-centricity may have obscured is the fact that there is an active CFI branch in the interior of British Columbia. Unlike Vancouver, which is besotted with a brand of woo-ishness that is …
Jan 27 2012
Petition: Make stupid American school stop being morons
COMMENTER UPDATE: The preamble now says (presumably an update): “I’d like to thank everyone for their support. I never imagined that the petition would gain so much attention. However, this whole situation has been a large misunderstanding between myself and the administration. I never meant to shed Paradise Valley in a negative light. PV is an accepting …
Oct 17 2011
Special Feature: I Occupy Vancouver
Every now and then I actually do stuff out in the real world. I recognize the fact that this practice is risky, but what can I say? I’m a thrill seeker. This Saturday, as I announced previously, I spent the afternoon downtown Vancouver as part of the Occupy Vancouver protest event*. If you’ve been living …
Oct 08 2011
‘Couv team… ASSEMBLE! (Oct 7th, 2011)
I just wanted to drop a couple of news items in front of your eyes for those of you who live in the Vancouver area. I’m going to try to do these at least once a week, because I think there are some people out there who are under the impression that Vancouver is not …
May 17 2011
Special Feature: I participate in SlutWalk Vancouver
This past Sunday, I participated in the local (to Vancouver) SlutWalk event. I have spoken previously about the issues that preceded this event, so if you haven’t heard of it you should probably read that post. I will attempt to summarize: a police officer in Toronto suggested that women who don’t want to get raped …
Jan 10 2011
No refund policy? No, refund policy!
This is the second part of this morning’s story of my homeopathic overdose. After the “overdose” failed to accomplish anything, I went back to Finlandia and told the person behind the till that I was dissatisfied with the insomnia homeopathic preparation I had purchased, because it didn’t do anything. I told her that it had …
Jan 10 2011
My homeopathic overdose
If you’re reading this, then I survived a deadly overdose on sleeping pills. It wasn’t my iron constitution, survival instincts or even the quick work of trained medical professionals that saved my life; no, it was the fact that I used homeopathic sleeping pills. Many of you have probably heard of homeopathy, but don’t really …
Dec 13 2010
‘Tis the season… to shove it in their faces!
Cross-posted from Canadian Atheist, in direct (and repeated) violation of the unofficial policy prohibiting such things. This one will brief, since Hemant over at Friendly Atheist has already given us all the relevant information: The Atheism subReddit has taken up the cause to raise $42,000 for Doctors without Borders — the amount is an homage to Douglas Adams. …
Oct 30 2010
CFI Skeptics ‘welcome’ creationist Jonathan Sarfati, PhD
Once again thumbing my nose at the publishing guidelines for Canadian Atheist, I am cross-posting the summary I wrote on this event here. Readers should be aware that I was not present at any of the described events. What follows is my amalgamation of the impressions of a diverse group of skeptics working in different …
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