I ran across an article by Ian Stevenson entitled "Birthmarks and Birth Defects Corresponding to Wounds on Deceased Persons," in which he defends reincarnation. The editor regarded this line of evidence as “the strongest proof yet of reincarnation.� One risk of rolling out your best argument is ...

Quite often, among our friends or acquaintances, there is someone who has astonished - or appalled! - us with a few magic tricks. The Ease of Learning and Performing Basic Magic Tricks Most children and adult libraries have a selection of books on the how-to of a wide range of magic tricks. These sh...

Quite often, among our friends or acquaintances, there is someone who has astonished - or appalled! - us with a few magic tricks. The Ease of Learning and Performing Basic Magic Tricks Most children and adult libraries have a selection of books on the how-to of a wide range of magic tricks. These sh...

Not sure whether you guys will be interested in this. (Who am I kidding? EVERYONE will be interested in this.) But if you've got any interest in anthropology of religion, I think this ought to be pretty relevant. While previously all you could find were four short clips on youtube, the entirity of t...

I was recently in India and was amazed by many of the sites, sounds, and differences with my familiar American backyard. On one occasion as we were driving to the pastors’ conference where we were speaking, we had a gentleman on a motorcycle pull up next to us.  This guy was a sharply dressed...

Some of Sathya Sai Baba’s propagandists, and many devotees, strive to make it appear that an assertion disfavouring him is an assertion against Hinduism and India. In actual fact, a great many Hindus do not at all approve of Sai Baba at all, as anyone who has travelled extensively in India or...

I recently posted the following question on LinkedIn: “Boston College recently introduced religious art into its classrooms. To what extent should religious art be allowed in the workplace? Do you have religious art in your office/workspace? If so, what kind? Do you support its presence at wor...

Rosemary Bennett’s article in The London Times (Public Sector) last Friday may indicate that things are stirring for Tony McNulty MP for Harrow East, and David Leppard’s piece of last Sunday 15th in The Sunday Times, suggests that the British Home Secretary  Jacqui Smith may be replaced...

The world celebrated Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday this past Thursday. Darwin, as many know, is known for his revolutionary theory of evolution. Evolution has been unanimously acknowledged by the scientific community and served as the basis of biology. But compared to other scientific theori...

From time to time, international coordinators, such as Robert Priddy , the late Glen Meloy , and, at an earlier stage, Hari Sampath, have received compelling testimony from former students, staff and others who have been close to Sathya Sai Baba. The witneses are checked out to ensure that they ar...