The Cleveland Skeptics

The pizza and ice cream were so good! :)

2010-07-21T20:12:00.993-07:00

The pizza and ice cream were so good! :)

Love the ice cream and pizza!

2010-07-21T19:38:30.057-07:00

Love the ice cream and pizza!

This is a great resource list! I'm linking it from...

2010-05-25T18:13:50.225-07:00

This is a great resource list! I'm linking it from my site.

Phil Plait did an excellent write-up on this story...

2010-03-19T16:39:00.106-07:00

Phil Plait did an excellent write-up on this story. http://skepticblog.org/2010/03/17/erie-ufo-not-so-eerie/

I like the video of Joe Nickell taking on Bob Lars...

2010-02-28T23:21:16.235-08:00

I like the video of Joe Nickell taking on Bob Larson. I'll just echo what Nickell said. The fact that we're in the 21st century seriously discussing demon possession on CNN is embarrassing.

A very good point. Where someone sees Jesus, some...

2010-02-28T23:14:56.936-08:00

A very good point. Where someone sees Jesus, someone else sees Charles Manson, Zeus, or Santa Clause. Good post!

I remember when I was about 12 a friend of mine ha...

2010-02-25T17:43:22.968-08:00

I remember when I was about 12 a friend of mine had a book by him that her aunt gave her. It listed all these rock bands of the late 70s and early 80s and why they were tools of the devil. We had a great laugh over it. Eventually we buried it in the backyard to get rid of it.

I have been a watcher of " Pastor" Larson for year...

2010-02-25T17:31:40.249-08:00

I have been a watcher of " Pastor" Larson for years, way back since 1985 when he had his radio show. Larson is, plain and simple, a con man. Its all about the attention but more about money. He charges $500 per hour for an " exorcism".

He used to have a mail order ministerial degree and tried passing himself off as " reverend" until someone online ( ahem) made a few points about the real Bob Larson. Rev, Darrel Gene Motal ( the Paranormal Preacher) has a few YouTube videos on Larson, including interviews with two women who told of their bad experiences under Bob's " exorcisms".

Also my blog site has a number of entries about BL and some of what I've discovered.

This is BTW the SECOND " reality" show He's tried to get on the air, The first on was " The Real Exorcist" and was aired in the UK until viewers complained, then four of the eps were aired in the SyFy network two years ago last Halloween.

http://foreverknightfa.livejournal.com

I worked at a local hotel a few years ago when Bob...

2010-02-18T10:15:31.909-08:00

I worked at a local hotel a few years ago when Bob Larson came to do exorcisms. His handlers' instructions were very clear: no one was to enter the room during the exorcisms without their permission, and they had a bouncer/security guard at the door to enforce it. As a sound tech, I had to enter the room to change out batteries in Bob's wireless mic, but they wouldn't even let me in to do that. I gave them a handful of batteries and left. They stayed until 4 a.m. exorcising.

Excellent post and writing style. Bookmarked.

2010-02-03T15:20:41.694-08:00

Excellent post and writing style. Bookmarked.

Shermer's Why People Believe Strange Things is one...

2009-11-26T06:48:55.378-08:00

Shermer's Why People Believe Strange Things is one of the first books on skepticism and critical thinking I read. Thanks for the resource list.

Hi Manya - I tracked Sylvia's predictions for a ...

2009-09-02T09:33:49.665-07:00

Hi Manya -

I tracked Sylvia's predictions for a couple years, and have had a difficult time finding her predictions for 2009. Where did you see the webcast? Is it still available?

The last time I checked her, it was for her 2007 predictions, and I had created some criteria to get rid of vague non-predictions. Of those that were left, she ended up with over a 90% false alarm rate - which basically means she says things that wind up not occurring.

Anyway, thanks for the info.

Most people who brag about having an open mind are...

2009-04-24T12:59:00.000-07:00

Most people who brag about having an open mind are either A)deceiving themselves or B)idiots who will believe anything in the name of open-mindedness.

I do not want an open mind. If you want me to accept your new idea, theory or point if view YOU have to prove it's worth and validity to me. If you can't then I'm going to shrug it off.

"... a representation of the great flood?"Hahahaha...

2009-02-17T20:19:00.000-08:00

"... a representation of the great flood?"

Hahahahaha! Oh man, that is priceless.

It's been a while since I've listened to Logically...

2009-01-20T16:15:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've listened to Logically Critical. He used a ton of Simpsons references I remember.

Excellent! But please don't forget Logically Criti...

2009-01-19T18:19:00.000-08:00

Excellent! But please don't forget Logically Critical Guy's archive. A plethora of humorous and extremely good critical analysis of almost everything.

http://www.logicallycritical.net/Episodes.html

It's funny... my mother was an Atheist & didn't be...

2009-01-08T14:31:00.000-08:00

It's funny... my mother was an Atheist & didn't believe in any supernatural schtuff- yet, she had all the Edgar Cayce books & listened to Sandra Lee Serio & had books by (who was the lady who "predicted" the "death of a blue-eyed Democrat"?), along with many Astrology books. I don't think she was into all that for the purpose of skeptical inquiry, per se- I think that she just thought it was all FUN.

So maybe some of Sylvia Browne's fans are like that... but I shudder to think of how many people actually fall for her schtick hook, line, & sinker.

This is a mighty posting... great job, Josh!!!

2008-12-23T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is a mighty posting... great job, Josh!!!

Thank you for promoting SRR. It's a good choice......

2008-12-19T06:20:00.000-08:00

Thank you for promoting SRR. It's a good choice... ;-)

Nick

Susan Blackmore's book is a good read to see just ...

2008-11-21T14:55:00.000-08:00

Susan Blackmore's book is a good read to see just how hard it is to setup an experiment in parapsychology that has enough controls in it to filter out human bias and trickery. If "The Demon-Haunted World" was required reading in high school, as well as all of Shermer's books, the world would be a much safer place.

That Carl Sagan quote is one of my all-time favori...

2008-11-16T19:10:00.000-08:00

That Carl Sagan quote is one of my all-time favorites! So simple, so true...