This link has been bookmarked by 5 people . It was first bookmarked on 19 Aug 2008, by Nathan Rein.
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06 Jan 11
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according to several interviews with people who study these things: People want to believe, and most simply can't help it.
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The human brain is always trying to determine why things happen, and when the reason is not clear, we tend to make up some pretty bizarre explanations."
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Does belief in the paranormal have anything to do with religious belief?
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13 Jun 09
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02 Nov 08
Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What's harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright false reports that perpetuate myths that often have just one ultimate truth: Th
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01 Sep 08
Ted Shaffnera good article, but with an unfortunate and seriously old-fashioned and limiting definition of mythology. Mythology was not created to explain the sun asdrawn by a chariot - any idiot can see there is no chariot - but to create a deeper understanding of h
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19 Aug 08
Nathan ReinThis is not a bad article, but it drives me crazy that the writer never consulted a specialist in religion. The quoted "scientific" explanations for ancient religious beliefs were basically debunked by research several generations ago. This is how bad the academic study of religion looks to the rest of the world, I guess.
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