Monthly Archives: December 2014

What I’m Hoping to Achieve in 2015

Posted on December 31, 2014 by a1skeptic

The question may be asked, what am I intending to do this year with my blog. What’s the point? I recognize, at the outset, that I’m mostly preaching to the choir. It’s not likely that my blog will change any … Continue reading →

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What’sa Matter with Staten Island?

Posted on December 30, 2014 by a1skeptic

Today, Congressman Michael Grimm, he of the felony tax evasion conviction and the threat to throw NY1-TV political reporter Michael Scotto “off a balcony” for questioning him about a campaign finance investigation, actually agreed to resign from Congress. I guess … Continue reading →

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On Year Without God Turned a Pastor Around

Posted on December 29, 2014 by a1skeptic

Today I came across an interesting little story about former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor Ryan Bell, who the beginning of 2014, made the highly unusual New Year’s resolution to “live for one year without God.” Apparently it turned him into an … Continue reading →

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The Mystery Obscures

Posted on December 28, 2014 by a1skeptic

I was sitting with my new friend on her living room couch, and I say to her, “you’re not a witch.” Yes I am, she says. You’re not a witch, I say. If someone can be a Christian or Muslim … Continue reading →

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Shameful Rhetoric, NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association

Posted on December 26, 2014 by a1skeptic

It was just before Christmas so it may have gone unnoticed, but Pat Lynch, the President of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association claimed that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had “blood on his hands” for the gangland style execution of NYC … Continue reading →

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Christ’s Mass in Context

Posted on December 25, 2014 by a1skeptic

Today is Christmas. But not actually Jesus’ birthday. That’s because no one actually knows when Jesus was born. It was not on December 25, and it was likely not in the year 0 A.D. More likely somewhere between 2 and … Continue reading →

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Legal Analysis of the Ten Commandments

Posted on December 24, 2014 by a1skeptic

I was thinking about the Ten Commandments from the perspective of a lawyer. And from that perspective, they definitely leave somethign to be desired. I mean, let’s look at the most common (but hardly only) version of the Commandments: I … Continue reading →

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On Life Without a Body

Posted on December 23, 2014 by a1skeptic

Yesterday I wrote something about the Wicca tradition, Christopher Penczak, and a book he wrote on the foundations underlying certain beliefs, among other things. In his book, Penczak wrote: Most mystical cultures recognize that consciousness goes beyond the physical realm, … Continue reading →

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A Wicca Yuletide Festival

Posted on December 22, 2014 by a1skeptic

I have a new friend who is a Wicca. A witch, so to speak. On Saturday I accompanied her to a Wicca (or if you’re from Boston, “wicked”) yuletide celebration up in the wilds of Southern New Hampshire. But let’s … Continue reading →

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Folding like a House of Cards

Posted on December 19, 2014 by a1skeptic

If the brouhaha over the latest Seth Rogen and James Franco film “The Interview” proves anything, it proves that the North Koreans have no sense of humor.  None at all. I mean, if the United States government hacked a film … Continue reading →

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