http://www.skepticalatheist.com Random ramblings about Religion, Paranormal and Politics Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:06:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The blogosphere is currently abuzz with a case of Jamie Jones - a woman from Texas who was employed by Halliburton/KBR. She alleges she was gang-raped by her Halliburton co-workers, locked up without food or water for a day - and all of this just happened to be an active ... http://www.skepticalatheist.com/2007/12/11/the-curious-case-of-jamie-leigh-jones/ A large number of billboards and bus stops in NYC have been recently occupied by this poster promoting the new Court TV series about psychic detectives. Since the subject matter seems to be popular with the masses, the question one needs to ask is: "How many crimes have real life ... http://www.skepticalatheist.com/2006/07/03/psychic-detectives/ Did you ever wonder what the Bible literacy rates are amongst the believers? Aside from anecdotal accounts, I couldn't find too many studies on that. My gut feeling is - it's not very high. It's no surprise really: will every devoted Christian reading this who've read both Old and New ... http://www.skepticalatheist.com/2006/06/16/biblical-literacy/ "Here is wisdom. Let he who has understanding calculate the number of the Beast; for his number is that of a man; and his number is 666". (Rev:13:18) Well now, today is June 6th, '06, and it seems that I'm still here. In fact, if you are reading this - chances ... http://www.skepticalatheist.com/2006/06/06/666-is-here-now-what/