by Barry Fagin | Dec 5, 2011 | Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Originally published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 9-6-07} Has your mind ever left your body? Have you ever felt your consciousness set itself free? Maybe you were in a hospital bed, maybe you were experiencing a moment of spiritual ecstasy, maybe you were just...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 26, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 5-3-07} I was reading my morning Gazette last week when an ad caught my eye. “Back to Genesis Conference: The Battle for the Bible is the Battle for the Beginning”. What would it be like to attend a meeting sponsored by the...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 12, 2011 | Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-5-07} I’m writing this column under forty feet of water. This is bad. I’m supposed to be concentrating. Breathe slowly, save your air. Watch your fins and hands, don’t disturb anything. Pay attention to your dive buddy,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 18, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
We just rented the movie “Paul”, the comedy of an alien who finds his way home with the help of a couple British geek tourists. I enjoyed it, but then I give generous stars to most movies I see. But when I watch a movie, I also often see the ideology of...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 25, 2011 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 12-14-06} Ted Haggard once said he knew angels visited New Life Church, because congregants drew similar-looking angel pictures. Before those of you who are not religious sneer in smug secular superiority, consider the...
by Barry Fagin | May 9, 2011 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2011-02-16} It’s a place of stunning beauty, all the more so because of the stillness. Red rocks, red dirt, no sign of humanity for miles. I might as well be on Mars. That’s why the Mars Desert Research Station is here. I’ve...
