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Pareidolia and Anthropomorphism

Christopher Moreau, a 47 year old Canadian man, recently noticed the tree growing in his yard presents the image of “the Virgin Mary.” According to the Sun Media article in the link, the tree: has left dumbfounded residents wondering if … Continue reading

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Why study religion scientifically and what are we able to objectively examine?

[note: this is one of the earliest posts from brokenspells.blogspot.com] The Scientific Study of Religion On science message-boards and blogs, there are typically two camps: believers and non-believers. Many discussion forums omit religion sub-forums because of the controversy and division … Continue reading

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