Life's Big Questions | The Skepticrats

A bizarre, sad legacy of suicide

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 23rd, 2009

Nothing snarky here. Nothing funny. No politics. Just an observation on a sad story.
I’m no literary connoisseur. My taste in fiction (though its hard for me to remember the last time I read any) runs toward horror or spy novels. In other words, I don’t read any “deep” fiction.
But even I recognized the name of [...]

Scandinavian Festival 2008

Posted by Deuce Geary on April 21st, 2008

Went to the Scandinavian festival today. I know Ace would hate it (a whole festival — on American soil — celebrating Scandinavia), but it has always been a fun outing for the family and one with special meaning for us, as my wife’s stepfather is Swedish. Not an American of Swedish ancestry; [...]

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 20th, 2008

If that question has ever crossed you mind, you really need to listen to this podcast of a recent hour from Dennis Prager’s radio show, which his website describes this way:
Dennis talks to one of the world’s most renowned Biblical scholars, Bart Ehrman, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, [...]