An Honest Liar: James Randi Documentary by Justin Weinstein

Very excited about the new documentary coming out about hands down everyone’s favorite skeptic, James Randi. Not official posted release date yet, so keep an eye out.  

Response to “Flu shot? Not for me, thanks.”

http://chronicle.durhamcollege.ca/story.php?id=6620&issue I was rather disturbed recently to see an article published in The Chronicle opposing free immunization against the influenza virus. I’d like to first address the points raised in the article before continuing on to address the positive and even moral aspects of getting the flu shot. First, Ms. Valm brings up the point [...]

Does Aspartame Cause Multiple Sclerosis? No.

     Aspartame, common in diet soda, is an extremely useful artificial sweetener for those who would like to reduce sugar intake to better regulate diabetes or to restrict calorie consumption. However, it’s always been at the center of plenty of controversies and by association also a killer beehive of misinformation. I’d planned to write about all artificial sweeteners’ health risks and [...]

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to this new semester skeptics! We’ve got a bunch of fantastic events planned for this year. Be sure to check back often for updates. Feel free to join us for our weekly meetings Tuesdays @ 6:00pm. We usually meet in the SA study room in UL at the UOIT North Campus. See you [...]

Io Saturnalia!

That’s ‘Hail Saturn’ roughly translated from the latin. Saturnalia was a Roman festival during which sacrifices were made to Saturn. it was accompanied by feasting and gift-giving. This seems to be where the modern winter practices originate from, but they may date to earlier winter solstice festivals. Whatever the case, and whatever your denomination have [...]

What Demon are YOU possessed by?

Comment on this with YOUR demon! http://churchofstmarks.com/test.php    

The Good testament The beginning In the beginning there wasn’t…except God; not a very good name considering he had first dibs (but live you’re dream). So God was hanging around the vastness of nothingness and he started getting bored. “I can’t see crap,” he said helplessly, “I know I’ll make light! This will show me [...]

Debate Reference List

References Sereno, P. C. (1999) “The Evolution of Dinosaurs.” Science 284: 2137-2147.   Crapo, R. (1985) “Are the vanishing teeth of fetal baleen whales useless?” Origins Research 7: 1.   Besharse, J. C., and Brandon, R. A. (1976) “Effects of continuous light and darkness on the eyes of the troglobitic salamander Typhlotriton spelaeus.” J Morphol149: [...]

Creationist Arguments for November 13th debate

ARGUMENT 1 The origin of biological information, as a necessity for the functioning of an organism, requires an intelligent Creator. ARGUMENT 2 God created individual and genetically robust kinds, including mankind, with all the information necessary to produce the various species we see today.

Joining Skeptics’ Symposium

Anyone is welcome to join Skeptics’ Symposium – just e-mail us at symposium.uoit@gmail.com