Jason Colavito has courageously reviewed the latest ode to asininity from the History Channel's Ancient Aliens series. I strongly encourage readers to check it out. It's an informative and fun read. It's a cornucopia of devastating logic. My favorite portion: William...
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Sanctified Gullibility is Still Gullibility
It doesn't get much more embarrassing than this. Jason Colavito has a short write up on how Christian apologists are using a prop -- a giant human skeleton that isn't a skeleton at all -- from von Daniken's ancient astronaut theme park for the gullible. Since when is...
Scientology’s Alien Space Cathedral and Spaceship Landing Strip
No, there's nothing odd about Scientology. Unless you count building an alien space cathedral and spaceship landing pad in New Mexico for the post-Armageddon alien meet-n-greet. If I were in this (literally) space cadet religion, the first thing I'd want to know from...
About Those Giants Hidden in the Smithsonian
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post demonstrating the flawed thinking and resourcing of such claims (and they are quite common). But hey, I guess it sounds better than a giant prehistoric dog eating the evidence.
Discoveries of Giants and Giant Human Remains – Stretching the Truth or Just Tall Tales?
Jason Colavito has written some recent pieces on presumed discoveries of giant human specimens. Often such reports are simply not what they claim to be - evidence is misunderstood or even fabricated, or reports get garbled and transformed in transmission. Here are two...
Pterosaurs in the Bible
Yes, you read that correctly. Jason Colavito just posted about this piece of wacky Bible interpretation. It's a good post, made entertaining by the fact that the notion of pterosaurs in the Bible comes to us from Ken Ham's creation ministry. It's biblical paleobabble...
Did Muslims Discover America in 999 AD?
Short answer: No. Longer answer: Jason Colavito's post: Did Ibn Farrukh Discover America in 999 CE? (CE is the "non-Christian" abbreviation commonly used in academic convention in place of "A.D."). As usual, Jason has done a great job here. I recommend the post to...
Ancient Astronauts, Esotericism, and Utopian Politics
Jason Colavito has a short post on the relationship of these three areas of study that's a good interest-piquing piece if such connections are new to you. I can recommend it since it links ancient astronaut myths to utopian thinking on both sides of the political...
Lengthy Series on Vallee and Aubeck’s Evidence for UFOs in Antiquity
Jason Colavito recently produced a series of posts exposing the poor use of data (and perhaps deliberate deception in that regard) on the part of Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck in their book, Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern...
The Spaceships of Ezekiel Fraud
I've blogged before (here and here) about how what the biblical prophet Ezekiel saw was not a UFO or flying saucer. From time to time I get email (or comments here) about how I'm wrong because of the "research" of Joseph Blumrich, a pseudo-scientist who blessed the...
Moving the Stones at Baalbek: No Aliens Needed
I can second Jason Colavito's thoughts on Aaron Adair's recent post on the very human technology used to move the trilithon stones at Baalbek (and other such stones at other locations). It's a very good post and, for critical thinkers at least, lays to rest the myths...
Did the CIA Investigate Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat?
Sure doesn't look that way. The above link takes you to some documentation on this issue posted by Jason Colavito on his website. I happened to come across it a week or so ago. It's interesting for me in that it mentions astronaut Jim Irwin. I heard Irwin speak at...
Chariots of the Frauds: The Real Erich von Daniken
Kudos are once again in order for Jason Colavito for his review of the Ancient Aliens episode entitled "The Legacy of von Daniken." As part of his review, Jason summarizes some of the material that can be found in his book The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And...
Templar and Talpiot Twaddle: It Must be Easter
Ah, it's that time of year again. Readers will be thrilled to know that Simcha Jacobovici is keeping his "just so you know that Easter is really about me and my ideas" streak alive. In the past, Simcha has partnered with James Tabor to bunny hop all over the Christian...
Russell Crowe’s UFO Explained by Photo-Analyst
Below is a pretty sweet video explanation for the "UFO" Russell Crowe captured on his camera. Credit for bringing this to my attention goes to Jason Colavito, via Twitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjlK7kjgphU