A fan sent me a picture of this poster he found at a local Hospital in Britain. It states "[t]he miracle of cornea transplantation can help restore sight". Miracle? That shit drives me crazy. Cornea transplants are medical marvels, made possible only because of our ever growing understanding of the human body. If it was a damn miracle, you'd be able to do the operation with a fucking toothpick and a communi ...

If you aren't from down under, odds are you've never heard of Mary MacKillop, also known as Saint Mary of the Cross. A few days ago the Vatican canonized her, making Mary the first Australian to get this "demi-god" status. In order to receive that canonization, Mary had to have two miracles attributed to her, and as you've probably guessed by now, the supposed miracles were people being "cured" of cancer. I ...

You want to know why some people still believe in God? Well, it certainly doesn't help when people give "Him" all the fucking credit when it's the work of real human beings who got shit done. An invisible sky daddy didn't save all those Chilean miners; real people with science and technology got it done! ...

If you thought the age of miracles had come mysteriously to an end, then you've never experienced the healing power of everyone's favorite man-god, Jesus! Now, you might think 10 bucks is pretty steep for a flimsy copper bracelet with 2 shitty magnets on it, but then again you've probably never felt the "Maximum" healing power of the Anointed One! He died for your sins AND for you to be free of crippling jo ...

It's a miracle! The One True God has finally revealed himself to us, and has decided to show his complete disapproval of idolatry by burning the effigy of some 2000 year old Jewish hippie with his Zeus lightning. It's clear from this random disaster that "He" would much prefer his proper form to be represented by a thin, partially charred stick figure. Truly his form is both magnificent and thankfully easy ...

Why is it every time medical science has a breakthrough, there's some shitty journalist out there who feels the need to call it a "miracle". Personally, I'm sick and tired of science, and scientists in general, not getting the credit for helping to improve people's lives. Here's a rather annoying example: a new scientific breakthrough helping blind people to see again using gene therapy is being described a ...

I absolutely love whenever desperate Christians try and argue their superstitious beliefs somehow correspond to objective reality. These exercises in futility reminds us why there is a profound incompatibility between truth and religious faith. This article here is a good example of the mental gymnastics religionists have to go through to prove their beliefs weren't simply conjured out of nowhere by a small ...

When health care reform was first proposed in the United States, one of the talking points raised by conservative idiots trying to scare the general public was the dreaded "death panels", a supposed government entity that would be "whacking" old people willy-nilly. Rational minded policy makers failed to dissuade the public (who were spoon-fed this nonsense by right wing talking heads) that this threat was ...

You've got to love the way Hitchens can plainly and effectively explain why supposed miracles are not only unlikely, but also totally improbable. If you need to believe Jesus was a God, so be it; just don't try to pretend there's any science supporting your bogus claims. ...

In 1879, a housekeeper named Mary McLoughlin was walking past her church in Knock, Ireland when she suddenly saw an apparition. The images, like any bullshit visual trick our eyes play with us, took on a shape she was familiar with: the Virgin Mary (and would have probably looked like Vishnu had she been a Hindu, but I digress). A number of other people saw it, and because human beings blindly believe the t ...