The Dogmat saw Shticks, Schemes, and Broken Gods

Last updated on: June 4, 2015 at 6:00 am by willduquette

The Dogmat saw Shticks, Schemes, and Broken Gods 2015-06-02T20:23:41-05:00 willduquette

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It was another good week for the Dogmat, barking-wise; the Internet continues to serve up the digital equivalent of postmen and boys on skateboards.

I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here’s How. The Dogmat wants you to read this one, and to remember it the next time you read the words, “Studies show…”. Science is an amazing tool when it’s done right, but when it’s done wrong it’s no help at all…and it’s so easy and there are so many incentives to do it wrong.

The Age of Disinformation, or a talk about the weather. A lie goes around the world seven times before the truth has gotten out of bed, the Dogmat has always said; but with the Internet it’s seven times a second. (Surprisingly, this is not about climate change.)

Depressed and Catholic: Learning It’s OK to Live. Joanne McPortland explains the facts about living with clinical depression to those of us blessed with a complete lack of understanding. A little knowledge is a good thing to have.

Broken Gods: Author Q&A with Gregory Popcak: Dr. Popcak explains that although we are broken we are not “terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad creatures”—it’s just that we’re made for so much more! The Dogmat gives this one a big Woof.

Gee, your corpse smells terrific! Simcha Fisher says a few words about incorruptible saints, including “Myself, I have steered clear of incorruptibles as any proof of anything besides the fact that the world is weird, history is messy, and lots of people are different from me.”

Papyrus Found in a Mummy Mask May Be the Oldest Known Copy of a Gospel: the manuscript is thought to date to back to 90 AD, which is much earlier that the next earliest. The Dogmat also found an article entitled “Shocking Biblical Discovery Made In Egyptian Mummy Mask… Atheists Are NOT Happy,” but elected to go with Smithsonian instead.

Whether there will be beer in heaven? Br. Leo Camurati address the important issue of whether or not there will be beer in heaven in proper scholastic style. Wag, wag.

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