Healthvsmedicine

John 21 is the last chapter of the last gospel. That it is completely ludicrous speaks for itself, but I'll point out that once again, starting in verse 21, Jesus says he will return during the lifetime of the listeners. (In this case, the author purports to have been the person addressed, but we know that's a lie. The book was written after CE 90. It's conceivable that someo...

The event is perfectly emblematic of the rot at the heart of contemporary journalism, including both its practitioners and its corporate owners and executives. Here we have the people who are purportedly charged with telling us all the truth about people in power, dressing up in finery, eating $100 a plate dinners and drinking expensive champagne, hobnobbing and sharing yucks...

There are so many contradictions and discrepancies between John 20 and the other gospels that I'll just outsource it. (SAB uses the KJV, so there are some differences between what they discuss and what you'll see here.)

So I'll take the occasion to di...

I haven't bothered to point out all of the innumerable contradictions among the gospels, but come on. The narratives of the two most important events in the Christian calendar -- the nativity and the crucifixion -- are irreconcilable. Remember that in Matthew, Mary and Joseph live in their own house in Bethlehem. Herod the Great is king. The Magi show up and unwittingly revea...

Academy Health is the scholarly association of health services researchers. That's what I am, and I have presented at many of their conferences. (I happen to specialize in communication, so I'm also a member of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare and I'm more active in that particular association.) Health services research is just what it sounds like -- studying ways o...