Spiritual Shenanigans

Mark Honeychurch - 10 June 2024

I would like to start this issue of the newsletter with an apology. In the last newsletter in my brief editorial I mistakenly attributed the proposed Bathroom Bill to David Seymour’s political party, ACT, but of course it’s been proposed by another coalition partner, Winston Peter’s New Zealand First party. Thank you to the readers who were quick to point out my mistake!

For those who managed to read my exchange with “Jason Momoa” in the last newsletter (in reality a scammer trying to get me to buy them a $50 Steam card), I have an update. Just after we had finished recording the latest podcast episode a week and a half ago, where I talked about how Jason had broken my heart by blocking me on Facebook, he messaged me again. Sadly, though, given that Jason’s blocked me, I was unable to respond to him:

Over the next couple of weeks, we’re planning a visit to a Creationist talk in Wellington, and I’m also going to try to book an appointment for a colonic irrigation that’s closer to home than Palmerston North. If anyone knows of any other weird goings on in our capital, or would like to join us in our “field research”, please reach out and let me know - I’m always keen to experience the new and unusual, and to introduce others to the joys of being baffled by bullshit.

In this week’s newsletter, committee member Hamish has visited a spiritualist church in Dunedin, and written up his experience. I’ve tried out a face mask fit for a princess, and also suffered through reading the entirety of psychic Sue Nicholson’s autobiography - so now you have to suffer through my book review. Bronwyn has written the second part of her look into the antics of all-round weirdo Colin Avery, and Craig has found that some Skeptic Heroes aren’t quite what they used to be.