The Burning Bush They Buy, but Not ESP or Alien Abduction - Beliefs - NYTimes.com

The Burning Bush They Buy, but Not ESP or Alien Abduction - Beliefs - NYTimes.com: "Practically anything goes at the American Academy of Religion’s annual conference, where scholars of dozens of religions convene annually to debate, relate and on occasion mate. Conversation ranges from the Talmud to tantra, from Platonism to Satanism. This year, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Atlanta, nearly 5,000 people attended panels including “Seeking New Meanings of God and Dao” and “Madness, Smallpox, and Death in Tibet.”"