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Serious Skepticism is a lens focused on a skeptical perspective on the intersection of religion, politics and public life.

The primary goal of this lens is to ask questions that are not often asked, free of the restrictions of religious dogma.

A second goal is to help preserve the freedom, guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to continue this questioning. As we learn to ask more questions, we will learn to accept fewer easy answers.

Does This Documentary Film Provide Proof of the North American Union? 

The North American Union NAFTA Superhighway evidence is examined in this documentary movie

North American Union Superhighway Proof

Independently produced documentary shows the North American Union superhighway, also known as the NAFTA superhighway, as our team hikes through forest and farmers fields to find the evidence.

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Cynical Sin Nickel Articles 

Articles of skepticism in a renewed homage to Diogenes

Deface the coinage, and barter for a honest, independent decision with the insights from Sin Nickel.

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What is the Status of Skepticism in America? 

On the rise or on the decline?

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Skeptical Sources 

Irregular Times Skeptical News on Religion
All the skeptical articles from Irregular Times about religion in the news
False Witness
Unpacking myths, slipups, scams and lies in American religion
Department of Credulity Studies
Articles examining the characteristics of credulity in a world where belief is the default
Godless Goods
Gear for skeptics, encouraging an irreverent atttitude toward faith
Superstition: The Power of Religion
A Squidoo lens focusing on the negative superstitious aspects of religion
God Online
This satirical Squidoo lens purports to be the online home of God himself, where the divinity preaches advice for us lowly mortals.
National Day of Reason
Calling for a National Day of Reason, encouraging critical thinking, to counter the National Day of Prayer, which encourages the hope that we can make things happen just by thinking about them earnestly.

Skeptical musings 

A few years back, I wrote about becoming a parent and the ramifications of religious expectations for "moral parenting":

Defining myself as an atheist also actually ends up giving more power to religious social institutions. For example, when my wife and I learned that we were going to become parents, we had many tense discussions about the moral education of our child-to-be. My wife is a Unitarian and believes in certain supernatural forces and in a relatively abstract version of God. Her initial position was that our son should be raised as a Unitarian. When I explained to her that I wanted our son to be allowed to make his own decisions, she seemed concerned. "He has to have something to start with," she argued. "I don't want our children raised with nothing!" It disturbed me that my wife equated my atheism as a simple absence of religion and religious principles. I believed that, in spite of my rejection of religion, I had a great deal to teach our son about how to live.
It took me a few weeks to realize that by defining myself solely according to what I was not, I had created the impression that I was merely lacking in religious beliefs. My wife had innocently assumed that because I was an atheist, I had no system of ideas about the proper way to live to pass on to our son. Once I explained to her that my atheism did not prevent me from having ideas about philosophy and ethics, she understood and agreed that we could be equal partners in the ethical (or as she puts it, "spiritual") upbringing of our son.

In response to these ideas, a "concerned mom" wrote in with the following comment:

"If there is a hell you will be comdeming this child like smoking in a car with a baby. I do like the way you write."

What do you think about this response? Write you own thoughts in a comment here.

Skeptical News on Religion 

Issues of Faith from a Freethinking Perspective

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The Amero Coin Speaks For Itself 

The only genuine currency of the North American Union - or is it?

Amero Coin Reveals North American Union Conspiracy!

This Amero coin speaks for itself. Learn the truth!

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Skeptical Debate From Irregular Diaries 

Irregular Diaries from Irregular Times - Skeptical Debate on Religion and Politics

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Video of the Loch Ness Monster Looks Just Like A Log 

They call it Nessie. It also looks like a log.

Gordon Holmes took this short video of what he claims to be the Loch Ness monster... after six years of taking videos trying to get one that looks like it might be Nessie.

Six years, and this is the best he can do? Look at it and judge for yourself, but to my eye, this looks like a log.

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Godless Bumper Stickers and Buttons 

bumper stickers, buttons, t-shirts and more promoting a godless perspective

The Godless Goods shop contains a huge number of items that promote the ideals of godlessness - namely, thinking for ourselves instead of having blind faith in religious dogma.
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Skeptics' Feedback 

Leave a comment in this guestbook to let us know what you think

A skeptic is not someone who remains silent in the face of absurdity. A skeptic also does not mind being criticized, seeking open discussion even when it is inconvenient to belief. So, share your ideas in this guestbook.

irregularworld wrote...

in reply to Susan Susan, have you asked yourself how you even know what this God character of you wants? Has God spoken to you directly?

How about Jesus? Have you ever seen any actual evidence for Jesus, other than the Bible and other similar materials that others have prepared for you?

You could give up your faith in Jesus if you tried. Why don't you want to give that a try?

ReplyPosted December 23, 2008

Lensmaster

Susan wrote

I believe you have let people like Jerry Fawell, Pat Roberson,and the like, turn you against God.
Please don't blame God for what some people teach and say. God probably dosen't approve of them anymore than you do. I don't care much for that bunch, but God has done too many good things for me to turn my back on him. I couldn't give up my faith in Jesus Christ if I tried. Why not give God another chance? Forget about the ones you
don't have any faith in, they can't help you anyway. Good Luck..... Susan

Reply Posted May 20, 2008

Skeptical Of Homeland Security And The Sacrifice of American Liberty 

The terrorist bomb threat hostage crisis exposed the sham of Homeland Security's promise of security in exchange for sacrificed freedom

If Homeland Security Can't Protect, Do Away With It

Homeland Security could not stop a man with what seemed to be a bomb from taking hostages in the campaign office of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. If Homeland Security could not stop this simple form of domestic terrorism, why should we continue to support Homeland Security and its assault on our constitutional rights?

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Rick Warren Uses Barack Obama To Aid Creationism 

Lifting an extremist anti-science agenda through association with Barack Obama

Why on Earth is Barack Obama associating himself with Rick Warren, a man who teaches the revisionist history that a few thousand years ago, human beings ruled the earth as the masters of dinosaur servants? This stuff is crazy, so why is Barack Obama honoring Rick Warren through the Inauguration, and special invitations to the White House?

Rick Warren is Barack Obama's Creationist Advisor

Rick Warren isn't just a homophobe and an opponent of Constitutional rights for all Americans. He's also a wacko Creationist who uses his power to try to spread the idea that, just a few thousand years ago, human beings were the masters of the dinosaurs. Why is Barack Obama associating himself with this unhinged radical?

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I am native resident of Upstate New York who lives in the 24th congressional District, in the village of Trumansburg, in the town of Ulysses, in Tompk... (more)

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