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A Skeptical World
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.
Cynical Sin Nickel Articles
Articles of skepticism in a renewed homage to Diogenes
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWhat is the Status of Skepticism in America?
On the rise or on the decline?
Video of the Loch Ness Monster Looks Just Like A Log
They call it Nessie. It also looks like a log.
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.
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
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
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySkeptical 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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Skeptical Debate From Irregular Diaries
Irregular Diaries from Irregular Times - Skeptical Debate on Religion and Politics
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byDoes 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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Godless Bumper Stickers and Buttons
bumper stickers, buttons, t-shirts and more promoting a godless perspective
God's Word Bumper Sticker
Tired of those people who think that their opinions are God's word? Talk back with this irreverent bumper sticker, which quotes God as saying: Stop putting words in my mouth!
Heretic 1 Inch Mini Button
Heretic 1 Inch Mini Button
Better Things Than God Button
Why is it that religious people think that we ought to spend all our time worshipping God? Wear this heretical button to tell them: I have better things to do than believing in your god, thanks.
Another Damned Atheist Button
Do they call you damned atheist? Well, throw the insult back in their face with this button that tells them that you'll stay a damned atheist rather than take on their arrogant way.
I don't need gods bumper sticker
A green and black bumper sticker sends out the message to evangelists to back off, because you don't need to believe in gods.
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.
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
Posted May 20, 2008
