If you find any of these links out of date, E-Mail Fredric L. Rice / The Skeptic Tank and I will get them updated right away.
CSICOP: Committee for the Scientific Investigations of Claims of the Paranormal.
CSICOP is the primary organization in the United States which solicits and
reports on scientific examinations of claims of the paranormal. If you're
interested in the physics of firewalking or the examinations into
claims of crashed alien spaceships , check out these pages! CSICOP
holds lectures and publishes their magazine called Skeptical
Inquirer as well as the Skeptical Briefs (which may be
downloaded on-line. See next link.)
Skeptics Society
The Skeptics Society takes on a broader spectrum of
issues which are not typically considered the venue of skeptics. If
you're interested in the Holocaust Deniers and their testable (yet
debunked) claims, or if you're interested in the scientific debate of
race as it relates to I.Q., these pages are a MUST! The
Skeptics Society publishes the finest skepticism-oriented magazine
of all organized skeptics groups. Click here to examine articles of
back issues.
http://www.urigeller.com -- Now we're getting silly!
Remember the spoon-bending freak of the 1970's? Uri Geller? How could
you forget, huh? Well, the freak was back, guys and gals.
You used to be able to click here when you wanted to see what the fraud's
been up to lately but after running thisd fraud for some time, he took it
down for some reason. You see, in addition to using his "mental
powers" to apply a little paranormal cross-vectors to footballs to
provide his favorite team with a little paranormal edge, this latest
Gellerized scheme to bilk the ignorant out of their money involved paying
the fraud to get a chance at bending a spoon over the Internet! It has
been proven beyond any doubt that Uri Geller is a liar and a fraud by
Wizard James "The Amazing" Randi, by the way. A very good,
highly detailed exposure of the cheat can be found in James Randi's book,
"The Truth About Uri Geller." The Amazing Randi
even covers how Geller's frauds are done.
The only question is whom the joke is on?
I've often suspected that some of the articles appearing in creationist
literature were jokes. R. A. Herrmann has written some incomprehensible
gibberish in the CRSQ with titles such as "The scientific existence of
a higher intelligence", and " Incompleteness, creation-science and man
made machines." His articles consist principally of many high-falutin
terms linked together with incomprehensible arguments. They give the
same impression as Alan Sokal's now-infamous article in Social
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Herrmann's article "The scientific existence of a higher intelligence" can be found at the web site of the Creation Research Society. Mark's analysis is spot on. Herrmann's paper could pass for a spoof of creationist research, if it had been done by an evolutionist. Herrmann, however, is a creationist.
Page of Honest Intellectual Inquiry
Here you will find an invaluable source for thoughtful and
professional discussion and commentary on religion, skepticism, and
philosophical topics. If you've researched the rabid and want a breath
of fresh air, check out these pages.
James A. Haught has put several of his works on the Internet!
You've probably seen many of his works referenced in discussions about
the horrid history of religion and probably even have several of his
books in your library. Now you can go right on line and check out some
extracts from his books!
Institute for First Amendment Studies.
Detailed examinations into the Religious Right. These pages are a
when gathering information to use to fight the
far right. The Institute for First Amendment Studies' web pages
offer contact information for individuals in government, the
Freedom Writer back issues which describes the activities of the
religious right-wing, and Walk Away -- a magazine for
ex-fundamentalists who have walked away from extremist religions or for
individuals who are trying to.
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Secular Issues.
Wealth of on-line information on issues dealing with separation of
church from State as well as a broad spectrum of other secular issues.
If you're interestedt in the many contradictions in the classical
Christian mythologies, this site has everything you need to debunk
fundies who think their mythologies are inerrant.
CompuChurch hits the Internet!
If you've ever wanted to learn about how to become an ordained minister,
this link is all the information you'll need! After learning the duities
and benefits of becoming one of the clergy, check out the Minister-O-Matic
and become a legally ordained minister right on line! "It's where
you want to be."
The Promise Keeper Cult.
Yeah, hate women and want to get them out of the workplace for their own
good? Well this is a good place to start looking on how to do just that!
Click here and you'll learn how to veil your hatred and bigotry of women
in rhetoric claiming to help the women you oppress by being
"of service" to them by oppressing them. Oh yeah: Don't
forget to justify it all with the Christian gods. (Talk about your
knuckle-draggers.)
Dopefish? What's a "Dopefish?"
No WEB page is really complete until it offers a link to the Dopefish.
(swim, swim, hungry, hungry.)