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Contemplating the meaning and purpose of our existence with respect to the scientific theory of natural evolution.
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Explaining evolution
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| Wikipedia - Evolution |
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Wikipedia's introduction to the theory of evolution.
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| How Stuff Works - Evolution |
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A journey of human evolution from the earliest ape to modern man and industrial civilisation.
Covers the different stages of man's development.
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| NewScientist - Evolution |
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A general collection of NewScientist articles relating to evolution.
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| Berkley - Understanding Evolution |
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Explains evolution and shows the evidence that supports it.
Discusses the relevance of evolutionary theory to our everyday lives.
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| PBS - Evolution |
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A high quality, interactive, illustrated, educational resource, explaining all aspects of evolutionary theory -
"A journey into where we're from and where we're going".
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| Becoming Human |
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A journey through the story of human evolution in a broadband documentary experience.
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Agnostic websites
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| The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic |
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This church is growing to become one of the most popular representatives
of agnosticism on the Internet. Their motto is "We don't know and we don't care".
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| Agnostic Forums |
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A forum for agnostics and others to discuss various aspects of rational and religious belief.
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| Agnostic Universe |
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Quotations and links explaining the concept of Agnosticism, and a blog about religious issues from an Agnostic perspective.
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Atheist websites |
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| Atheism / Agnosticism on About.com |
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Austin Cline's quality editorial in support of the online atheist community.
Features news and reviews, and articles on science, philosophy, and religion.
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| Nobeliefs.com - for Freethinkers |
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The category "non-religious" is the world's third largest belief system,
encompassing 1.1 billion people and includes atheists, agnostics and secular humanists.
This website includes the latest news and reviews for freethinking people,
plus interesting articles on religion, history, science, and philosophy.
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| Positive Atheism |
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For those seeking to initiate or invigorate their awareness of their own freedom from
superstition and theistic faith.
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| Ask an Atheist |
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Ask questions and discover facts about the intricate details of religious belief from the point of view of a devoted atheist.
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| Atheist Revolution |
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Religious belief is a destructive force that causes far more harm than good.
Atheist Revolution is a blog dedicated to breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in America.
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| International League of Non-religious and Atheists |
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European organization that demands philosophical and religious neutrality of states and their institutions,
and warns of continuance of discriminations and of violations of Human Rights by churches and religious institutions.
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Religious websites
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| Templeton Foundation |
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John Templeton Foundation serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life’s biggest questions.
These questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness, and creativity.
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| Telic Thoughts |
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An intelligent design blog which comments on the evolutionary debate, attacking evolutionary atheism and highlighting the mistakes of its celebrity proponents.
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| Get Religion |
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A religious blog not affiliated with any particular faith, written by experienced and open-minded journalists who have been
covering religion news in the secular and sacred media for many years.
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| Unitarian Universalist Association |
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If you are a freethinker and you need the safety of a powerful freethinking organization then join the Unitarians.
For hundreds of years they have provided a safe haven against Christian fascism. They do occasionally slip into mysticism
and they are riddled with liberal idealism, but your rational influence might help keep them real.
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Spiritual metaphysics
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| What Is Metaphysics? |
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Obtain ultimate peace of mind through the philosophy of metaphysics and spiritual metaphysics.
Download a free spiritual metaphysics information package which will help you to discover answers
to the important questions of life.
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Humanist websites
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| Council for Secular Humanism |
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Championing the rights and beliefs of secular humanists.
Dedicated to increasing public awareness and acceptance of humanism,
and to protecting and promoting the interests of humanists in society.
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| National Secular Society |
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The United Kingdom's most radical voice in the secular humanist movement.
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| The Church of Reality |
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The Church of Reality is a religion that only believes in things that are real.
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Opposed to Christianity |
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| The Secular Web |
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A large collection of articles, essays, and online books supporting athiesm,
agnosticism, and skepticism, and critiquing religious myths and superstitions. Dedicated to
defending and promoting a naturalistic worldview.
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| Debunking Christianity |
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A group of ex-Christians and ex-ministers who have become freethinkers, skeptics, agnostics, and atheists.
They are now combining their strengths in a blog to try to debunk Evangelical Christianity.
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| Ex-Christian |
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The latest news and resources to support recovering ex-Christians.
Encourages the development of a healthy skeptical point of view.
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| Jesus Never Existed
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An entertaining exploration of early Christian history - taking the form of one
of the most savage attacks on Christianity on the Internet.
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| Skeptics Annotated Bible |
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A searchable online Bible, with notes indicating passages that are
of interest to skeptical readers.
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| The Antichrist Atheist Network - Antichrist.net |
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A virtual battleground where Christians engage Atheist Antichrists! See BOTH sides, then draw your own conclusions.
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Opposed to Islam |
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| Skeptics Annotated Quran |
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A searchable online Quran, with notes indicating passages that are
of interest to skeptical readers.
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| Faith Freedom International |
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A grassroots worldwide movement of ex-Muslims and others who wish to discourage blind faith.
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| Jihad Watch |
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Jihad Watch is dedicated to bringing public attention to the motives and goals
of Islamic Jihadists, who want to destroy the West and force it to accept Islam.
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| Apostates of Islam |
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A website for ex-muslims who have committed the ultimate sin of thinking and questioning the belief that was imposed on them.
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Skeptical websites |
| The Skeptics Society |
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A scientific and educational organization of scholars, scientists, historians,
magicians, professors and teachers, and anyone curious about controversial ideas,
extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas, and the promotion of science.
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| James Randi Educational Foundation |
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An organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking by
reaching out to the public and media with reliable information about
paranormal and supernatural ideas.
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| Skeptic Wiki |
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An user-built encyclopedia of science and critical thinking covering every
debatable topic from aliens to religion.
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The history of religion |
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| Bible Origins |
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Presents research from an anthropological and rationalist-humanist
viewpoint on the old and new testaments of the Bible.
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| Alignment of Hebrew, Egyptian, and Assyrian Chronologies |
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Unravels the mysteries of the ancient historical timeline.
Once you abandon the assumption that an ancient biblical year is a solar year,
then the recorded events of different civilizations start falling into place.
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| Early Christian Writings |
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A comprehensive collection of early Christian literature from an unbiased point of view.
Includes the theories of the biblical scholars.
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Online debate forums
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| Agnostic Forums |
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A forum for agnostics and others to discuss various aspects of rational and religious belief.
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| Philosophy Forums |
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Discuss philosophy, religion, metaphysics, ethics, physical science, social science, mathematics,
politics, or the arts.
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| I Love Philosophy |
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Online debate website for people with an interest in philosophy, religion, and other related topics.
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| Dalnet Debates |
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Debate any aspect of the meaning of life in realtime using IRC in the #debates channel on the Dalnet network.
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Scientific publications |
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| New Scientist |
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Online science magazine with updates throughout the day on the
latest in science and technology. Includes special reports on
hot topics. Search through thousands of articles.
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| Scientific American |
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The oldest continuously published magazine in the United States,
bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science
and technology for more than 150 years.
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| AAAS - Science Magazine |
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Peer-reviewed science journal with scientific news, commentary,
and cutting-edge research. Published by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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| Science Daily |
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One of the Internet's leading online magazines devoted to science, technology, and medicine.
News about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology.
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| World Science |
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Read the latest science news long before it reaches the papers.
Get your science updates by email newsletter.
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| Physorg.com |
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Science, physics, technology, nanotech, news.
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Advanced evolution
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| Physical Anthropology Tutorials |
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An excellent presentation of information covering many aspects of evolution from
the department of behavioral sciences at Palomar College in California.
Includes information on primates and primate behavior, biology and genetics,
and the biological and cultural evolution of early humans through to modern humans.
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| Evolution Education Wiki |
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A reader-built encyclopedia of evolution, biology, and human origins.
Promotes evolution education, and provides mainstream scientific responses to
the arguments of creationists and other anti-evolutionists.
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| Talk.Origins - Introduction to Evolutionary Biology |
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A comprehensive explanation of evolution that attempts to overcome many of the common misunderstandings and misconceptions.
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| KLI Theory Lab |
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Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.
An excellent collection of topic introductions and other resources.
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