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Examines the conflict between science and religion,
and dispels the myths and superstitions that have long
been used as an excuse for political and religious extremism.
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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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An easy-to-read illustrated introduction to evolution.
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| MSN Encarta - Evolution |
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Microsoft Encarta's encyclopedia entry for evolution - covering natural selection, genetic drift,
the origin of new species, patterns of descent, how scientists study evolution, the development
of evolutionary theory, the religious debate, and common misconceptions.
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| Human 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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| How Humans Evolved |
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An illustrated web book summarizing our current understanding of human evolution.
Includes an introduction to natural selection and population genetics,
human behavior and mating, and the fossil record.
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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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| Universist movement |
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A non-religious movement that does not make any claims about universal truths,
with no blind faith in prophets or their writings, and who assert no moral authority.
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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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| The Angry Agnostic |
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A blog that pokes fun at the irritating aspects of faith and religion.
“I'm not out to convert anyone to agnosticism. But with luck, I can at least annoy a few Christians.”
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Atheist websites |
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| Atheist Activist |
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AtheistActivist.org is designed as a tool for the atheist who wants to bring
about change through activism to benefit the secular community.
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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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| Atheist Resource.co.uk |
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Providing the best links to information for atheists, freethinkers, and skeptics.
Debunking the myth that religion is the moral backbone of society.
Debunking the lies that some religious folk find morally acceptable to tell.
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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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| Web of Reason |
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A well organized directory of links to hundreds of atheist and freethinking websites.
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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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| Ethical Atheist |
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Promoting the ethical and humanist side of atheism.
Offers articles on atheism, ethics, science, and religion.
Includes a forum where atheists can exchange ideas.
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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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| Godless Wonder |
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Atheism & blasphemy served fresh daily with a smile, a giggle, palpable hostility, and extra cheese.
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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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Theistic 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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| Dynamic Deism |
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Deists believe in the existence of a higher power, but they reject all forms of religious dogma and
instead rely on reason and experience. Dynamic Deism is part of a vibrant online Deist community.
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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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| Science and Theology News |
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A monthly publication reporting the cooperative relationship between science and religion,
exploring the intersection of science and religion with an openness to new ideas and an eye towards scientific rigor.
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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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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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| Theocracy Watch |
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A non-proft public information group committed to exposing the rise of the radical
religious right as a political force in the Republican Party.
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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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| Ex-Pentecostals |
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Personal essays, news and information for people who are regaining
their personal identity after having been involved in Pentecostalism.
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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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| Skeptical Views of Christianity and the Bible |
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An impressive collection of links and other resources
representing the viewpoints of those who are skeptical
towards Christianity.
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| Rejection of Pascal's Wager |
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A skeptical guide to Christianity, representing the "fruits" of one man's
intellectual journey from being a believing Christian into a convinced atheist.
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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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| Bible God |
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A collection of categorized Bible quotes, in over 30 languages, offering believers a clearer view of the nastier side of God that they might not be aware of.
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| Why Won't God Heal Amputees |
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Is God real or is he imaginary? This is one of the most important questions in America today because it lies at the heart of the American culture wars.
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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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| Islamist Watch |
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IslamistWatch catalogs the writings, beliefs, motives, and methods of the Islamist movement.
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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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| Daniel Pipes |
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Daniel Pipes is an authoratative commentator on the Middle East.
He has written numerous books and his articles appear in major publications.
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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 Free Inquiry Website |
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A humanist and skeptic website dedicated to free inquiry, naturalistic humanism,
freethought, and the philosophies of naturalism, empiricism, rationalism, and skepticism.
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| The Brights |
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An organization of people who have a naturalistic worldview,
whose worldview is free from supernatural or mystical elements,
and whose ethics and actions are based on a naturalistic worldview.
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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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Skeptical websites |
| The Skeptics Dictionary |
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Provides definitions, arguments, and essays on subjects supernatural, occult,
paranormal, and pseudoscientific. Also provides references to the best skeptical literature.
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| 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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| Butterflies and Wheels |
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Quality news and reviews in the never-ending fight against woolly-thinking
and fashionable nonsense.
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| Warrior Visions |
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A compendium of thoughts related to the skeptical analysis of politics, religion, and science along with a hearty dose of personal insight from Brian Ragle.
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Political websites |
| Counterbias |
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Fight against the corporate media machine. Truth provided where it may not otherwise exist.
Fairness and balance with a friendly subjective skew. We inform, you conclude!
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| Asia Times |
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A quality Internet-only publication that reports and examines geopolitical, political, economic and business issues from an Asian perspective.
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| Tom Dispatch |
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A regular antidote to the mainstream media, intended to offer a clearer sense of how this imperial globe of ours actually works.
Arguably one of the most intelligent political analysts on the internet.
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| Common Dreams |
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News and views for the progessive community.
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| The Peace Tree |
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A radical weblog that promotes world peace, social justice, and truth for all.
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| Union of Concerned Scientists |
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Augmenting rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world.
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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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| The Jesus Puzzle |
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Did Christianity begin with an historical Jesus or a Jesus myth? Was the original Jesus
a man or a mythical savior god? This website attempts to solve the Jesus Puzzle by
studying the ancient literature.
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| Journal of Higher Criticism |
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Resurrecting the dying art of examining the historical evidence and
attempting to understand how the Bible was actually written.
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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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| Dallas Agnostics |
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The official chat forum for The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic.
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| Atheist Debate Forum |
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An atheist debate forum on the Why Won't God Heal Amputees website.
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| Philosophy Chat Forum |
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IRC chat channel and website forum for those with an interest in philosophy
who want to express their ideas and share their thoughts
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| Science Chat Forum |
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IRC chat channel and website forum for professional scientists, students, and amateurs
with an interest in science, evolution, or related topics.
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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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| Darkboards Debate Forum |
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A community of open minded individuals who believe in the eternal pursuit of knowledge and the open exchange of ideas.
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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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| Atheism on Dalnet |
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DALnet's gathering place for atheists and agnostics.
Open to people of all beliefs as a forum for discussion and debate of matters
pertaining to the existence or non-existance of a god or gods.
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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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| New Scientist - Articles on Evolution |
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A special report by the New Scientist magazine listing selected articles on evolution.
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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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