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href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia79.html"> Lying for God</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia76.html"> Atheists in foxholes, gods on benches</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia72.html"> Should Governments Fund Faith-based Groups?</a> (SU)(O) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia71.html"> Natural Law, Celibate Men who Wear Dresses, and Pastors who Preach Hate</a> (S)(CT)(SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia70.html"> The New Atheism and Martin Gardner</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia51.html"> Doing God's Work</a> (a day in the life of the Lord)(SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia46.html"> Cardinal Speaks ex asinum</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia37.html"> Is Atheism a Religion?</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia36.html"> The 2009 (not prestigious) Templeton Prize Winner is....</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia24.html"> Religious Fascism</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia18.html"> Freedom of Religion in the 12th century</a> (SU) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia10.html#abuse"> Why isn't this child abuse? Creationists lie to children while touring a science museum</a> (SU) (JS) <a href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia1.html"> Miraculous Deception - miracles, faith healing, self-deception</a> (SU) Book reviews <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/dawkins.html">The God Delusion </a> by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin 2006). <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/jacoby.html"> Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism </a> by Susan Jacoby (Owl Books 2004). See also <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/harmarchive.html">What's the harm?</a> for many examples of harm done in the name of religion. <h3>Recommended Reading</h3> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0486203948/roberttoddcarrolA/">Gardner, Martin. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1957).</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0879758406/roberttoddcarrolA/">Nickell, Joe. Looking For A Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions and Healing Cures </a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0879758406/roberttoddcarrolA/"> (Prometheus Books: Buffalo, N.Y., 1993).</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0312151195/roberttoddcarrolA/">Randi, James. An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, (N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1995).</a> news stories <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/science/30tier.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=self-control&st=cse"> For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="right"> <div class="right_it"> <div class="search"> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="skepdic.com" /> <input type="text" name="q" maxlength="255" value="" size="20" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> <div class="search_2"> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" /> Web     <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="skepdic.com" checked="checked" /> Skepdic.com <img src="_images/logo_google.gif" alt="Google" width="48" height="19" /> </div> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-3542920166946725" /> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1" /> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;" /> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" /> </form> </div> <div class="center"> <a href="http://skepdic.com/authorpage.html">Books by R. 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