Webliography

Annotated List of Websites Accessed During the Research for this Book

• Christian and Other Faith Websites
• Freethinking and Skeptic Websites
• News, Government and Information Websites
• Socio-Political Websites

Christian and Other Faith Websites

“Celtic Connection (The)”, http://www.wicca.com/. This website describes itself as “one of the largest primarily Wiccan, Pagan and Witchcraft sites on the internet”.

Chick, Jack, “Chick Publications”, http://www.chick.com/. Jack Chick is famous among freethinkers for his tracts that provide inspiration for believers and amusement for skeptics. This site also contains, among other things, a number of essays, information on fundamentalist books and videotapes and his bi-monthly “Battle Cry” newsletter.

Institute for Creation Research, http://www.icr.org/. This websites contains, among other things, many essays that attempt to promote the pseudo-science known as “Creationism”.

“Messiah Truth Project (The)”, http://www.messiahtruth.com/response.html. This is a Jewish counter-missionary website designed to argue against the conversion efforts of Evangelical Christians.

Robertson, Pat, “The Official Website of Pat Robertson”, http://www.patrobertson.com/. Self-explanatory.

Freethinking and Skeptic Websites

Baba, Christopher, “Evil Bible”, http://www.evilbible.com/. This is a website that reads like an indictment against the sadistic Yahweh, listing all the cruelty and bigotry that the ancient tome contains.

Ex-Christians, http://www.ex-christian.net/ . People who are recovering from Christianity can gain advice from fellow travelers and support from a sympathetic community of other freethinkers who have been there.

Flemming, Brian, “The God Who Wasn’t There”, http://www.thegodmovie.com/. This is the official website of the controversial documentary that challenged the very existence of Jesus.

Huger, Jim, “A Project”, http://www.jhuger.com/. This is a blog site by a self-described “atheist and a humanist with slight pantheistic tendencies” (which would make him a scientific pantheist?). His parody tract, “Dead to Rights”, is available on his site. Though the author may be an atheist/scientific pantheist, the depiction of God in the tract appears inspired by deism.

Humphreys, Kenneth, “Jesus Never Existed”, http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/. This site fully explores the Jesus myth, the similarities the story has to the ones about earlier savior-gods, historical problems with the legend, and so on.

Infidels.org, operated by Internet Infidels Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to “promoting a naturalistic worldview on the internet”. http://www.infidels.org/

Smith, Brendan Powel, “The Brick Testament”, http://www.thebricktestament.com/. The Bible comes to life in a world built out of legos in a creative exercise that spotlights many of the passages that should embarrass Christians.

“Talk Origins Archive, Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy”, http://www.talkorigins.org/: This site contains extensive information about evolution, problems with biblical stories like Noah’s Ark and refutations of Creationist arguments.

Walker, Cliff, “Positive Atheism”, http://www.positiveatheism.org/ . This skeptic site provides a wealth of information, including an extensive collection of quotes and other information about famous freethinkers throughout history.

Walker, James, “No Beliefs”, http://www.nobeliefs.com/. This site contains a number of articles of interest to freethinkers and others politically opposed to the radical religious right. In particular, this book cited the site’s extensive collection of evidence of Hitler’s Christianity and rebuttal to the myth that Hitler was an atheist or an anti-Christian.

Wells, Steve, “The Skeptics Annotated Bible”, http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com. This web resource is a thorough review of the Bible, cataloging thousands of errors, from self-contradictions to absurdities.

Education, Government, News and Information Websites

ABC News: Online News, http://www.abcnews.go.com/. Self-explanatory.

CNN Online, http://www.cnn.com/. Self-explanatory.

CNS (Cybercast News Service), http://www.cnsnews.com/. Self-explanatory.

Downes, Stephen, “Stephen’s Guide to Logical Fallacies”, http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/: This web resource provides a list of common logical fallacies

“Internet Movie Database”, http://www.imdb.com/. This site provides extensive information on actors, movies and television programs.

George B. Johnson, “On Science”, published online at http://www.txtwriter.com/onscience/index.html. Self-explanatory.

Labossiere, Michael C., “The Nizkor Project, Fallacies”, http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/. An online reprint of Dr. Labossiere compilation of logical fallacies from his computer tutorial “Fallacy Tutorial 3.0” is contained on this site.

NASA, http://www.nasa.gov/. This is the official website of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/. Self-explanatory.

Pregnancy.org. http://www.pregnancy.org/ Contains a variety of useful information to expecting parents, from getting pregnant to caring for newborns.

Time Magazine, http://www.time.com/ Self-explanatory. 

U.S. Archives, http://www.archives.gov/. The official website of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. Every American should have a copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They’re available at this site.

Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Yahoo News, http://news.yahoo.com/ . Self-explanatory.

Yale University, “Treaty of Tripoli”, http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/barbary/bar1796t.htm. You can access a copy of the entire treaty and other historical documents at www.yale.edu.

Socio-Political Websites

Bokaer, Joan, “Theocracy Watch”, http://www.theocracywatch.org/: Dr. Bokaer understands that eternal vigilance is the price we must continually pay. This site contains the history of the Christian Dominionist Movement, reviews how it gained control of the Republican party and reports on what they want to create here in America.

Concerned Women for America, http://www.cwfa.org/. This is a right wing website designed to promote the political organization it represents. They are sympathetic to the evangelical Christians.

“God Hates Fred Phelps”, http://www.godhatesfredphelps.com/ Unknown authors call for tolerance.

Planned Parenthood, http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ . This site, as with the organization it represents, provides sexual and reproductive health care information.