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Ancient History: Jewish and Christian origens
Apologetics: Defending the Christian faith
Archaeology: Dig it!
Atheism: Meet the Atheists
Bible: What is the Bible? No, really... What is the Bible? Here are sites that look at the Bible then and now.
Christian Radio: Meet the Preachers - these guys put the "gel" in Evangelical
Christianity: The Christian culture
Church Fathers: What did the early Christians teach? You might be surprised!
Comparative Religion: How many Gods were born of virgins?
Creationism: Wierd Science
Criticism: A serious look at what the Bible really says, who really wrote it, and what it really means. Really.
Debate: He said, She said
Heresy: Did Jesus become the Son of God only after his death? At his baptism? When exactly? Here's what the earliest Christian writers believed.
Humor & Satire: Oh, lighten up!
Islam: Allah hu Akbar
Judaism: Next year in Jerusalem...
Logic: Learn to recognize the classic logical falacies. Know the classic arguments. It's all been wrapped in a neat little package right here. Why re-invent the wheel? That wouldn't be logical!
Mythology: "Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later" -- Ambrose Bierce
News: "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come." -- Gospel According to Mark
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them" -- Paul of Tarsus
Philosophy: "Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits." -- William James
Politics: Make a difference!
Psychology: Various psychology topics that relate to religion
Quran: In English
Science: "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" -- Adam Smith
Statistics: "Then there is the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches." -- W.I.E. Gates

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Pro-atheism, Pro-science Affiliates

4 Atheists (www.4atheists.com/index.html) - an atheist website with resources for atheists to support each other. You are not alone!
Atheist Top Sites (www.atheist-top-sites.com) - a large collection of atheist web sites, ordered by popularity
The Gay Black Jew (www.thegayblackjew.com) - Keep up with current events the fun way. This site is funny, and sometime downright hilarious!! It's always irreverent, pithy, and thoughtful; always a nice mix in my book. Be sure to check out the Religion section
Progressive Science Institute (www.scientificphilosophy.com) - links on a variety of scientific topics including many which are refreshingly alternative.
The Jesus Myth (www.thejesusmyth.com) - a thought-provoking blog with tons of great book reviews and videos and articles on religion, science, society... you name it. There is also a discussion forum. Check it out!

Other Affiliates

Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee (www.kevinbussey.com) - confessions of a follower of Jesus Christ, struggling to recover from legalism (blog)
Richard Dawkins (www.atheistdelusion.net) - Richard Dawkins the world's most famous atheist makes his home in Oxford, England. It points to a wide array of books, articles, DVDs and audios on Richard Dawkins and The God Delusion.

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Ancient History

Religious History
Early Church
Historical Jesus - Wikipedia
Jesus Puzzle - Quick Assembly
Booklet > Jesus Christ: The Real Story > Introduction
Nazareth - The Town that Theology Built
Order of Nazorean Essenes

Apologetics

Archaeology

False testament - Archaeology refutes the Bible's claim to history

Atheism

Friendly Atheist
Ethical Atheist - Biblical Basis for a Young Earth
All Sides of the Story
Atheism Awareness
Atheist Empire - All About Atheism

especially Population Statistics of Atheists, Non-Believers and Religions

Bible

Early Christian Writings - New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers
The Whole Bible - Analysis of the New Testament Scriptures
Straight Dope Staff Report - Who wrote the Bible?
Hebrew - English Bible - Mechon-Mamre
Restored Name King James Version - EliYah's Home Page
The Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible
Cypess: The Electronic Parsha Warehouse
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies, main page
Authenticity and Reliability of the Bible & of the Christian Faith

Criticism

Documentary Hypothesis

Passage of the Red Sea - Wikipedia
Documentary hypothesis - Wikipedia
Documentary Hypothesis - who wrote the Hebrew Bible (a.k.a. the Old Testament)

Biblical Errancy

Biblical Errancy - list of contradictions
Skeptics Annotated Bible

Christian Radio

Oneplace.com - Ministry Listing

Christianity

Christian Crimeline - timeline of Christian attrocities throughout the ages

Church Fathers

Early Church Fathers

Comparative Religion

TBK - Krishna Born of a Virgin - List of several gods born of virgins
Religion Gateway - List of several gods born of virgins
Center for the Study of Religion
Meta Religion - collection of sacred texts and other information for a very large list of religions

Creationism

An Index to Creationist Claims - from Talk.Origins
The Talk.Origins Archive - Arguments against Creationism and Intelligent Design FAQs
James Meritt's General Anti-Creationism FAQ
God and Evolution
theory
Evolution and Creationism - from Geological Society of America: "We have gathered useful information and tools, including arguments and tactics employed by those who promote alternative, non-science-based expanations for life and earth history. Whether your understanding of these issues and concepts is sophisticated or you are looking for a place to begin exploring this topic, we hope you will use this site to inform yourself."
The Panda's Thumb (& blog)
AAAS - Evolution on the Front Line - The American Association for the Advancement of Science has played a prominent role in responding to efforts in Kansas, Pennsylvania and elsewhere to weaken or compromise the teaching of evolution in public school science classrooms. Its "Evolution on the Front Line" website provides some background materials on the controversy and links to AAAS resources on evolution.
Intelligent Design Watch - CSICOP - News and opinion from the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.
Atheist Alliance International
Epperson v. Arkansas
Edwards v. Aguillard
The Talk.Origins Archive: Debates, Gatherings & Court Decisions
Evolutionary Metaphysics - Science, Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Creationist Claims - from Wikipedia, a huge catalog of creationist claims, along with the standard rebuttals

Criticism

Skeptical View of Christianity and the Bible
A Witness to Yahweh ...the Bible pages - A critical examination of the Bible and faith (focusing on source criticism, literary criticism, redaction criticism, form criticism, and historical criticism)
Minister Turns Atheist

Debate

Heresy

Apostate Caf�: Introduction to Christian Heresy

Humor & Satire

The Gay Black Jew - Keep up with current events the fun way. This site is funny, and sometime downright hilarious!! It's always irreverent, pithy, and thoughtful; always a nice mix in my book. Be sure to check out the Religion section
Landover Baptist - A fun, irreverent spoof on religion

Islam

Faith Freedom International

Judaism

Early Jewish Writings
Talmud - Wikipedia
A Page of Talmud
Talmud / Mishna / Gemara
A Letter to my Rabbi - TalkReason.org
Judaism 101: Torah - JewFAQ.org
Midrash - Wikipedia
3 Books of Judaism - TruthNet.org
Jewish Philosophers - Wikipedia
Adventures in Philosophy - a Brief History of Jewish Philosophy from RadicalAcademy.com

Maimonides, a.k.a. RamBam

Guide for the Perplexed - Wikipedia on Maimonides
Guide for the Perplexed Index
Maimonides / Rambam
The Rambam's Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith - OU.org

Logic

Existence of God - Wikipedia
Arguments For the Existence of God - Wikipedia
Arguments For the Existence of God - Theopedia
Problem of Hell - Wikipedia
Omnipotence Paradox - Wikipedia
50 Simple Proofs - GodIsImaginary.com

Fallacy

Logical fallacies - Wikipedia
Genetic fallacy - Wikipedia
Appeal to authority - Wikipedia
Argumentum ad populum - Wikipedia
Appeal to novelty - Wikipedia
Appeal to tradition - Wikipedia
Ad hominem - Wikipedia
Appeal to motive - Wikipedia
Argumentum ad crumenam - Wikipedia: a.k.a an argument to the purse: a logical fallacy of concluding that a statement is correct because the speaker is rich
Argumentum ad lazarum - Wikipedia: concluding that a statement is correct because the subject of the argument is poor
Association fallacy - Wikipedia
Ipsedixitism - Wikipedia: pejorative term for an unsupported rhetorical assertion; it is a term in logic for a missing argument.
Poisoning the well - Wikipedia
How many logical fallacies can you spot? Read "Kissing Hank's Butt".