Related Organizations and Websites

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Contents 1 Information Portals 2 Atheist, Rationalist or Humanist Organizations 2.1 North America 2.2 Europe 2.3 Asia 2.4 Australia 3 Blogs exposing Cults and Superstition 4 Further Reading

Information Portals

• The Ross Institute has lots of information on destructive cults.
• Cult News from Rick Ross
• Forums on Gurus
• Database of Spiritual Teachers
• International Cultic Studies Association
• Cult Awareness and Information Center
• The Awareness Page
• FactNet
• Ex-Cult Resource Center
• Cult Information Center
• The Apologetics Index
• The Freedom of Mind Resource Center

Atheist, Rationalist or Humanist Organizations

North America

• American Atheists: Founded as the result of the famous Supreme Court case which helped to end prayer and bible recitation in public schools. Initiated by the founder of the organization, Madalyn Murray O'Hair." Resources pertaining to civil liberties for atheists with affiliated groups in 20 states.
• American Humanist Organization
• Sarlo's Guru Rating Service rates gurus on their authenticity. The ratings are subjective, of course.
• The Atheist Alliance Their Freethought Directory includes "detailed information about international and local groups, annual conventions, attorneys, speakers/debaters (with photos), national organizations, merchandise, publishers, etc."
• http://www.the-brights.net/ Movement launched in 2003 "to form an Internet constituency of individuals, the Brights, having social and political recognition and power." "A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview...free of supernatural and mystical elements."
• http://www.centerforinquiry.net/ aims "to contribute to the public understanding and appreciation of science and reason, and their applications to human conduct."
• Council for Secular Humanism offers Free Inquiry magazine and a worldwide index of humanist groups.
• Godless Americans Political Action Committee aims to "mobilize America's nonbelievers for political activism," growing out of the Godless Americans March on Washington in 2002.
• Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. Focuses on separation of church and state and publishes the newspaper Freethought Today.
• Institute for Humanist Studies: Resources include online courses in humanist thought and the Humanist Network News service.
• Secular Student Alliance, formed in 2000.
• The Secular Web, Home of the Internet Infidels.
• The Skeptic's Refuge
• Skeptic's Society and the Skeptic Magazine
• Universism
• The Happy Heretic
• http://www.quackwatch.com/
• National Council against Health Fraud
• CSICOP and the Skeptical Inquirer
• The James Randi Educational Foundation offers one million dollars to anyone who can perform a supernatural or paranormal feat.

Europe

• http://richarddawkins.net/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/index.shtml Provides an introduction to varieties of atheism and atheist thought.
• British Humanist Association
• http://secularism.org.uk/ lobbies for Church/State separation in UK.
• Atheist Nation Magazine
• The Skeptic magazine in the UK
• The English Atheist

Asia

• Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations is an umbrella body of more than 50 rationalist and atheist organizations in India.
• Indian Humanist Union
• People's Science Center, an organization in Jharkhand.
• Rationalist Society of India
• Science and Rationalists' Association of India

Australia

• The Actual Freedom Trust Homepage discusses the pitfalls of spirituality and spiritual teachers.

Blogs exposing Cults and Superstition

• SHAMblog by Steve Salerno
• The Truth about Human Potential Seminars

Further Reading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_atheist_organizations