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The greatest
epic of Western civilization starts with Leda, the wife of the king of the Spartans becoming pregnant by union with Zeus. For why the Gods slept with mortals. Another
artistic rendering of Leda and the Swan at bottom of this page.
E n l I g h t M E N T WEB SITE CONTENTS 10/23/8 codes: m = meta tags, p = picture/graph, A = art work with most articles Skeptical sites: #1
Enlightenment (home) /enlightenment
A M DRUG INDUSTRY—DR ANGELL/20 REFORMING BIG PHARMA—DR. ANGELL/21 JEREMY BENTHAM /18—(JK)-p EGYPTIAN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE HEBREWS/14 ANCIENT JEWISH ACCOUNTS OF JESUS CHRIST/19 AMERICAN JUSTICE SYNOPSIS INJUSTICE/12—(JK) AMERICAN JUSTICE: REVEALED
THROUGH PUBLISHED FEDERAL CASES/5 INJUSTICE-m
WHY GOD PERMITS HARM—VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS/4—(jk) WHAT HISTORIAN HAVE DEDUCED ABOUT THE HISTORICAL MOHAMMED/3-m HISTORY OF CHRIST/2—(jk) HOLY HORRORS—ATROCITIES IN THE NAME OF GOD/7—FANATACISM
SHORTER LOOK AT THE QUESTION OF THE HISTORICAL CHRIST/6 JOHN STUART MILL ON HIS FATHER AND RELIGION/8-m BROTHERHOOD OF RELIGIONS/9—jk rework SOCIAL JUSTICE, EIGHT STEPS FORWARD/13 WHY THE PHYSICS OF EVERYTHING WAS NOT THE PRODUCT OF A DESIGNER/10—m
THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS: A
FOUNDATION FOR ETHICS/11—(JK) EXODUS AND ARCHAEOLOGY PROF STIEBING + RELATED MATERIALS/17-m BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL--GADGET/23 #4 Logical Threads (home) /logicalthreads A HOW TRADITIONAL TALES REFLECT POPULAR BELIEFS—A VIVID EXMAMPLE OF THE
PROCESS/16 WHY GOD PREFERS SKEPTICS/10—(JK)-P THE DAMNED HUMAN RACE—MARK TWAIN/14 CLEAR THINKING: THE USE AND
ABUSE OF REASON/13—(JK) LOGICAL FALLACIES: A LISTING/12 HOW TO EVALUATE MEDICAL DISCOVERIES/11—(DR ZIEL & JK) STRANGENESS OF MAN, EXPLAINED/5—(JK) THE RISING IQ PUZZLE/6—(JK) SOCIAL JUSTICE: EIGHT STEPS
FORWARD/4—POLITICAL REFORM WHY SMART PEROPLE BELIEVE WEIRD THINGS—PROF. SHERMER/15--SKEPTICISM HOW THINKING GOES WRONG—PROF. SHERMER/2--SKEPTICISM GOD & EVIL, A WITTY STORY/8—(JK)--ATHEISM WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE WEIRD THINGS/7—(JK)—SKEPTICISM HOW TRADITIONAL TALES REFLECT POPULAR BELIEFS—A VIVID EXAMPLE OF THE
PROCESS/16 #9 Spiritualism (home) /spiritualism FREE WILL & FREE WON’T/11—(American Scientist)--MATERIALISM BIOFIELD THERAPY: PHYSICS CONTRA
SPIRITUAL ENERGY/6MAGNETISM QUANTUM QUACKERY—PROF STENGER/4—QUANTUM MECHANICS DR DEEPA CHOPRA’S SECRETS OF ENLIGHTENMENT/13 HOCUS POCUS/2--SPIRITUALISM CREATIONISTS FAILED EXAMPLES AGAINST EVOLUTION/5—CREATIONISM CREATIONISM, THEIR MIND IS ON VACATION/12 PSYCHICS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS EVALUATION OF THEIR ASSISTANCE/10 MAYAN CLAENDAR AND THE END OF TIME/17 HOMEOPATHY: ITS HISTORY, ITS
ABSURDITY/1 “WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW: POPULAR PSEUDOSCIENCE FILM REVIEWED/14 NOSTRADUMS: HIS PROPHECIES--RANDI/3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, A RELIGION THAT PRACTICES FAITH HEALING/15 EDGAR CAYCE, CULT FIGURE & NEW AGE PROFIT—BY A BELIEVER/16 #17 Quackery (home) /quackery m HOW TO EVALUATE MEDICAL DISCOVERIES/ 8 HERBAL REMEDIES, NCAHF POSITION PAPER/24 CHIROPRATICS: 19TH
CENTURY QUACKERY/11-m CHIROPRACTIS: A MEDICAL ORGANIZATION’S
POSITION PAPER/15 CHIROPRACTORS AND IMMUNIZATION/20 CHIROPRACTORS EVALUATED/14 HOMEOPATHY: ITS HISTORY, ITS
ABSURDITY (link thereto)/9 MESSAGE THERAPY/19 CHELATION THERAPY/12 HERBAL HUCKSTERING ON TV: AVLIMA
STUDY/18--(JK) ORGANIC NATURAL COMPOUNDS COMPARED TO SYNTHETIC ONES, A SUMMARY/17--(JK) HGH, A WIDELY USED HORMONE FOR INCREASING MUSCLE MASS/21 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CANCER (link44)/16 MEDICINE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BELIEF/13 WEIGHT LOSS PROMOTION/10—DIET, OBESITY BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN/25 PROGBLEMS WITH FDA OVERSIGHT—CONSUMER REPORT/26 AMALGAM FILLINGS—ABSOLUTE SAFE/23-m HIGH FIBER DIET AND SKEPTICISM/3
FAD ANTIAGING EXPOSED/2 MIGRAINES: RESEARCH, AND QUESTIONABLE
TREATMENTS/7 HYDRAZINE SULFATE NOT AN ANTI-CANCER AGENT/5 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS NOT A HAZARD/1 MAGNETIC & ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY/4
GINKO FAILS THE TEST/6 LINKS/22--LINKS QUACKERY #19 Skepticism (home ) /skepticism AURA PHOTOGRAPHY/14-m MASS DELUSIONS, PROMINENT CASES OVER THE LAST 5 CENTURES/11 POLICE PSYCHICS/10 ART OF COLD READINGS-RANDI/8 THE GREAT PYRAMID—MARTIN GARDNER/-m OVER 50 TOP SCIENTISTS GO PUBLIC OVER BUSH’S ABUSE OF SCIENCE/7 SKEPTICAL REASONING ON THE HISTORICAL CHRIST/5—(JK) BLACK RACISTS STEAL GREEK HERITAGE/6---(JK)-m ATLANTIS: PLATO’S MYTHIC TALE/3—(JK)-m ATLANTIS MYTH: CSIOP ARTICLE + MICHAESL SHERMER’S
ARTICLE/4 ATLANTIS AND SIMILAR TALES/13 THE MAKING OF MYTH, AN ANTHROPOLOGIST’S ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCE/16 SIGNS OF BOGUS SCIENCE/1 WHY SCIENTISTS ARE SKEPTICS ABOUT PSYCHIC PHENOMENA/2—(SHERMER) LINKS/9 #29
For Skeptics (home
-m)
/skeptics PHYSICAL OBSTACLES TO SPACE TRAVEL/10 EARMARKS OF PSEUDO SCIENCE/6 HOW EVIDENCE OVERTURNED THEORY ON STOMACH ULCERS/7 STIGMATA, EASILY FAKED/2 MINI HUMAN SPECIES FOUND, 11,000 BC/4 PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS 2004/1 HUMAN CONTACT SPREAD PC VIRUS/5 ALIEN ADDUCTIONS EXPLAINED—MICHAEL SHERMER/8 EDGAR CAYCE, NEW AGE PROPHE/9 #102
Quackery, kooky treatments (home)
/kooks WHY CHIROPRACTICS IS CONTROVERSIAL/13 “QUACK” THE MEANING/6 ANTIAGING: A POSITION PAPER ON MORE QUACKERY/9 TOUCH THERAPY—THE HEALING FINGER/2 SCIENCE AND THE VITAMIN MYTH/11 HOW THE HEALTH-FOOD INDUSTRY CREATED THE VITAMIN MYTH—DR BARRETT/12 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THEIR FAITH HEALING/10 QUACK TREATMENTS EASILY EXPOSED/8-jk UDDER NONSENSE, EVIDENCE ON HOMRONES & ANTIBIOTICS/7 ACUPUNTURE, THEORIES & PRACTICES IN CHINA/4 EYE CARE EXERCISE AND OTHER EYE CARE MYTHS/5 PRAYERS HEAL STUDY EXPOSED/3 IRIDOLOGY—DIAGNOSIS THROUGH LOOKING AT THE IRIS/1 BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL./14 #41
Medical crap (home) healthfully.org/medicalcrap BEST EXPOSE ON BIG PHARMA—DR ANGELL/27 DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING IS BAD/26 55,000 DIED FROM VIOXX, BOTH FDA &
MERCK KNOW OF RISK/11 2008 REVIEW—MERCK KNEW OF VIOXX
DEATHS/28 OPIOIDS ARE NOT ADDICTING IN MEDICINAL
AMOUNTS/21—SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN METHAQUALONE: HOW DRUG COMPANIES PROFITED/2 PHARMACEUTICAL INDURSTY DATA/22 CRESTOR, A STATIN CAUSES RENAL FAILURE/14 BUSH’S TORT REFROM: GOVERNMENT AS FRIEND OF INDUSTRY/19 FDA DEPENDS ON DRUG COMPANIES, CONSEQUENCES/16 NAPROXEN & CELEBREX JOIN ACETAMINOPHEN THE GREAT DANGEROUS DRUG
HOAX/4 ACETAMINOPHEN LEADING CAUSE OF LIVER FAILURE/29 PLACEBO—HOW TO VIOLATE A DOUBLE
BLIND STUDY/9—Cochrane Review + (JK) HOW PROFITS CORRUPT MEDICAL SCIENCE AND
TREATMENT/7—(JK) MEDICAL JOUNRAL, THEIR ADVERTISERS/20 BAD DATA FROM DRUG COMPANIES: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE/1 CONCEALMENT OF TRIAL RESULTS/24 PHARMACEUTICAL SHOCKING FACTS/6 NEEDLESS SURGERY/15 FDA SUPERVISION OF THE DRUG COMPANIES/3—Arianna
Huffington ACCUTANE 42% BIRTH DEFECTS RATE/13 DRUGS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS, A REVIEW/12 ANTIDEPRESSANT DOESN’T WORK, GIANT
DRUG COMPANY SUPPRESS RESULTS/10 ASPIRIN, CHEAP, BEST NSAID/8—(JK) WATCH OUT FOR NAPROXEN (ADVIL)/18 LINKS:
MEDICAL ADVOCACY/5 # 130 Medical Crap, More (home) healthfully.org/mdcrapm THE MECIANISM OF HOW VIOXX KILLS/18 REFORMING BIG PHARMA /17 CLARATIN FAILS WELL DESIGNED TEST/15 DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING OUGHT TO BE BANNED AGAIN/14 FDA FAILED SUPERVISION—CONSUMER REPORT/13 BRITISH COMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
DRUG INDUSTRY REFORM/10 JOURNAL FAVORABLE RESULTS BIAS/4 ASTHMA MEDICATION CAUSES FATAL ASTHMA ATTACKS/12 DRUG ADVERTISING NOT GOOD MEDICINE/10 VIAGRA NOT LIKE VIOXX, ANOTHER HORROR/9 VIOXX AND CELEBREX OVER PRESCRIBED/6 50-YEAR OLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG AS GOOD AS NEWER DRUGS, AND AT 1/10TH THE COST
/7 AVERAGE FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE COST $11,000/8 ZOPICLONE (IMOVANE) INEFFECTIVE SLEEPING PILL/19 DRUGS & LOBBY: NOT IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST/5 ERYTHROMYCIN DOUBLES SUDDEN CARDIO DEATH/3 IRESSA, ANOTHER KILLER DRUG/2 NAPROXEN, LEADING OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG, A KILLER/1
Religious sites: #6
Thinkers on Religion (home-m) /thinkersonreligion A
DAVID HUME, THE NATURE OF POPULAR RELIGION /12-m THOMAS PAINE ON THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF LOVE/11-m BERTRAND RUSSELL ON CHRISTIANITY/7-m-p BERTRAND RUSSELL, “IS THERE A GOD?”/15-p WHY I AM NOT A BELIEVER--CHARLES VAN DOREN/10 NECESSITY OF ATHEISM—SHELLY/20
JOHN STUART MILL, “ON IMMORALITY”/13-p HOCUS FOCUS, A SKEPTICAL EXAMINATION OF SPIRITUALISM/19 HOCUS FOCUS, MODERN SPIRITUALISM/1 WALTER KAUFMANN, “THE FAITH OF A HERETIC”/16-m FAMOUS SKEPTICS & ATHEISTS/14 CHARLES DARWIN, FROM HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY/17-m-p FOUNDING FATHERS’ RELIGIOUS BELIEFS/9 EINSTEIN THE AGNOSTIC/8-m PASCAL’S WAGER: JK’S
CORRECT SOLUTION/6-- (JK) + SATIRE ON PASCAL’S WAGER-p TACITUS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE HEBREW/2 JK’S FAITH/22
DIDEROT APPLIES THE PHILOSOPHER’S TOOL TO CHRISTIANITY/4 (TWICE) §DENIS DIDEROT, HIS CONTRIBUTION/5
DENIS DIDEROT APPLIES LOGIC TO CHRISTIANITY/18 1,OOO NOTED FREETHINKERS/21 #8
Old Testament Analysis (home -m) /oldtestament OLD TESTATMENT UNINSPIRED, THE PENTATEUCH/11—(JK)-m HEBREW MYTHOLOGY/10—(JK) GENESIS 6:1: WHEN THE
SONS OF GOD MATED WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MAN/12—(JK) SONS OF GOD & DAUGHTERS OF MEN—TWO SCHOLARS ON/16 TACITUS ON THE HEBREW’S ORIGIN/8
EGYPTIAN ACCOUNT OF THE LEPER’S EXODUS/4-m SARGAN’S BIRTH LEGEND AND MOSES/3 NOT OUT OF EGYPT/5 CRITICISM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY/6 MORE CRITICISMS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY/7 OLD TESTAMENT SOURCES/17 THE SAMARITANS/13 THE BIBLICAL DATES FOR CREATION/15 GENSIS & BABYLONIAN CREATION MYTHS/14 PHILISTINES—A 10 PAGE ACCOUNT BY A CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGIST/2 MYTHS & LEGENDS IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD—BRITANNICA/1 LILITH, ADAM’S FIRST WIFE/18 #10
Literary Works on Religion (home-m)
/literary TWAIN LETTERS FROM THE EARTH/8--(link to 14/1) MORE MARK TWAIN: 5 SHORT
HUMOROUS BLASTS AT RELIGION/6 MORE TWAIN BIBLE HUMOR/7
TWAIN: THE DAMNED HUMAN
RACE/9 m LUCIAN’S SATIRE ON ZEUS/5
ZEUS THE PEDOPHILE--LUCIAN/12
m ZEUS AND THE MODERN THINKING GREEK—LUCIAN/10 THE CONFESSIONAL—BROWNING/3
LA RELIGIELUSE (MEMOIRS OF A NUN)--DIDEROT/2 m
THE ANTICHIRST—NIETZSCHE/11 TWO POEMS ON RELIGION—EDGAR LEE MASTERS/13 #15
CHRISTIAN APOCRAPHY AND ESSAYS (home-m) /onreligion SEPTUAGINT BIBLE—ACCOUNT OF ITS COMMISSION/17 1 ENOCH: APOCALYPSE ONCE
CANON/18 ADAM & EVE: AS TOLD
BY SETH, THEIR SON/19 (link to Mark Twain Letters from Earth) THE ACTS OF THOMAS/16 THE DEATH OF PILATE/15
PEDOPHILE CATHOLIC PRIESTS; ARTICLE ON NUNS/10 (LINK TO The Nun’s
Story, 10/4)—(JK) SAINT BARTHOLOMEW DAY’S MASSACRE/11 LACTANIUS: AGAINST EPICURUS’
BLISSFUL GODS/7 THE LETTERS OF HEROD AND PILATE/2
PETER VERSUS SIMON THE MAGICIAN /3
PETER VS SIMON, CONT/4
THE SOUL—LUCRETIUS (FROM DE RERUM NATURA)/14 PISTA SOPHIA COMMENTARY/9 PISTA SOPHIA BOOK ONE/20 PISTA SOPHIA BOOK ONE, CHAPTERS 34 TO END/21 #16
New Testament analysis (home-m) /newtestament REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE JESUS LEGEND: The next 4 articles INTRO TO THE JESUS LEGEND (with 2 links to historical Christ articles,
1/2 , 1/6)/7 IN THE GOSPELS JESUS WAS MORTAL/8—(JK) MARK DESCRIBES JESUS’ GAY AFFAIR/5—(JK & PROF SMITH) SOURCE OF THE JESUS LEGEND/4—(JK) CATHOLIC SKEPTICISM about HISTORICAL CHRIST
BY THEOLOGIANS/11-m PUBLISHED COMMENTARY ON THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE/26 NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES, PROFESSOR WELLS/23 EARLIEST CHRISTIANITY—G.A. WELLS, PROF./20 NO HISTORICAL JESUS, RESPONSE TO A CRITIC BY PROF. WELLS/25 WHO WAS JESUS BY PROF. WELLS/27 {/24 in limbo} OLD TESTAMENT MESSIAH PROPHECIES AND THE GOSPELS/21 FICTIONAL CHRIST—McKINSEY/6 BALANCED NEW TESTAMENT ANALYSIS/14 THE HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO JESUS:
A SHOLARLY ANALYSIS/13 DID JESUS EXIST—WALKER/28 THE JESUS PUZZLE—DOHERTY/29 THE JESUS PUZZLE, CONTINUED—DOHERTY/30 TEXTUAL CRITICISMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT/17 TEXTUAL PROBLEMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT/10—(jk) NASTY JESUS AND STUPID ADVISE/12 NEW TESTAMENT: SOUCRES,
TRANSMISSION, VARIATIONS, & MODIFICATIONS/16 CONTRADICTIONS: NEW &
OLD TESTAMENTS/19 BIBLICAL CANON: HISTORY
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