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The Olympic Games: From Gods to Gurus

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From Gods to Gurus: The Evolution of Olympic Superstition and Pseudoscience

Nick Tiller

Milo of Croton once outwrestled a lion. On another occasion, he tied a cord around his head and snapped the band using only the bulging veins in his temples. He drank ox blood for fuel and ate raw flesh to scare his rivals. Born in the sixth century BCE (no prizes for guessing where) and …

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How Religion and Politics Pull Our Strings

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Godwashing in Politics

Thomas Mates

It is well known that religious belief is declining in the United States at what appears to be an accelerating rate. According to Gallup, although 92 percent of Americans still believed in God in 2011, by 2022 the number had fallen to 81 percent. Pew Research meanwhile found that only 63 percent of Americans identified as Christian in 2022, when that number had remained above 90 percent as recently as the 1990s.

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 July 12, 2024

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) calls on its supporters in Ohio to help defeat pending state legislation that would require all K–12 public schools to allow their students to leave school grounds during the school day to pursue religious education elsewhere. CFI has fought such “release time” bills before, and we are determined to defeat …

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“Oklahoma Schools in Revolt” – Supplement Scams, CSICon Scholarships, and Digging In on False Beliefs
 August 5, 2024


Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. If you’re one of the many Morning Heresy readers who get to this page via the email newsletter or a direct link on social media, you may have missed CFI’s newly redesigned homepage. As our news alert about …
“A More Aggressive Approach” – Radford and the White Witch, the Politics of Nones, and Classrooms as Battlegrounds
 August 2, 2024


Happy Friday, everyone! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. 83 days. That’s all that stands between us and the start of CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. That may feel like a lot of time…but it really isn’t (especially if you’re traveling). Our discounted hotel room …
“Almost No Limit” – Ouija Workings, Religious Accommodation, and Gold Medal Pearl Clutching
 July 31, 2024


Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Occasioned by a painful, nasty sunburn, Skeptical Inquirer contributor Ada McVean started doing some research and discovered “I’ve been wearing sunscreen wrong.” Social media trends, misinformation, changes in public health messaging, and a strong appeal to nature have all …

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Center for Inquiry Unveils Revamped Homepage Design
 August 5, 2024

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The Center for Inquiry (CFI) has released  a redesigned homepage for its flagship website, centerforinquiry.org. For decades, the nonprofit Center for Inquiry has been a leading advocate for promoting reason, science, and secular values around the world. The homepage redesign seeks to emphasize that history while showcasing the many active programs and initiatives that CFI …

Sci vs. Psi: Testing Superpowers | Jim Underdown on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Thursday, August 8
 July 18, 2024

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$500,000. It should be easy money for the right person. The Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) Paranormal Challenge offers a $500,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific testing conditions. It is, by far, the world’s largest prize for scientifically proving superpowers—and it’s never been claimed successfully.  …

Ronald Lindsay Named New Editor of Free Inquiry Magazine
 July 18, 2024

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Robyn Blumner, President and CEO of the Center for Inquiry (CFI), has announced that Ronald Lindsay is the new editor for Free Inquiry magazine, the long-running journal of secular humanist thought. Free Inquiry began publishing in 1980 under the editorial leadership of philosopher Paul Kurtz. For over forty years, the magazine has been dedicated to …