Slideshow: Celebrating Everybody Bake Jesus Day Around The World
Everybody Bake Jesus Day was celebrated on July 3rd, 2010, to protest the Spanish government's violation of musician Javier Krahe's freedom of speech.
Pseudoscience In The Stars: An Indian Rationalist’s Experiences with Astrology
Professor Narendra Nayak, president of FIRA, recounts some of his experiences with astrology.
God’s Own Stockholm Syndrome
The vast majority of victims of Sai Baba, or any sex-obsessed Swami, are so deeply delusional that they do not believe they suffer from a serious psychiatric syndrome...
Organizing The Rationalist Movement In Uttar Pradesh
25 July 2010, by Narendra Nayak
Following on the success of the Bihar Rationalists, Prof. Nayak reports on some interesting developments in rationalism and scientific temper in the nearby state of Uttar Pradesh. Included are exciting details on the media coverage that Prof. Nayak received on his recent tour of the state.
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Heretics, Rebels, Reformers And Revolutionaries - Part 1
19 July 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
In this series of articles, we will study the stories of heretics, rebels, reformers and revolutionaries who attempted to overthrow organized priestly religions all over the world.
Posted in Culture, Prabhakar Kamath, WritersComments (8)
Science and Scientists
14 July 2010, by Vinod K. Wadhawan
As somebody said, science is what scientists do. And scientists are human too. Some of these humans have great difficulty in reconciling what science tells them with what they learnt from various sources when they were young and impressionable.
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Introducing The Bihar Rationalist Forum
14 July 2010, by Narendra Nayak
In spite of its progressive history, Bihar has become a state riddled with superstitions and obscurantism. For the past five years we have been associated with running a campaign in Bihar to inculcate scientific temper among people.
Posted in General News, Narendra Nayak, Secular Events, Social ActionComments (4)
‘Freedom Of Speech’ in India- Case Studies: Islamist Zakir Naik, Maoist Rebels, Film Actress Kushboo, Artist M.F. Hussain
07 July 2010, by Ajita Kamal
In general, countries with citizenry that are relatively more free have a better understanding of the distinction between support of terrorist ideology and conspiring to commit acts of terror.
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1000 Indian Freethinkers Event: A Conversation With Tom Clark On Worldview Naturalism
30 June 2010, by Editor
Nirmukta has recently crossed the 1000 member mark on facebook, and our team has decided that its time to celebrate by hosting an online event. Tom Clark, director of the Center for Naturalism, will speak to us live on the influence of worldview naturalism.
Posted in General News, Naturalism, Secular EventsComments (2)
Exposing The “Miracle” Of Blindfolded Sight- The Story of Ranjana Agarwal
23 June 2010, by Narendra Nayak
This is the story of a little girl of fourteen and the ambitions of her mother whom we met at the studios of Live India TV channel on the evening of 18th June. As it turns out, there is more to the show than meets the viewer's eye.
Posted in Con-Alert, Debunked, Narendra Nayak, ParanormalComments (9)
Self-Deception As A Coping Mechanism Among Victims Of The Sai Baba Cult
21 June 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
Sai Baba satisfies his sexual appetite by abusing innocent children, but this sexual abuse serves another purpose for Sai Baba: Dominating these children and converting them into his lifelong devotees and henchmen.
Posted in Debunked, God Watch, Paranormal, Prabhakar KamathComments (5)
Everybody Bake Jesus Day - Facebook Event
16 June 2010, by Editor
Support free speech by baking Jesus in your favorite cake, cookie, pie, pastry, whatever. Have a barbecue and bake Jesus shaped pork ribs. If you're vegan, bake a tofu Jesus. Maybe you'd like to get together with your friend Jesus from next door and do some 'baking' together. Whichever way you choose to participate, join the rest of us on Saturday the third of July, and share your ideas by posting them on facebook.
Posted in Culture, Secular EventsComments (18)
Fact Checking The Tehelka Radiation Survey- Part 2: Misleading And Incomplete Information
15 June 2010, by Ajita Kamal
The push by Tehelka to blow up this issue has made it necessary for us to get involved in looking at the evidence from a rational and scientific perspective. Nirmukta is calling for the big guns to tackle this one.
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Why Religion Endures
14 June 2010, by Charlie Sitzes
The May/June edition of the Skeptical Inquirer had on its cover an artist's rendition of the human brain embedded with an image resembling either God or Jesus (take your pick) along with the caption "Why Our Brains Believe". The feature article "Brain Science, God Science; Why Religion Endures" was written by two really bright guys , Michael McGuire and Lionel Tiger.
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The Cell Phone Cancer Debate: Fact-Checking The Tehelka Radiation Survey- Part 1.
08 June 2010, by Editor
This is the first part in a series of articles to analyze the evidence concerning the recent Tehelka report concluding that radiation levels (caused by cell phone towers and other urban sources of radio waves) in Delhi are far above recommended safe levels.
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Nirmukta Wallpapers and Print Size Posters For Free Download
05 June 2010, by Bala Bhaskar
These wallpapers and posters were custom made for Nirmukta by Bala Bhaskar. Feel free to download them, print them out, use them on your desktop, and post them on your walls, message boards and other places around your town!
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A Rationalist Exposing Fraudulent Paranormal Claims - The Ones That Ran Away
26 May 2010, by Narendra Nayak
The Charlatans are used to adulation and worship from gullible people. When people like us confront them, they first bluff and bluster, thinking that we can be easily cowed down. When it comes to the crunch they run away offering lame excuses.
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The Art Of Pseudoscience (Featuring The Gayatri Mantra)- A Five Step Program
22 May 2010, by Satish Chandra
A holy-five-step-program to make anything sound true. It is guaranteed to bring you joy and happiness and more importantly, money. Interested souls can prostrate before me and I will teach a much more potent form of that art.
Posted in Humor, Paranormal, PseudoscienceComments (4)
Moral and Virtuous People Don’t Need God Or Mindless Religion
21 May 2010, by Prabhakar Kamath
Most of today's Hinduism consists of mindless rituals and traditions, which have absolutely no relevance to the modern times. These rituals evolved over the centuries, often due to misinterpretation of scriptures, and were propagated for financial gains.
Posted in Culture, Ethics, General News, Prabhakar KamathComments (8)
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