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Skeptic Magazine, Volume 2 Number 2
Table of Contents

Articles

Phony Archaeology Revisited
Sun Pictures Responds to Ark Hoax Institute for Creation Research also Responds
How Do You Explain That?
25 Creationists’ arguments
and 25 Evolutionists’ Answers by Michael Shermer
Mathemagics: Magic Squares
by Arthur Benjamin

Forum

Letters
Holocaust Revisionism
& Pseudo-History
Should Skeptics Investigate? —
a Challange from the Publisher

Review

Snake Handlers
& Flood Geologists
by Donald R. Prothero

News

Far Out Inc.; UFO Testing Ground; UFO Abduction Insurance; Nickola Tesla; Mars Face; Psychic Lotto Scam; Wall Street Astrology; Russian New Age; Kongo Spiritualism; Biosphere 2 Baloney?; False Memory Debate; Creationism Again; Read’n, Writ’n, and Witch’n?; Randi Exposes Street Scam; Skeptic Expands; Math Wizard Lectures; Save $3,500; Science Fair Success

Special Section:
Cults

Waco, Jonestown
& All That Madness
by Cynthia Kisser
Millennium Watch
Cults, Brainwashing and Society by Ted Daniels
The Jesus Cults
by Steve Allen
The Resurrection Myth
by Steve Harris
Was Christianity a Cult?
by Gerald Larue
Realism & Religion
A Physicist Examines the
Basis for Belief by Milton Rothman
The Unlikeliest Cult
in History
by Michael Shermer

Books in Brief

Leakey Luck; Dilettante Genius; Law of Unintended Consequences; Misreading Darwin; Images of Science

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Top 10 Myths About Evolution

Top 10 Myths About Evolution (and how we know it really happened)

This concise pamphlet provides answers to common objections to evolution, such as: If humans came from apes, why aren’t apes evolving into humans?; Only an intelligent designer could have made something as complex as an eye; The second law of thermo-dynamics proves that evolution is impossible; Evolution can’t account for morality; and more…

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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alternative Medicine

Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alternative Medicine

Harriet Hall, MD (aka the SkepDoc), shares her wit and wisdom about alternative medicine including: chiropractic, the placebo effect, homeopathy, acupuncture, and the questionable benefits of organic food, detoxification, and ‘natural’ remedies.

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Learn to be a Psychic in 10 Easy Lessons

Learn to be a Psychic in 10
Easy Lessons

Psychic readings and fortunetelling are an ancient art — a combination of acting and psychological manipulation. While some psychics are known to cheat and acquire information ahead of time, these ten tips focus on what is known as “cold reading” — reading someone “cold” without any prior knowledge about them.

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