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Special Section on Scientology

Is Scientology a Cult?: by Michael Shermer
The Decline and (Probable) Fall of the Scientology Empire!: by Jim Lippard

Special Section on
Harry Potter & Religion

Religion in Harry Potter: Do J. K. Rowling’s Novels Promote Religion or Undermine It?
by Ari Armstrong

Special Section: Two Views of Life After Death

On Visions & Resurrections: Can Hallucination Account for the Post-Crucifixion Appearances of Jesus? by Gary J. Whittenberger
The Mortals & the Immortals: Can Science Deliver What Religion Has Long Promised for Eternal Life?
by Collin Braun

Columns

The SkepDoc: Evidence-Based Medicine, Tooth Fairy Science & Cinderella Medicine
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Bad Language: Body Language—
(Don’t) Read My Lips
by Karen Stollznow
’Twas Brillig…: Crystal Healing 101, Humanist Activist Victory, Scientology, A Letter to James Van Praagh by James Randi

Articles

Three Cheers for Teachers: Educational Reform Should Come from Within the Classroom and Science Can Inform Our Reforms
by Chris Edward
9/11 and the Science of Controlled Demolition: Is There Any Scientific Validity to the Claims of 9/11 Controlled Demolition Conspiracists About the Collapse of the World Trade Center Buildings? by Chris Mohr
What is the Purpose of a Sponge?: A Biologist Contemplates the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
by David Zeigler
Is Psychology a Science?: by Robert E. Silverman

Reviews

Harry Potter & Jesus Christ: Jesus Potter Harry Christ, by Derek Murphy. reviewed by Tim Callahan
The End is Not Nigh Enough: A is for Armageddon: A Catalogue of Disasters That May Culminate in the End of the World As We Know It, by Richard Horne. reviewed by Mike Moran
The Mystic Chords of Violence’s Memory: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker.
reviewed by Michael Shermer
Flowers for Nim: Project Nim, a documentary film by James Marsh
reviewed by Michael Shermer
By Any Other Name: Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are, by Bart D. Ehrman.
reviewed by Tim Callahan

Junior Skeptic

Fossil Fakes Part 2

Does Nature Lie?
Fossil Crime Scenes
Be a Fossil Detective
Piltdown and Calaveras Man

Written by Jason Loxton and Daniel Loxton. Cover by Daniel Loxton.

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