be satisfied with not understanding the world.
Richard Dawkins
While we are not affiliated with any of the following groups and organisations, we consider them to be supporters of individual freedom and critical thinking, and opponents of religious zealotry.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Americans United is a lobby group that challenges the activities of the Religious Right
in the USA and works with US lawmakers at all levels to help them understand the importance of respecting the separation of church and state, while
defending religious diversity.
Australian Skeptics
The Australian Skeptics aim to investigate claims of pseudoscientific, paranormal and
similarly anomalous phenomena from a responsible, scientific point of view. Although
the Skeptics consider religious belief to be an untestable hypothesis and therefore outside
their scope, they often find themselves refuting the claims of those who promote a
literal interpretation of the Genesis creation myth.
Australian Atheist Foundation
The Atheist Foundation of Australia recognises scientific method as the only rational means
toward understanding reality. To question and critically examine all ideas, testing them
in the light of facts, leads to the discovery of truth.
They consider that the many confrontations and conflicts around the world provide ample evidence of the
unstable nature of societies which endorse religious beliefs.
Atheist Society, Melbourne
For those who are happy to accept that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable evidence for the existence of a god or gods or the supernatural.
Australian Rationalists
A group which aims to propound and advance rationalism, which is defined as the attitude of mind which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason, and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics independent of arbitrary assumptions and authority.
Beware of The God
This website is part of a project across various media contemplating the political aspirations of religious extremists. It hopes to be like a library or a magazine; those interested in the trends toward religiosity in public life may find material here that is worthy of thinking about, distributing and discussing.
BookTalk.org - the freethinkers book discussion community
BookTalk.org is an online book discussion community dedicated to the advancement of critical thinking, reason, intelligence, freedom of inquiry, philosophy and the scientific method.
Humanist Society of NSW Inc.
A group which aims to encourage a rational approach to human problems, to promote the fullest use of science for human welfare, to
defend freedom of expression, and provide a constructive set of ethical principles independent of theological and dogmatic creeds.
The website has links to similar groups in other Australian states as well as to international humanist groups.
Index to Creationist Claims
Creationist claims are numerous and varied, so it is often difficult to track down information on any given claim. This site attempts, as much as possible, to make it easy to find rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims. It is updated frequently.
The Interfaith Alliance
The Interfaith Alliance is a non-partisan, clergy-led grassroots organization in the USA
dedicated to promoting the positive, healing role of faith in civic life and challenging intolerance and extremism. They actively challenge Religious Right groups who foster intolerance and degrade the value of a multi-faith nation.
libertus.net
An extensive Australian website promoting opposition to the restrictive Australian
censorship policy in regard to film, literature and the Internet. The views put forward are
in stark contrast to the policies of religious Right groups, who are frequent campaigners
for increased censorship.
New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists
The principal aims of the NZARH are to advocate a rational, humane, and secular view of life without reference to supernatural agencies and which is compatible with the scientific method, to promote a tolerant, responsible, and open society, and to encourage open-minded enquiry into matters relevant to human co-existence and well-being.
No Answers in Genesis!
An Australian site devoted to counteracting the errors in "young earth" creationist propaganda and
providing information about the scientific basis for evolutionary theory.
Religious Tolerance
This group opposes religious intolerance and the conflict it causes between people of
different faiths or denominations. They do not criticize beliefs, even if those beliefs
support discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation etc. However, they quite
rightly oppose discriminatory actions by religious groups against women and minorities and
feel free to criticize such actions. They have published a large number of articles
which critically examine the basis of many religious beliefs.
The Secular Party of Australia
The Secular Party, formed in February 2006, believes that it is imperative that Australia leads the way in establishing a society free of sectarian strife arising from ancient beliefs, especially those for which there is no evidence or which contradict known facts. It aims to
bring about a true separation of Church and State in Australia and stands for human rights and social justice, affirming the dignity of each human being.
The Secular Web
The Secular Web claims to provide a drop of reason in a pool of confusion. It is an
online community of nonbelievers
dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, understanding and tolerance.
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible includes the entire
text of the King James Version of the Bible, but without the pro-Bible propaganda normally
found in religious presentations.
Instead, passages are highlighted that are an embarrassment to the Bible-believer.
The contradictions and false prophesies show that the Bible is not
inerrant; the cruelties, injustices, and insults to women, that it is neither good nor just.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions.
Essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural, and pseudoscientific ideas and practices,
and how to think critically about them.
Talk Reason
This website presents a collection of articles which aim to defend genuine science from numerous attempts by creationists to replace it with theistic pseudo-science under various disguises and names. Talk Reason is designed to provide a forum for articles arguing against modern creationism in all of its forms.
Understanding Evolution
A web site written for teachers but accessible to the general public. It is intended to provide 'one-stop shopping' for evolution education. The web site is rich in content, with sections on the nature of science, evolution itself, the different lines of evidence supporting evolution, evolution's relevance to everyday life, widespread misconceptions about evolution, and the history of evolutionary thought.
Why Won't God Heal Amputees
This site asks the question "Is God real, or is he imaginary?" and provides compelling reasons to conclude that God is imaginary, religion is a complete illusion, and Christianity, Judaism and Islam are pointless.