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Las Vegas Area Organizations
Other Local Freethought Organizations
National and International Organizations
Authors, writers, and publishers.
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Skepticism
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Las Vegas Atheists: www.lvatheists.com
The godless online community of Las Vegas, NV. A resource for like minded Las Vegas locals including related and general discussion, announcements, promotion of local events and businesses, media, news, links, sources for activism, and networking.
Halvason: www.halvason.org
The Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada is a local chapter of the American Humanist Association. The have monthly meetings with informative speakers, often with a politically progressive message.
Las Vegas Atheists Meetup: atheists.meetup.com/30/
Meet other local atheists and freethinkers for conversation and friendship! Come to an Atheists Meetup to discuss atheism-related beliefs and philosophies and consider spiritual and religious influence in America.
Godless in Vegas -Myspace Group: groups.myspace.com/godlessinvegas
The purpose of this group is to gather together like-minded individuals such as atheists, agnostics, skeptics, humanists and other freethinkers. This is our chance to promote critical thinking as a viable alternative to mystical and theistic belief systems. Religious groups have positive and powerful organized groups. It is now our time to build up our positive secular community.
Skeptics of Las Vegas: www.skepticslv.org
SOLV is a local organization promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking.
Penn & Teller: www.pennandteller.com
Sin City's own "Bad Boys of Magic" are also two of the most outspoken proponents of atheism and skepticism around. Their long-time stage show currently at the Rio and their Showtime series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! brings their entertaining form of critical thinking to a wide audience.
George Carlin: www.georgecarlin.com
Fellow Las Vegan and legendary comedian George Carlin has been one of the best critics of religions for decades.
Humanicon SW: www.humaniconsw.org
Humanicon Southwest is a regional conference for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers.
Center for Inquiry - West: www.cfiwest.org
Located in nearby Los Angeles, on Hollywood Boulevard, is a building devoted to reason, humanism and critical thinking.
Nevada Center for Public Ethics: www.nevada-ethics.org
The NCPE is a non-partisan, non-profit center for research, education and recommendation in the field of public ethics. It seeks and will publish studies and confirmed information concerning good and bad uses of the public?s trust. Where an act or an existing standard of practice is honest, NCPE will develop ways to recognize and praise the persons and units involved.
The SciFi Center: www.thescificenter.com
TOYS BOOKS COSTUMES MODELS MASKS COMICS MOVIES SCREENINGS

Uncyclopedia: uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies. You might say it puts the "psych!" in "encyclopedia". It's sort of like Congress or Parliament, but unlike Congress or Parliament, we do have a sense of humor. Nonetheless, this is one of the only factual pages, before everything turns into a puddle of utter confusion and disarray.
Las Vegas Freethought Society : CafePress.com: www.cafepress.com/lvfs
Buy some stuff with the LVFS Logo!
Local Organizations Around the World: www.infidels.org/org/local.shtml
List of local organizations from around the world. Courtesy of the Secular Web (Internet Infidels).
Freethought Directory: www.atheistalliance.org/directory
A listing of local freethought organizations. Courtesy of the Athiest Alliance.
Skeptical and Humorous Quotes on Religion: metamyth.itvfan.com/
American Historical Figures, Other Historical Figures, From the Modern Era, Futurists and Sci-Fi Folks, Religious Right and Intolerance, Unholy Financial Alliance, Fundamentalist Creationism, Wit, Humor, and Folly.
The Colorado Coalition of Reason: www.cocore.org
Want to DO SOMETHING to encourage the separation of church and state? Here is an exciting and ambitious project to distribute a free educational DVD to 16,000 high schools in the United States. With help from many people in the secular world, work has already been completed on The Last Presentation (TLP).

Atheist Alliance International: www.atheistalliance.org
The Atheist Alliance International is a decentralized network of active local atheistic groups around the world. They publish the quarterly magazine Secular Nation.
American Atheists: www.atheists.org
Founded by the late Madalyn O'Hair, American Atheists, has been promoting atheism and the absolute separation between church and state for over 40 years. They publish the quaterly American Atheist magazine.
American Humanist Association: www.americanhumanist.org
The largest and oldest humanist membership organization in the US, the AHA is currently headed by our friend, and fellow Las Vegan Mel Lipman.
Council for Secular Humanism: www.secularhumanism.org
The Council for Secular Humanism, founded by Paul Kurtz, is part of the Center for Inquiry is a powerful organization promoting secular humanism around the world. They publish Free Inquiry, a bi-montly publication that is the most read freethought periodical in the US.
Freedom From Religion Foundation: www.ffrf.org
The FFRF is a membership organization of freethinkers aggressively promoting state-church separation via lawsuits and education. They are known for having entertaining conventions, particularly the annual gathering a Lake Hypatia Freethought Hall, which is right in the buckle of the Bible Belt.
Institute for Humanist Studies: www.humaniststudies.org
The IHS promotes nonreligious perspectives on social, political, and ethical issues and serves as a resource for and about the humanist community. They also provide free hosting for our website, for which we are very grateful.
Secular Student Alliance: www.secularstudents.org
The SSA exists to educate high school and college students around the country about the value of scientific reason and the intellectual basis of secularism in its atheistic and humanistic manifestations. They help organize student groups and provide speakers and assistance to existing student groups.
International and Humanist Ethical Union (IHEU): www.iheu.org
The IHEU is a world umbrella organization for humanist, ethical culture, rationalist, secularist and freethought groups.
Camp Quest: www.camp-quest.com
Camp Quest is an annual residential camp for freethinking kids. Currently camps exist in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Minnesota, Michigan, Tennessee and Ontario. We hope to see one on the West Coast soon.
Secular Coalition for America: www.secular.org
The Secular Coalition for America is a political lobbying organization formed by several US based freethought organizations.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU): www.au.org
While its membership is not limited to nonreligious and their executive director is himself a minister, AU, along with the ACLU aggressively defends the rights of nonreligious and state-church separation. Each freethinkers should support AU in the face of the current political climate.
Continuum of Humanist Education: www.humanisteducation.com
Offers online humanist education; courses are very affordable and many are free of charge.
Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers: www.maaf.info/
MAAF is a community support network that connects military members from around the world with each other and with local organizations.

RichardDawkins.net: www.richarddawkins.net/
Home of The Official Richard Dawkins Website and The Richard Dawkins Foundation

The Secular Web: www.infidels.org
Getting upwards of 300,000 unique visitors per month, the Secular Web is the most visited freethought related website. It includes a modern library with works by many leading secular philosophers, a historical library with extensive historical freethought classics, a newswire listing current news items relating to atheism and a very active discussion board.
Positive Atheism: www.positiveatheism.org
An extensive website featuring many current and historical articles related to freethought.
The Atheism Web: www.infidels.org/news/atheism
Great primer on atheism and related philosophies. Includes the heralded alt.atheism logic faq.
About.com's Atheism/Agnosticism Section: atheism.about.com
Well written, regularly updated web atheism guide/portal.
Atheist Celebrity List: www.celebatheists.com
Even if atheists and freethinkers feel alone in today's political climate, we're in some pretty darn impressive company.

Skeptics of Las Vegas: www.skepticslv.org
SOLV is a local organization promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking.
James "The Amazing" Randi: www.randi.org
Run by the magician who exposed Uri "Spoons" Geller and faith healer Peter Popoff on national TV, the James Randi Foundation is an educational resource for the paranormal, pseudoscientific and supernatural.
Skeptic's Dictionary: www.skepdic.com
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a very high traffic website with a wealth of information on skepticism and the paranormal.
CSICOP: www.csicop.org
The Committed for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, the publisher of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public.
Skeptic's Society: www.skeptic.com
The Skeptic's Society, publisher of Skeptic magazine, is a scientific and educational organization of scholars, scientists, historians, magicians, professors and teachers, and anyone curious about controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas and the promotion of science. Our mission is to serve as an educational tool for those seeking clarification and viewpoints on those controversial ideas and claims.
Jim Lippard's Site: www.discord.org/~lippard/
Website of Jim Lippard, one of the Southwest's most active skeptics.
Snopes: www.snopes.com
Excellent, well researched resource for verifying and debunking Internet (mis)information and forwarded e-mails.
Skeptic Files: www.skepticfiles.org
Extensive archive of various skeptical articles.
Straight Dope: www.straightdope.com
A website devoted to fighting ignorance. It also provides great answers to those important things we've always wondered, like what does OK really stand for and how does Teflon stick to the pan?

Mandatory Friends: www.lasvegasimprov.com
This hilarious show?co-produced by Mandatory Friends' own Brandon Muller and cohort Jason Kiefer?features some of the brightest comedic talent in Las Vegas. The show's still free (with a one-drink minimum to keep that hot, English-as-a-second-language cocktail waitress happy).
Brandon Muller: www.brandonmuller.com
Talented LVFS member Brandon Muller often writes for Top Five and has a regular humor column in Skeptic Magazine.
Dribble Glass: www.dribbleglass.com
Scott Roeben is the "webmaster, CEO and janitor" for Dribble Glass, a very popular humor site. The "Billboards We'd Like to See" are priceless.
Jennifer Adams: www.foofer.org
Jenn has a list of freethought films and quotes Freethought Movie on her website.
RayJ: www.rayj.org
"genius is a genius does" I always say. This is just a goofy site full of weird things.
Clark Adams: www.secularstudents.org/node/210
Clark Adams has a published bio entitled "Growing Up an Atheist in the Religious Mid South" and has other articles, including "My Cup is Half Full; Why I am Optimistic About the Rights of Nonbelievers"
Robert Skillen's Site: home.earthlink.net/~skillenjb
The home page of Robert Skillen, and a whole lot more!
Cathe B: www.catheb.com
As a comedienne, artist, musician, writer AND rat trainer (for TV and movies Cathe is as versatile and as talented as they come.
Mike Jones: www.jonesjazz.com
Mike Jones is one of the most talented pianists around today. His hand speed is jaw dropping. Watch him nightly show off his talent and discuss boxes each night before the Penn & Teller Show at the Rio.
Celestia Ward: www.2headsstudios.com/about.html
Celestia is an award winning caricature artist. Catch her work at the Excalibur or at the Venetian in between her appearances at parties and corporate events.
Freethought Flicks!: www.youtube.com/group/freethought
A group dedicated to and serves as a forum for freethinkers - atheists, agnostics, humanists and other like-minded individuals.

Detox: www.catalaw.com/detox/
The religious recovery webzine. Because religion is ridiculous.
Adherents.com: www.adherents.com
Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.
Alt to Marriage Project: www.unmarried.org
The Alternatives to Marriage Project (AtMP) is a national nonprofit organization advocating for equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.
Bible Gateway: www.biblegateway.com
BibleGateway.com is a free service for reading and researching Scripture online--all in the language or translation of your choice! We provide advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools to enhance your study of the Bible.
International Cultic Studies Association: www.csj.org
We at ICSA are confident that through our unique combination of periodicals, an online bookstore, an information service, workshops and conferences, and Web resources we can assist those who have been adversely affected by a cultic experience or who seek to help others or who are simply interested in the subject.
Religious Tolerance: www.religioustolerance.org
To promote religious tolerance and freedom. To describe religious faiths in all their diversity. To describe controversial topics from all points of view.
Watchman Fellowship: www.watchman.org
A Christian Research and Apologetics Ministry. Watchman Fellowship is an independent Christian research and apologetics ministry focusing on new religious movements, counterfeit Christianity, cults, spiritual abuse, the occult and the New Age.

Landover Baptist Church: www.landoverbaptist.org
Satire of a Baptist church that is entirely too frightening. Make sure to order a "What Would Jesus Do?" thong for that special someone.
The Door: www.thedoormagazine.com
The world's pretty much only religious satire magazine.
The Onion: www.theonion.com
Excellent satire of news and news reporting.
Jim Huber's Site: www.jhuger.com
Home of the classic "Kissing Hank's Ass" parable, along with several other parables and articles.
Normal Bob Smith: www.normalbobsmith.com
Page of the rather eccentric person who created the Jesus Dress Up game and the leader of the Unholy Army of Catholic School Girls.
Divine Interventions: www.divine-interventions.com
Website that sells items that are illegal in Alabama for more than one reason (adults only, please).
Christ on the Crapper: www.christonthecrapper.com
A site with a most blasphemous name that is, in reality, a great site for religious humor (mostly non-scatological).