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== Notable atheists/skeptics who joined the Brights Movement ==
== Notable atheists/skeptics who joined the Brights Movement ==
Notable atheists/skeptics may still embrace the Brights Movement and are listed as "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website.<ref>http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html</ref> Examples of individuals who are listed as "Enthusiastic Brights" are atheists/skeptics such as [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Daniel Dennett]], [[A.C. Grayling]], [[Penn Jillette]], [[Penn and Teller|Raymond Joseph Teller]], Steven Pinker, [[James Randi]], [[Michael Shermer]], [[Hemant Menta]], Margaret Downy, Mel Lipman, Bobbie Kirkhart, Herb Silverman, Matt Cherry and Babu Gogineni.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html "Enthusiastic Brights" listed at Brights Movement website]</ref>
Notable atheists/skeptics may still embrace the Brights Movement and are listed as "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website.<ref>http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html</ref> Examples of individuals who are listed as "Enthusiastic Brights" are atheists/skeptics such as [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Daniel Dennett]], [[A.C. Grayling]], [[Penn Jillette]], [[Penn and Teller|Raymond Joseph Teller]], Steven Pinker, [[James Randi]], [[Michael Shermer]], [[Hemant Menta]], Margaret Downy, Mel Lipman, Bobbie Kirkhart, Herb Silverman, Matt Cherry and Babu Gogineni.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html "Enthusiastic Brights" listed at Brights Movement website]</ref>
== Large initial following from more than 84 countries ==
According to a 2004 ''Psychology Today'' article the Brights’ Web site launched in 2003 and signed on tens of thousands of Brights from more than 84 countries.<ref>http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040209-000016.html</ref> The Psychology Today article quotes a founder of the Brights Movement Paul Geisert as stating, "It’s too soon to tell if the movement will really catch on. We just have to empirically wait and see what happens.”<ref>http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040209-000016.html</ref>
== Michael Shermer distances himself from the Brights Movement after endorsing it ==
== Michael Shermer distances himself from the Brights Movement after endorsing it ==