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== James Randi and deception ==
== James Randi and deception ==
[[File:JAMES RANDI.jpg|thumbnail|170px|right|[[James Randi]]]]
The ''Daily Grail'' declared about the atheist [[James Randi]]:
The ''Daily Grail'' declared about the atheist [[James Randi]]:
{{Cquote|Just a few months later, the previously Teflon-coated James 'The Amazing' Randi was caught at the center of his own scandal when his partner of more than two decades, Jose Alvarez, was caught and pleaded guilty [http://dailygrail.com/Skepticism/2011/9/Randis-Partner-Arrested-Identity-Theft to identity theft], after overstaying his visa in the 1980s. Though many felt sympathy for both Randi and his partner's dilemma, there were also questions over how much Randi knew or was involved in the crime - a not-particularly-good look for the much celebrated champion of truth and honesty.
{{Cquote|Just a few months later, the previously Teflon-coated James 'The Amazing' Randi was caught at the center of his own scandal when his partner of more than two decades, Jose Alvarez, was caught and pleaded guilty [http://dailygrail.com/Skepticism/2011/9/Randis-Partner-Arrested-Identity-Theft to identity theft], after overstaying his visa in the 1980s. Though many felt sympathy for both Randi and his partner's dilemma, there were also questions over how much Randi knew or was involved in the crime - a not-particularly-good look for the much celebrated champion of truth and honesty.
“Oh I agree. No question of that. I don’t know whether the lies are conscious lies all the time,” he said. “But there can be untruths.”<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11270453/James-Randi-debunking-the-king-of-the-debunkers.html James Randi: debunking the king of the debunkers], ''The Telegraph''</ref>}}
“Oh I agree. No question of that. I don’t know whether the lies are conscious lies all the time,” he said. “But there can be untruths.”<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11270453/James-Randi-debunking-the-king-of-the-debunkers.html James Randi: debunking the king of the debunkers], ''The Telegraph''</ref>}}
==Evolutionary Position Gradually Losing Public Support==
==Evolutionary Position Gradually Losing Public Support==