Internet Infidels
Internet Infidels, owns and operates the website the Secular Web. Internet Infidels, Inc. is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 A.D. by Jeffery Jay Lowder and Brett Lemoine. The Secular Web is a website which promotes atheism, agnosticism, and skepticism on the internet. Its stated aim is to promote Metaphysical Naturalism.[1]
Christian apologist JP Holding has written concerning the Secular Web: "The Secular Web has a few intelligent people, but overall has long been a haven for every skeptical know-it-all to pronounce judgments upon matters outside of their expertise."[2] In addition, Holding has indicated that the quality of internet content produced by the Secular Web has gone down since the 1990s.[3] The decline in the quality of material at Internet Infidels has been concurrent with the rise of theists in academia within philosophy departments (see: Atheism and academia).
JP Holding and Internet Infidels
Although JP Holding has written rebuttals of the prominent members of the skeptical community such as David Hume[4], Friedrich Nietzsche[5] and G.A. Wells[6][7], Holding has also written rebuttals of lesser-known members of the secular community who publish and/or are featured on the Secular Web such as:
- Earl Doherty [8]
- Richard Carrier [9]
- Dan Barker [10]
- Farrel Till [11]
- Stephen Carr [12]
- Jeffery Jay Lowder [13]
- Acharya S [14]
- Kyle Gerkin [15]
Dissension at the Internet Infidels forum
See also: Richard Dawkins' battle with online fans and Pharyngula
In 2007, it appears as if the Internet Infidels forum had a significant amount of internal dissension which caused some forum members to depart.[16]
Significant drop in web traffic at Secular Web according to Quantcast
According to the web traffic tracking company Quantcast, the Secular Web lost a significant amount of web traffic from the period of 6/2/07 to 7/30/11.[17]
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References
- ↑ Defining our mission Internet Infidels. Accessed 15 March 2008
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/gerkin01.html
- ↑ The Secular Web's Great tinfoil age
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-H.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nietzsche01.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/jesusexist/jesusexisthub.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/uz/wellsga01.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-D.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-C.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-B.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-T.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-C.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-L.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-A.html
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/TK-G.html
- ↑ http://spaninquis.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/internet-infidels-seems-to-be-melting/
- ↑ Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!