Sanal Edamaruku

I like to see the new RATIONALIST magazine as a ship starting out to new horizons. As the captain, I am joined by an international crew of brilliant and committed rationalist thinkers and writers spanning over several continents. We are striving for a world without borders where reason, science and human rights come out on top and chase away the shadows that superstition, fundamentalism and intolerance that are still casting over human lives. Welcome to everyone sailing under the same wind.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

James Randi writes in response to The Times of India article.

Here is a letter from James Randi, one of my heroes, in response to my Times of India article "Chicken Bones and Black Magic cannot harm you".

- Sanal Edamaruku

http://sanaledamaruku.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-times-of-india-3-may-2010.html

James Randi

"Sanal has done it again, reinforcing the fact that India - as well as my own country! - needs to recognize that such superstitions belong in medieval days, not here in the 21st century. I salute his efforts, and would only like to point out that the only creatures that need fear the efforts of the babas are the chickens whose bones are such an important factor in this comedy of errors. I join this teacher in urging everyone to wake up and see the light of rationality and reason." - James Randi

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Hi Sanal,

Good work and keep it up till India wakes up. I wrote to you about the "Water (tears)oozing st.Mary's picture" in Katachira - Kerala. I think you should take up the matter as you yourself are from Kerala !! Those guys are making money by selling this solution in bottles as holy water to cure all deceases. You must have seen this in "youtube" ?

Natrajan
Canada; May 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM