Do you think james randi, is faking everybody about his opinion about skepticism, and that in reality his only goal is to earn money with this website?
No, I don't, I think he's making a decent living off doing good work to promote skepticism. He brings a lifetime of experience to his job, which when coupled to the efforts of other members of the JREF, promotes the cause of skepticism and critical thinking in the world.
His ongoing influence in the skeptical community can be seen in things like the continuing growth of The Amazing Meeting, which has become the largest annual meeting of critical thinkers in the world, bringing together like-minded people from all over the world to both attend, and present talks of their own. Through TAM, and the entry it gives people into the skeptical community, Randi has directly contributed to the creation of websites like
stopsylvia.com, which was started by a man who got his first "big break" at a TAM. I could present other examples, if you'd like.
So, yes, Randi makes money off his role at the JREF - and I believe that he deserves to make that money.
Now, I'll just point out that, once again, your response has failed the most essential test that I laid out for you:
Meanwhile, you still haven't acknowledged that Dick Gage makes money off 9/11 truth.
Go on, just admit that simple fact. Can you do even that much?
You still haven't admitted that Dick Gage makes money off 9/11 truth. Rather than just man up and admit it, you tried (rather pathetically, I might add) to put me on the defensive.
But I don't have to defend my position. I'm not some head-in-the-sand loser who's afraid to admit facts.
Can you do the same? So far, the evidence suggests "No" as the answer.
WTF kind of question is that? It has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
Au contraire, as seen above, it pretty much has everything to do with the discussion at hand. If truthers and their gurus really were honest seekers of truth, they'd have no difficulty standing up and admitting that yes, people make money off 9/11 truth. With that admission out there, we could then have a serious discussion as to whether or not their work actually contributes enough* to justify that money, but until they can just admit this simple fact, we're stuck.
*And by "contributes enough", I'm not even going to try to ask for real, useful work they've done. We could just start out with, "What has Dick Gage done, as a professional, to prove 9/11 truth, even if we think that's nonsense?" I suspect anyone looking at his record, even if they believe 9/11 was an inside job, would have to conclude that he hasn't even done much on that front. All he does is quote other people's "proof". But until we get truthers to man up and admit that yes, he makes money, we can't have that discussion.
