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When Michael Shermer hears about a new medical cure, fad or folk legend, he’s probably going to ask a few questions. He’s the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, which he created in 1992 to help people think more critically about pseudoscience and superstitions – everything from Holocaust denial to belief in Bigfoot. Shermer says we’re hardwired to form beliefs, even when those beliefs don’t make much sense.

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A murder at the Taj Mahal. A kidnapping in a sacred city. A desperate chase through a cliffside monastery. All in the pursuit of a legend that could link together the great religious faiths of the world.

In 1887, a Russian journalist made an explosive discovery in a remote Himalayan monastery only to be condemned and silenced for the heresy he proposed. His discovery vanished shortly thereafter.

Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, authors of "Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World For Crucifixion and Empire"