As someone who is both into the skeptics movement and the atheist movement i'm not sure what skeptics "wouldn't dare mutter" about.

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Also, i must be ignorant about all these other horrible delusions you are talking about.

As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I recommend this post by Quirinus_Quirrell. The list there is by no means comprehensive, but it should give you an idea of what people are talking about.

Edit: Two more good articles to read are this one by Paul Graham, and this post by Vladimir_M.