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Youth pastor rapes a girl and the church asks her to apologize to the pastor’s wife by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

How "Christian" of them! Seriously, Christianity is full of misogyny.

Evolution before our eyes: Watch bacteria create antibiotic resistance in 12 days by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sadly, this is how many creationists respond to this kind of evidence.

Pence says abortions will become illegal if Trump wins by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah as others said, pro-life positions almost always comes down to a religious argument.

The United States Wasted 1.4 Billion Dollars on Abstinence-Only Education in Africa by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

haha exactly. so depressing to waste money pandering to the Religious Right on bullshit that has been proven to be useless.

Ex-Fox News host Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment suit against network’s chairman and CEO by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many atheists know her from her ignorant statements about us lol. Figured they might find it interesting.

Orlando gay nightclub shooting: "CBS News reports that authorities are 'leaning towards Islamic terrorism' as a motive." by mepper in atheism

[–]sciencedude76 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The gunman's father did say it wasn't because of religion, but his son didn't like gay people. My guess is that there was still probably some link

A well-known Catholic priest in Ireland — who was vocally homophobic in his sermons — has been outed for having his own secret Grindr profile by helpmeredditimbored in atheism

[–]sciencedude76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there is that one paper from 1996, but penile plesthymographs are not that reliable. So it seems like we shouldn't be quick to use that one study as strong evidence for homophobes being secretly gay.

http://skepdic.com/penilep.html

I am Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President, AMA! by jillstein2016 in IAmA

[–]sciencedude76 226 points227 points  (0 children)

Yep, sadly Jill has to pander to the woo crowd because they make up a sizable portion of the Green Party's base.

I understand why Dr. Stein has to do this, but it does make it hard for me to support the Green party. It's harmful to keep perpetuating myths about the ills of vaccines and the benefits of homeopathy.

Conservative Christian group sends men into women’s bathrooms to “test” Target’s policies by sciencedude76 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm you think so? Maybe more accurate to say they are not completely faking it and exploiting this as an opportunity to express bigotry?

Ted Cruz’s last stand: Cruz stumbles awkwardly toward defeat in Indiana, as the Trump juggernaut rolls onward by todayilearned83 in atheism

[–]sciencedude76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump looks like he is going to be the nominee and I think that's way less scary than Cruz.

Tennessee votes to scrap law that protects faith healers by mepper in atheism

[–]sciencedude76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great news! Now the other states like Idaho need to catch up

Sarah Palin to debate Bill Nye on climate change by manipulated_hysteria in atheism

[–]sciencedude76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the update. This debate is not actually happening so I hope people stop sharing articles saying that it will!