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# politics
Muslim hardliners are zealots are trying to break down the Saudi wall between religion and business. And this is bad news for its economy and Westerners visiting the country.
# evolution
Creationism, now done in the best labs a stock photo license can buy.
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In an effort to cater to religious fundamentalists in its ranks, the Israeli Defense Force is letting religious sexism compromise battle readiness.
# evolution
Creationists aren't happy with scientists' discoveries showing dinosaurs not as giant brutes, but diverse, nimble, and often bird-like.
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Dinesh D'Souza, the kind of offensive and intellectually lazy statements has somehow gotten even lazier and more offensive.
# science
South Korea reverses its creationist-friendly course after consulting with scientists over the contents of its school textbooks.
# science
It's not a revelation that people like creationist "just-so" stories. Pundits need to stop insisting that scientists make up some of their own.
# politics
Christian zealots in Missouri vote to create a right they've always had just to sneak in a way to stop teaching their kids about evolution, sex, and cosmology.
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Pundits are hailing Pat Robertson's hateful tirade against atheists after an attack on a Sikh temple as a step forward in inter-faith relations. That's both telling and disturbing.
# politics
Religious fundamentalists are deeply offended that people no longer fear them and feel free to criticize their worst habits.