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woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?
# politics

woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?

For appearance of factual correctness, insult both sides of argument regardless of facts, rinse, repeat, sell book.

ratzinger finds a new scapegoat for his troubles
# politics

ratzinger finds a new scapegoat for his troubles

According to the pope, his senior advisers, and ardent supporters, the Catholic Church molests kids because... atheists were literally Nazis?

could a geocentrist even screw in a lightbulb?
# space

could a geocentrist even screw in a lightbulb?

There's here, they're loud, and they somehow missed the last 600 years of science...

on the vatican’s crusade against contraception
# health

on the vatican’s crusade against contraception

Instead of helping Africans combat the spread of AIDS, the Catholic Church keeps pouring gasoline on the fire.

the misguided drama of the great qu’ran roast
# politics

the misguided drama of the great qu’ran roast

Blasphemy is an important tool in a secular society, but it's not a good way for angry religious zealots to engage in a low brow tit-for-tat.

so hawking is apparently the new mullah omar…
# science

so hawking is apparently the new mullah omar…

That's right Baroness Greenfield, not needing a miracle in the lab is the same thing as a holy war against the unbelievers.

preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way
# oddities

preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way

Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.

to out or not to out, that is the question…
# politics

to out or not to out, that is the question…

Skeptical bloggers are debating whether to out a troll whose fabrications fueled Chris Mooney's anti-atheist stories.

when priests resort to insidious scare tactics
# oddities

when priests resort to insidious scare tactics

Someone should tell Reverend Robert Barro that "believe what I say or God will smite you" is not a logical or morally upstanding argument in favor of one's religion.

trodding on erich von daniken’s territory
# astrobiology

trodding on erich von daniken’s territory

Another entry in the quickly growing HuffPo library of woo shows that all creationism is basically the same in the end.

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