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Ken Ham compares abortion to eugenics and blames Planned Parenthood

Creationist Ken Ham has gone from preaching absolute mythology to now spewing vile and absurd remarks about Planned Parenthood, abortion and eugenics. Not unlike most creationists, Ham attempts to blame the theory of evolution for eugenics (the idea of using artificial selection among humans to create a master race, or modifying genes to create certain [Read More...]

Video: Interview on Parenting Without God

I recently took part in a live interview for the San Diego based Parenting Beyond Religion group and the San Diego Humanist Fellowship.Sean Taylor interviewed me on the topics covered in my book Parenting Without God. Check it out below.

Freedom From Religion Foundation urges IRS to investigate Ark Encounter

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a letter to the IRS urging them to investigate Ken Ham's Ark Encounter.

New terrorism study shows there is no one-size fits all solution to terrorism

With the release of The Institute for Economics and Peace's Global Terrorism Index this week we have learned that religiously motivated terrorism has grown exponentially as I covered in this post here.

Religion is the driving force behind terrorism according to a new study

This yearsGlobal Terrorism Index report by The Institute for Economics and Peace has been released and with some major new details that seems to disrupt the narrative of those like Glenn Greenwald and even myself. Previous studies have strongly suggested that politics played a leading role in terrorism but it seems that this has shifted [Read More...]

Republican Congresswomen doesn’t understand climate change

Representative Vicky Hartzler whorepresents Missouri’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives sent out this painfully scientifically illiterate tweet today: Global warming strikes America! Brrrr! — Rep. Vicky Hartzler (@RepHartzler) November 18, 2014 And she got a nice reply from Twitter, including myself over her incredible lack of scientific knowledge and audacity to [Read More...]

Creationist Ray Comfort compares Physicist Lawrence Krauss to Hitler

It seems creationists have a real problem with theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss.Krauss who recently commented that religion could be eradicated in a generation has come under fire from many religious leaders, but nothing compares to the level of idiocy brought forth by Ray Comfort and Emeal Zwayne, hosts of The Comfort Zone, Comforts online religious talk show.

Dr. Oz Twitter Q&A does not disappoint

So today Dr. Oz, the quack who knowingly sells pseudoscientific remedies for the highest bidder thought it would be a good idea to run a Q&A on Twitter today.

What does it mean to claim Carl Sagan was not an atheist?

Fellow Patheos blogger Kathy Schiffer has a rather joyful blog post up in which she realizes that Carl Sagan didn’t claim to be an atheist.This is rather common knowledge actually, when I read her headline I was originally not shocked at all, then I continued reading to see what looked like Sagan being misrepresented.

Hey we landed on a comet, now let’s objectify women!

Seriously, what is Rosetta Project Scientist Matt Taylor thinking when he wore this shirt on national TV today?