#fundamentalism


# space    

how not to shift the theological goalposts for hypothetical aliens

When confronted with aliens that could challenge a faith that hasn't changed for over a thousand years, theologians stand ready and willing... to rationalize away the facts and nuances of their own religion.
how not to shift the theological goalposts for hypothetical aliens

# politics    

how fundamentalists legalized child abuse

Religious protections and exemptions have gone so far that in certain cases, neglecting and abusing children is legal as long as you claim there's a religious reason for it.
how fundamentalists legalized child abuse

# health    

why are there no resurrections in the modern world? it's the eggheads' fault!

Pat Robertson perfectly demonstrates the bad arguments faith healers use to trick people into believing they can be cured with a miracle.
why are there no resurrections in the modern world? it's the eggheads' fault!

# politics    

religious freedom done very, very wrong

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.
religious freedom done very, very wrong

# politics    

the fundamentalist problem of a modern society

People of faith contribute to society in countless ways. Fundamentalists, however, are a millstone around its neck.
the fundamentalist problem of a modern society

# politics    

defiling the memory of the holocaust in israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are completely out of control according to the secular Israelis who have to share a country with them.
defiling the memory of the holocaust in israel

# oddities    

why your sexy eyes are now a sin before allah

Muslim fundamentalists want all those harlots to cover up their sexy, sexy eyes, lest they're tempted to sin at the sight of an exposed iris.
why your sexy eyes are now a sin before allah

# education    

when the real world just isn't enough…

According to the Huffington Post, teaching kids science is the same as brainwashing and should be considered a form of abuse.
when the real world just isn't enough…

# science    

ask no evil, see no evil, publish no evil…

The results of the biannual scientific literacy survey conducted by the National Science Foundation are so embarrassing, the organization felt the need to censor some of the results.
ask no evil, see no evil, publish no evil…

# sex    

wisconsin d.a. tries to outlaw sex ed

According to Scott Southworth, teaching teenagers how to use birth control is essentially the same crime as showing pornography to a minor.
wisconsin d.a. tries to outlaw sex ed

# oddities    

when fundamentalists go on the warpath

A group of religious zealots was ready to quite literally go to war with the unbelievers in Amarillo, Texas.
when fundamentalists go on the warpath

# politics    

all hail our divine puppet master…

Fundamentalists want credit to their chosen deity for everything that happens in your life. Except the bad stuff that is...
all hail our divine puppet master…