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Study attempts to explain genetic fitness of homosexual men
Here’s another study that homophobic bigots can casually ignore; Two evolutionary psychologists (yes, these guys are making the news a lot recently) have offered a unique explanation as to the evolutionary value of homosexuality. You see, since gays tend to not breed, the basic question of “why would homosexuality persist if the genes for it [...]
Continue reading...Higher IQ linked with atheism, liberalism, and monogamy
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I took a few days off in light of my recent birthday, and while I was away, I received a ton of email concerning a study done by evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa that linked IQ with atheism, liberalism, and monogamy. I figured I should probably talk about it a bit. Kanazawa believes that the reason this [...]
Continue reading...The Good Atheist Podcast: Bonus Show 43
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Welcome back to another episode of the Good Atheist. Still in Cowtown for a while, and my cohost is the lovely and talented Carisa Hendrix from LearnFireEating.com. This week, we talk about why evolution is still controversial, and how the Catholic Church is trying to blackmail Washingtonians into not supporting gay rights. As is the case [...]
Continue reading...Bishop claims “sexual revolution” responsible for Catholic child abuse
Thursday, February 18, 2010
When you think about the sexual revolution of the 60’s, what is the first thing that comes to mind? I usually picture a bunch of hippy chicks burning their bras and having crazy orgies, but that’s only because I watch way too much old school porn. Of course, not everyone associates the sexual liberation with [...]
Continue reading...Study finds abstinence-only teaching effective in delaying teen sex
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Score one for the abstinence movement: a study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that abstinence only teaching helped delay the age that teens are having sex by as much as two years. Now, before you start cursing at the fact that the religious right is going to use this study to [...]
Continue reading...Hot Atheist Chick on why evolution is true
Friday, January 29, 2010
Yes, I’m aware that her youtube name is actually ZOMGitsCriss, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it (also, the intro song is actually a little bit terrible, but in a cute way). Here her latest video explaining why evolution is true. She provides extensive examples of transitional fossils for the doubters who [...]
Continue reading...Cool summary of micro/macro-evolution
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Here’s a great summary of the differences between micro-evolution and macro-evolution, and why creationists like to confuse people by suggesting that one exists and the other does not. It’s pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that if micro-evolution is true, over a long period of time, small changes in the genome would accumulate [...]
Continue reading...Creationists confound us with their stupidity
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
It amazes me at just how arrogant creationists are in light of the fact that they believe quite literally in a fairy tale explanation as to the origin of species. Here they parody the “Mac vs PC” commercials attempting to be both funny and relevant. It’s neither. Hey morons, if you want to try and [...]
Continue reading...Malaysian Muslims attack Christians for using the word Allah
Saturday, January 9, 2010
You know what I love about atheism? We don’t confer words with special powers. This gives us an advantage; you won’t see any angry atheists taking to the streets because the word “evolution” is being misused (even though we might get tempted when jackasses like Kirk Cameron spews their anti evolutionary nonsense around), and when’s [...]
Continue reading...Stephen Baldwin is an embarrassment to humanity
Friday, January 8, 2010
I hate reality shows, and I especially hate d-list celebrity ones. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t occasionally enjoy watching the train wreck of stupidity that often ensues, and this latest gem of ignorance comes from our old friend Stephen Baldwin. Stephen is a born again evangelical, a fact that you can’t help but [...]
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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