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EVOLUTION: “Republicans are Devolving; Shocking, Shocking I Tell You!”
According to Pew Research, there’s a widening gap between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of evolution:
In 2009, 54% of Republicans and 64% of Democrats said humans have evolved over time, a difference of 10 percentage points. Today, 43% of Republicans and 67% of Democrats say humans have evolved, a 24-point gap.
Pew says that there are no similar shifts in other demographics. Racially and religiously we’re pretty much where we were five years ago. That suggests that people who find the evidence for evolution compelling are leaving the Republican party.
h/t: unreasonable faith
h/t: Planet Atheism
RELIGIOUS CHILDHOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE AND INDOCTRINATION: “You are Obliged to be Rude!” / Daniel Dennett
h/t: Atheist Republic
ADHD: “The Selling of ADHD: Diagnoses, Prescriptions Soar After 20-Year Marketing Effort by Big Pharma”
h/t: Democracy NOW
RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION: “Child Abuse!”
PSEUDO-SCIENCE: “A Reparative Therapist Who Thinks He Can Cure Gay People Gets His Just Desserts, Care of A Proud Gay Man” / Stephen Fry
h/t: Upworthy

CONSERVATIVE RACISM: “The Story of Melanin” / Mike Stanfill
h/t: The Far Left Side
PSYCHOLOGY: “Eureka!”
QUOTATION: “Empty Rhetoric” / Noam Chomsky
IRRATIONALITY: “Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking.” / Bill Maher
h/t: Atheism 411





