February 2023

Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience | Dr. Joe Schwarcz on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, March 2 Jeff Dellinger News | Center for Inquiry

Read More News | Center for Inquiry We are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery ― loosely defined as the spread of false “knowledge,” often accompanied by various versions of “snake oil” ― is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great […]

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Masculinity, insecurity, and control: the London International Christian Church Elena Edwards The Skeptic

Michael Williamson is the leader of a group called the London International Christian Church. Going by the title “European World Sector Leader”, Michael leads a group that splintered from International Churches of Christ in 2002, and from the International Christian Church in the late 2000s. It currently claims to have 111 churches worldwide. Michael’s group

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Congresswoman Claiming Jewish Heritage Exposed as Nazi Granddaughter P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic An American politician who claimed to be Jewish turns out to be the granddaughter of a Nazi officer. On February 10th, The Washington Post shed light upon Florida Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna’s true origins and called her out for lying about her Jewish heritage in an interview in November 2022

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New Survey: Most White Evangelicals are Christian Nationalists/Sympathizers P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic A new national survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute and Brookings Institution on February 8th reveals that around two-thirds of white evangelicals in the US and most Republicans are sympathetic or adhere to Christian nationalism. Really interesting numbers here. 29% of Americans totally reject #ChristianNationalism.29% are supporters, (10% very

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Wyoming Republicans Seek to Kill Proposed Anti-Child Marriage Law P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic The Wyoming Republican Party is planning to stop a proposed bill that seeks to place a minimum age requirement for marriage from being passed into law, despite being sponsored by a Republican lawmaker. The proposed bill plans to set the minimum age for marriage to 18 years old. Exceptions remain for

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Heinrich Päs — The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics Skeptic Skeptic

Read More Skeptic Shermer and Päs discuss: monism vs. dualism • What is time? • What is a field? • Is math all there is? Is math universal? • the double-slit experiment • superposition • metaphors in science • limitations of models and theories of reality • limitations of analogies between western physics and eastern mysticism • What banged the Big Bang? • Are we

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Muslims Urged by Palestinian Scholar to Prepare for Battle Against Infidels P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic Palestinian Islamic scholar claims that “Islam” and “fighting” are inseparable and calls Muslims to go fight infidels “before they come here.” On February 8th, in a YouTube video posted by Al-Waqiyah TV channel, Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousef Makharzah said that Islam and fighting are “inseparable,” called infidels insolent and urged

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‘They Used Our Hijabs to Gag Us’: Systematic Abuse of Iranian Protesters P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic British news outlet The Guardian released a report on February 6th detailing the systemic abuse many dissidents faced at the hands of Iranian security forces amidst ongoing protests that have rocked the country. ‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police https://t.co/kSRCxwF3Zr

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Taliban Hate Office Work, Misses the Days of Jihad P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic After achieving victory in the Afghanistan war, Jihadists who have spent their lifetime riding horses in the countryside are now expressing complaints about the work-life they currently lead behind a desk. Now all they can do is think about how to pay rent and spend their time using Twitter. Taliban babu

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