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Fox “News” or Fox Propaganda?
What box of patriotic bingo does this intro sequence not check? Let's see, it's got Abraham Lincoln, multiple war monuments, the Statue of Liberty, a bald eagle, a marine with his weapon, Ronald Reagan... → Read More
How Did Judas Die? Why Evangelicals Seek to Explain Away Contradictions.
Answers in Genesis has begun a new series titled "Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions." They are out with their first volume: How Did Judas Die? And let me tell you, I am underwhelmed. To their credit, they begin by citing the two contradictory passages: Matthew 27:5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in → Read More
What Does “Going to the Source” Even Mean?
If quoting someone's words---and providing the original audio and video for people to view themselves---isn't going to the source, what is? → Read More
When Paul Spoke of Women Prophesying, He Meant Reciting Scripture Out Loud with the Congregation
Literally no one would look at Paul's passage references women praying and prophesying and think he meant women reading scripture aloud along with the congregation, or women reciting a prayer along with the congregation. → Read More
More Evidence that Young Earth Creationism Is Literally Unfalsifiable
This is what it looks like for something to be unfalsifiable, and this is why "creation science" is not science. Young earth creationists may try very hard to talk like they're scientists, but when the going gets tough, they have no problem appealing to miracles. That's not how science works. Click through to read more! → Read More
Answers in Genesis: Meteor Strikes May Have Triggered Noah’s Flood
Young Earth Creationists don't seem to be so bothered by prohibitions against adding things to the Bible. → Read More
Maine’s Racist Governor Never Stepped Down
When I first saw the headline about a Maine government official resigning, I thought perhaps the state's racist governor had finally stepped down. But no. → Read More
Are Evangelicals Guided by Religion, or Politics?
For many white evangelicals today, religious beliefs have taken second seat to right-wing political ties. → Read More
Creationists: Adam Named 3,500 Animal Kinds in 3 Hours and 45 Minutes
The image I'm still trying to get out of my head is of Adam naming 12 animal kinds every minute, for three hours and forty-five minutes. → Read More
What’s Going on with the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Those on the Right aren't interested in recognizing any of this complexity. → Read More
Trump Has Stopped Talking about Urban Murder Rates. Why?
Fact-based evidence-centered approaches to solving crime and trafficking aren't sexy. They don't make the best campaign slogans. They don't keep people scared. → Read More
Trump Administration Removes Feminist Protections from Immigrant Policy
This isn't just an immigrants' rights issue. It's a feminist issue. A married woman who is prevented from getting a job and is dependent on her husband financially is inherently vulnerable. → Read More
Evangelicals Said Having Sex Before Marriage Will Ruin My Life. It Didn’t.
The truth is this: Abstinence promoters lie to children. They peddle in fear, and scare tactics. → Read More
On Covington Catholic, and the Perils of Segregated Schools
The teenage boys who sparked so much outrage over the weekend attend a school whose whiteness isolates them to the problems of others. And there are a thousand other schools just like it. → Read More
Forbid Them Not: The Weird, Weird Supreme Court
I don't think this is how it works. None of this is how this works. → Read More
Can Evangelicals Find Agreement on Creation and Evolution? No.
Wilson's is a middle circle, including young earth creationists who aren't too dogmatic---those who affirm that multiple views are valid---and theistic evolutionists who don't go too far afield (as defined by Wilson). → Read More
Republicans: From “Tear Down This Wall” to “Build That Wall”
In the United States, conservative politics learned heavily on anti-Communism. The political Right, in other words, cheered those who crossed the Berlin Wall in what amounted to illegal border crossings. → Read More
Why Paid Maternity Leave and Subsidized Childcare Are Not Enough
Other developed countries frequently offer these benefits and more. Why weren't these policies working for South Korea? → Read More
Conservative: “Hate Has No Home Here” Signs Are Cause of Division
According to Buckley, It's the No Hate Here signs that are dividing neighborhoods, not the fact that some people voted for a racist bigot white nationalist demagogue who is now threatening to deport Vietnam War refugees. → Read More
Forbid Them Not: A Man, a Plan, Stalling a Supreme Court Nominee
I'm reminded of the reality that, ten years after this book was published, the Right actually did use this tactic---and not merely to win a specific case but to steal an entire justice. → Read More