Tag Archives: Fundamentalism

Why religion can lead to racism

In the US, religious people are more racist than average. Tom Rees at Epiphenom explores possible explanations for this, drawing from a few studies. Most crucial, it seems to me, is that it doesn’t seem to be the faith aspect of religion that creates the tendency. It’s the social conformity. Furthermore, this correlation seems to [...]
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I’ll take care of your dog after you’ve vanished, like a jerk

When all the Christian fundies are raptured into their celestial paradise, and all of us evil unbelievers are left on the earth to be destroyed, what will happen to all the believer’s pets? Just think — millions of homeless pets left to starve to d...
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