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- www.theguardian.com A Jewish couple was rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future Project 2025 envisions
The conservative blueprint envisions ‘a biblically based’ definition of marriage and wants to protect adoption agencies that only work with Christians
- religionnews.com 'A Well-Trained Wife' unpacks life in Christian patriarchy
(RNS) — According to author Tia Levings, the lessons of Christian patriarchy are inherently political.
- inv.tux.pizza Bad Christian Arguments...And How I Respond to Them
In this episode I discuss what I feel are some of the worst (and most common arguments) for Christianity. *Please keep in mind that all everything I say here is my subjective opinion, and is intended to deconstruct fundamentalist/evangelical/conservative Christian ideologies from an ex christian pe...
- inv.tux.pizza What is Project 2025?
Constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel explains the dangers of Project 2025, and what au.org is doing to help fight it. Americans United: https://www.au.org/project2025 Liz & Gabe video: https://youtu.be/viRKxpym7rY?si=IDNi3uTkVGY9moDv
- www.friendlyatheist.com Tennessee district owes over $15,000 after illegally thwarting After School Satan Club
A lawsuit against the district documented a clear trail of discrimination against Satanists
Reminder that you can donate to the Freedom From Religion Foundation here.
- www.theguardian.com We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny
Result of Guardian Australia experiment aligns with research showing social media automatically delivers troubling content to young men, largely without oversight
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/25422278
> How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address. > > Three months later, without any input, they were riddled with sexist and misogynistic content. > > Initially Facebook served up jokes from The Office and other sitcom-related memes alongside posts from 7 News, Daily Mail and Ladbible. A day later it began showing Star Wars memes and gym or “dudebro”-style content. > > By day three, “trad Catholic”-type memes began appearing and the feed veered into more sexist content. > > Three months later, The Office, Star Wars, and now The Boys memes continue to punctuate the feed, now interspersed with highly sexist and misogynistic images that have have appeared in the feed without any input from the user.
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Every Time The Boys Parodied Evangelical Christianity (ALL SEASONS)
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> The Boy spoofs Evangelicalism constantly. Evangelical Christianity, white Christian nationalism, and Qanon are all wrapped up together these days, and The Boys provides hilarious and frightening satire of this mess. Project 2025, Donald Trump, anti-LGBT policies, The Daily Wire, Matt Walsh, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Franklin Graham, President George Bush, and so many more are treated in the show.
I have no idea why the automated preview is in Russian. Perhaps the Lemmy servers are getting a localized version.
- www.theguardian.com ‘No turning back’: how Elizabeth Struhs’ father went from sceptic to speaking in tongues and alleged murder
Jason Struhs, his wife Kerrie, and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial over the eight-year-old girl’s death
- www.friendlyatheist.com 14 Christians go on trial in Australia after "faith-healing" death of 8-year-old girl
Elizabeth Struhs' own parents denied her life-saving insulin, believing God would cure her. Then she died.
- inv.tux.pizza 10 Shocking Myths About Atheism - DEBUNKED
Atheists are just nihilists who BELIEVE there is no god and therefore have no morals, purpose in life, or happiness at all... lol. The 10 most common myths about Atheists & Atheism - DEBUNKED! Subscribe to my Vlog channel ► http://www.youtube.com/JaclynVlogs MERCH STORE ► https://www.ffvmerch.com/...
- inv.tux.pizza 7 Things I've Learned Since Leaving Christianity
In this video, I discuss seven important lessons I've learned since leaving behind my faith and the Christian church. What have you learned since you left? *Please keep in mind that all everything I say here is my subjective opinion, and is intended to deconstruct fundamentalist/evangelical/conserv...
- www.pewresearch.org Religious Landscape Study
Explore the geographic distribution and demographics of America's major religious groups.
In the USA, 3.1% claim Atheist, 4% Agnostic, and a total of 22.8% "Unaffiliated".
In Minnesota, 3% claim to be Atheist, 4% Agnostic, with a total of 20% Unaffiliated.
Posted as I often feel there are few Atheists in the USA. Turns out Atheists are under noticed.
- www.theguardian.com Kenyan cult leader goes on trial on terrorism charges over 400 deaths
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie alleged to have incited acolytes to starve to death to ‘meet Jesus’
- www.independent.co.uk Lawyers for megachurch pastor blame 12-year-old for ‘initiating’ sexual contact
Morris resigned in June after admitting to the incident which allegedly occurred on Christmas Day 1982
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17395041
> Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed. > > Morris resigned in June after admitting to the incident. His accuser Cindy Clemishire previously claimed that the pastor had begun abusing her on Christmas Day in 1982. > > Clemishire, now 52, said that Morris and his wife had been staying at her family home at the time when he asked her to come into his room, whereafter he told her to lay on his bed and then began touching her inappropriately. > > She said the abuse had continued until 1987 when she told her parents. > > However, 25 years after the incident, a lawyer for Morris – J Shelby Sharpe – claimed that it was the child who was actually to blame.
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Pastor Robert Morris’ lawyer blamed a 12-year-old girl for initiating sexual contact
www.nbcnews.com Lawyer for megachurch pastor blamed 12-year-old for initiating ‘inappropriate’ sexual conductLetters sent in 2007 by a lawyer for Robert Morris shed light on how the pastor explained his past sexual behavior with a child — and who else might have known about it.
Cindy Clemishire was a 12-year-old girl who dressed in flowery pink pajamas and still liked to play with Barbie dolls.
On Christmas that year, Morris — who would go on to found Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and become a leading figure in the American evangelical movement — began what he would later describe as “inappropriate sexual behavior” with Clemishire while he was staying at her parents’ home in Oklahoma. Clemishire said Morris told her to come see him in his room before bed, and she was the type of girl who listened to instructions from trusted adults.
- www.kcbd.com Church gives away AR-15 as part of Fourth of July raffle
A church in Tennessee held a raffle over Fourth of July weekend to give away an AR-15.
- www.friendlyatheist.com A desperate Trump wants to distance himself from Project 2025. Here's why.
There's a reason Trump doesn't want voters to know the GOP's plans if he gets elected
- www.bbc.com Kenyans accused of witchcraft then murdered for land in Kilifi
A Kenyan coastal region has seen a spate of murders, supposedly over witchcraft but really over land.
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Is There Such Thing As Religious Trauma? Psych2Go Explained - YouTube
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- www.friendlyatheist.com Atheist parolee to get $100,000 in damages after being jailed for rejecting Bible study
No one should have to choose between going to church or going to jail
> No one should have to choose between going to church or going to jail
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Religious folks sure get hard-ons thinking about killing Americans in some civil war
The leader of conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation argued the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity will reinforce a “second American Revolution,” which he said would “remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
- inv.tux.pizza I Took A Gay Conversion Class for Christian Teens. It Was Awful.
“The Holy Sexuality Project” wants kids to stop being gay. Can they pull it off? Go to https://ground.news/skeptic to get all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link to save 40% off unlimited access or try it for less than $1 this month. Dr. Christopher Yuan of Moody Bible Institute used t...
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Can We Meme Our Way to a Better Tomorrow?
If what they believe is true, one day they may be forced to realize their mistakes.
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"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower.
"You do, you know," said The Lady. "Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods."
\- Terry Pratchett
- t.co Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12
Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.
Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.
The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some calling it an abuse of power and a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
The order sent to districts across the state by Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters says adherence to the mandate is compulsory and “immediate and strict compliance is expected.”
- wgno.com Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms
A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments.
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state Supreme Court ruling against taxpayer-funded religious public charter school
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16932713
>...the state Supreme Court ruled against allowing what would have been the nation’s first taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious public charter school.
Linked article mostly just covers the bare bones and a comment from the state AG.
If you want more flavor here's some different coverages:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/25/oklahoma-high-court-rejects-religious-charter-school-contract-00164843
https://apnews.com/article/public-religious-catholic-charter-school-unconstitutional-oklahoma-e4ef414605094313331a39cc645ede8a
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/06/25/oklahoma-state-funded-religious-charter-school-unconstitutional/74205802007/
https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-supreme-court-rules-st-isidore-charter-school-contract-unconstitutional-public-religious-funds-statewide-virtual-charter-school-board-constitution-establishment-clause-freedom-religious-practice
Direct link to the opinion:
https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/oag/documents/news-documents/2024/june/1058190300-20240625-085757-.pdf
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Gender non-conforming family called "Satanic" after being outed by school
www.lgbtqnation.com Gender non-conforming family called "Satanic" after being outed by school - LGBTQ Nation"They’d all put my children in danger, and the school had done nothing to make us aware."
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The version of the 10 Commandments Louisiana mandates be in every classroom is not from the Bible. It is from a "formerly" racist organization called the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
www.dailykos.com Here are 9 outrageous facts about Louisiana’s Ten Commandments lawLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill requiring every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments after bragging that he “can’t wait to be sued” for this outrageous assault on ...
> At one point the qualifications for membership were that one must be 21 years old, possess a good character, not be a Communist and be a Caucasian. By the late 1970s the all-white provision had officially been rescinded, but, because the Order used the blackball to admit new members, it was difficult for minorities to gain membership. In 1979 the FOE tried to get a lawsuit dismissed that alleged it was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not allowing African Americans to use their athletic facilities. The article stated that a local Eagle official could only cite Joe Louis as a black member of the FOE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles
- boingboing.net Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments
There is absolutely nothing funny about the new law that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry just signed (as a child fainted behind him) that requires all public classrooms to display a…
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GOP Lawmaker Derails Interview With Boris Sanchez about the new 10 Commandments in schools law in Louisiana: ‘I Bet You CNN Pays You a Lot of Money!’
www.mediaite.com GOP Lawmaker Derails Interview With Boris Sanchez: ‘I Bet You CNN Pays You a Lot of Money!’One of the co-authors of the controversial Louisiana Ten Commandments bill derailed her interview on CNN by going after Boris Sanchez.
This lady is super stupid.
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The Daily Show explains which of the Ten Commandments Republicans support after Louisiana has mandated it in all school classrooms.
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