I hope this was the first and last time you’ve done that. If not, get help soon. Seriously.

I love that I have lived to see the day that Deadspin turned into a typical White Sox fan’s outlet for anger.

Islam should be just as subject to criticism as Christianity is. But just because I criticize something, doesn’t mean I think believers should be persecuted.

Romans 1:26-27

So you think that a religion isn’t problematic just because some basic tenants that were once mandatory are now optional? Would Casey Affleck no longer be problematic if he were to come out and say that sexual harassment should not happen? Does that undo what he’s done and said in the past? Why should God get a…

So if the bible wasn’t written by God or Jesus, and we haven’t had a “prophet” (aside from the homeless guys hanging around downtown yelling things) since then how is there any surety in what Christianity even is?

Well, the fact that they believe in an invisible person that lives in the sky should tell you something.

I mean, it does. In Leviticus 18:22, and in Leviticus 20:13, and in Romans 1:26-27, and in 1 Corinthians 6:9, and in 1 Timothy 1:10.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that the people who ignore these verses are the people we consider moderate or decent Christians, but their decency is inversely proportional to…

As someone who was raised catholic, and even served as a church council member for several years, I disagree. The teachings of the bible are all dependent on the bible in its entirety being truth (new and old testament included). Once you start realizing that, in order to be a righteous human being who treats others…

On the contrary, all available evidence suggests that it very much is Christianity. That guy named Jesus may not have ever talked about conversion therapy, but Christianity has been infested with homophobia since shortly after that guy floated off to space.

Leviticus 20:13 is pretty clear on the matter. One more reason people trying to reconcile Christianity with modern thoughts on justice and humanity are just wasting their time. Christianity is bunk. Find something less problematic to believe in.

I know you are being tongue-in-cheek, but my counterpoint to a person who believes this nonsense would be: Do you care about ants having sex, or whales, or birds, or dogs, or mites? Then why would an eternal, omnipotent god of the limitless universe care about human sex habits? It is completely irrational. If you were…

I’m sorry, I missed the part in the bible that said homosexuality is ok. Care to point it out?

Maybe not what modern Christianity claims to be, but there’s plenty of biblical precedent for all sorts of inhumane bullshit.

Tanning beds are a significant cancer risk that costs society as a whole. We tax them for the same reason we tax cigarettes. In fact, it makes even more sense to tax tanning beds than cigarettes, because tanning beds aren’t chemically addictive, and probably aren’t used primarily by the poor (which makes a cigarette…

I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. How do I know this? I am a woman married to a genderqueer woman who recently started taking testosterone, after doing research on the effects of testosterone for years. T absolutely changes musculature and strength. Trans men wouldn’t take it if that were not true. It’s downright shameful…

Don’t think so. There were girls who forfeited for fear of injury. (As noted in a previous comment, I just read a story about this the other day and now it’s driving me nuts I can’t remember where so I can provide a link.)

Yeah, science has done a lot of harm (just in the mental health space we can cover hundreds and hundreds of studies and procedures that were quackery or horror-stories). The main difference is science has moved forward, discarded things that didn’t work, and implemented ethical standards. In 100 years people might…

Religion requires you to believe in it for it to be true and it still can’t be demonstrated to be true. FIFY

Science is true whether or not you believe in it. Religion requires you to believe in it for it to be true.