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https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/1hykw4r/uniformed_group_just_came_up_and_stole_half_the/

And this is a school run by evil Pearson who controls all the textbooks, so that's a bit of a comfort even as America's educational standards slip down the tubes.

Sara Harmouch

Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs, American University

Jerry Coyne, Steven Pinker, and Richard Dawkins are big mad that FFRF removed an anti-trans article from their website

I saw this sign near a church once. It seems to be them admitting prayer doesn’t do anything.

While I am not personally an atheist, this was the only religion-centered community I could find to post this article, and surely we polytheists and atheists can find a united purpose in condemning monotheistic bias.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23010022

Women in Iran could face the death sentence or up to 15 years in prison if they defy new compulsory morality laws due to come into effect this week.

New laws promoting the “culture of chastity and hijab” passed by the Iranian authorities earlier this month impose severe penalties for those caught “promoting nudity, indecency, unveiling or improper dressing”, including fines of up to £12,500, flogging and prison sentences ranging from five to 15 years for repeat offenders.

Article 37 of the new law also stipulates that those promoting or propagating indecency, unveiling or “bad dressing” to foreign entities, including international media and civil society organisations, could face a decade in prison and up to £12,500 in fines.

Amber Richards, described years of manipulation and sexual abuse that began when she was 14.

Testifying during the trial, she recounted waking up to find Richards beside her bed and enduring repeated assaults while pretending to be asleep.

The abuse, she said, escalated after he sent her a message about taking their relationship “to the next level.”

Source: https://thartribune.com/david-lynn-richards-jr-a-former-tennessee-pastor-was-convicted-of-raping-his-adopted-daughter-at-16-after-years-of-abuse-during-her-teens-he-received-a-reduced-sentence-with-the-court-citing-his/

Original post https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/1h90dxs/david_lynn_richards_jr_a_former_tennessee_pastor/

A new religious release program for public school students is entering Marysville schools, and this one emphasizes Satanic studies.

The Hellion Academy of Independent Learning (HAIL) program will begin in Marysville’s Edgewood Elementary School in December as a part of the district’s permitted release time for religious instruction. The program is put on by the Satanic Temple, the only Satanic religious organization recognized as a church by the IRS and Federal Court System. 

June Everett, the campaign director for the After School Satan Club and an ordained minister for the Satanic Temple, said a parent reached out to the Satanic Temple asking for a program at Edgewood. Everett said the Satanic Temple’s programs for students are only implemented when parents seek them out, and only in districts where other release programs are alre

As part of his anti-woke crusade, Vought has repeatedly defended and promoted Christian nationalism, at one point calling for an “army” of right-wing activists with “biblical worldview” to staff the next Republican administration.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/19234960

from the the-real-agenda dept

Edit: I accidentally refreshed the page and it offered alternative questions for ID validation, such as high school of graduation and SSN. But it's still absurd to expect someone to even humor the premise of the prompt.

What’s interesting about this lawsuit, though, is that Paxton is effectively suing a Christian ministry for helping unhoused people—and the ministry plans to respond to the threat by saying they have a religious right to assist others:

Lets take a little break from politics and have us a real atheist conversation.

Personally, I'm open to the idea of the existence of supernatural phenomena, and I believe mainstream religions are actually complicated incomplete stories full of misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and half-truths.

Basically, I think that these stories are not as simple and straightforward as they seem to be to religious people. I feel like there is a lot more to them. Concluding that all these stories are just made up or came out of nowhere is kind of hard for me.

Sources:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/therese-dubrule-i-never-saw-guy-debord-do-the-dishes

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jan-d-matthews-an-introduction-to-the-situationists

Its Texas

The messiah has returned and he is using AWS!

My 12 year old niece was with me in the car tonight. Snowing outside and she yells “Jesus is cumming!!!” 🤦‍♀️🤣🤷‍♀️ kinda proud of her.  That’s a good one 😁

Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.