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From the page: You need to understand one very simple foundational point: Women are evil. More than that, women are the ultimate source of all evil in the world. Almost no one will admit the belief in this form, but this is what most people in the West believe, to one degree or another - Karen

Interesting article about apostasy in Islam as compared to apostasy in Christianity. - Karen

Amusing write up about how the entire world has been duped by Orchids. - Karen

Thought provoking piece about the media coverage of a couple accused of torturing a young boy to death. - Karen

Great op-ed about America's favourite sport - misogyny. - Karen

From the page: "the tide shifts a tiny bit, not because of the Nisbets and Mooneys of the world, but because of the Myerses, the Dawkinses, the Hitchenses, the Coynes, and the Harrises, and suddenly the airwaves are full of plaintive protests of `you're just being too uncivil` and we should go back to our quiet little closets and politely ask you for permission to exist? Not likely, given the magnanimous history of Good Christians in America." - Karen

From the page: "my issue with the enlightened religious folks' critique - they think other religious people are as enlightened as they are. The enlightened religious person can look at the Biblical creation story as a metaphor and understand that geology and other sciences have proven beyond a doubt that Earth is billions of years old and the universe billions older, and that Genesis's creation story (either one) is a fairly common creation myth in human history... but that person is the exception in the pew. " - Karen

From the page: "If by this point, your New Atheist friend hasn't stopped bothering you and gone off to worship Richard Dawkins, they will no doubt be livid and foaming at the mouth, making all sorts of accusations about how you used a "straw-man" here and there,..." - Karen

"Great smackdown. Especially loved this line: "...you can’t seem to reason your way out of a wet paper sack, even with the aid of a chain-saw and an angry claustrophobic ferret."" - Karen

More like a win to me. - Karen

From the page: "The reason why atheists seem to like the absurdity of "has no belief in God" is because it gives them a way to bypass this second step. It is absurd to ask an entity that lacks a belief in God to justify its state. Try it. Walk up to the nearest inanimate object and demand that it justify to you its lack of a belief in God. If it answers, go see a doctor." - Karen

Atheists comedians for the win! - Karen

Pretty good review on Sims 3. - Karen

From the page: "Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia." - Karen

Exposing the serial abortion myth for the lie that it is. - Karen

Great list. Especially helpful for folks w/ kids like mine who declares she's "full" after no more than a bite or two. - Karen

Awesome. - Karen

It's always interesting to read about men who, in this case, hate boys as much as they claim we feminists hate them. - Karen

Another PETA stunt. - Karen

From the Page: "It is completely important that even if it's just online, silent oppressed minorities speak up not just for ourselves but for each other, no matter what. We're the oppressed ones here. Not Christians, not capitalists, not men, not white people (yes, I'm white, and I actually admit white people aren't oppressed!)." - Karen

From the Page: "The skeptic has a hard time swallowing Christian theism even if he can't refute all the complex arguments that are offered for God's existence. One reason for this is that even "Mere Christianity" leads to a seemingly endless list of indefensible absurdities," - Karen

"I am so sick of being told that because I think that the humanity of women is an extremely important issue that cannot be ignored, I don't give a rats ass about women who have abortions due to poverty and the like. Yes, I spend a lot of time defending the humanity of women, but that's because these people routinely reduce women to publicly owned property with little to no autonomy. How in bloody hell do you talk about the issues that compel women to seek abortions to begin with when the person you're talking to simply will not accept the premise that women are not publicly owned life support systems for uteruses?!? I read a discussion between some men just this morning wherein they debated not the appropriateness of interfering with the human rights of women, but at which point interfering with the human rights of women was appropriate. It was a given that they had a right to interfere, they just wanted to make sure they could still claim to be nice guys when they did." - Karen

"I discovered Shakespeare's Sister around the time you (Melissa) and Amanda Marcotte were attacked by the Catholic League. Some yellow-backed coward sent me an email telling me that if I didn't change my tune I was going to be put in the same bracket as you & Amanda. I've been a fan ever since I googled your name and found your site." - Karen

Great photos of various birds - Karen

Perry is a total a*hole who'll do anything to get a vote, including destroying Texas apparently. - Karen

From the page: "... when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong." - Karen

From the page: "On the segment, two of the clips O'Reilly played were of Lewis Black and Bill Maher making jokes about Christianity. Two comedians making jokes. Do you get that, O'Reilly?" - Karen

Amusing story about religion & kids. - Karen

"Here's the thing. I don't care if they think I'm evil. These are people who think the universe exists to serve them. They've made a god out of ignorance as well as arrogance (not to be confused with pride). Seriously. Would you care if Charles Manson thought you were a shithead? Would you argue with & offer evidence to him? I wouldn't." - Karen

"I would suggest not quoting the bible unless you know it because it can come back to bite you on your behind. What I'd suggest is bluntly asking them if they're aware they're calling you immoral (many are ignorant & have no idea that the 'fool' in Psalms 14:1 & Psalms 53:1 is not an idiot, but some one who is immoral). Or you could go with my first husband's response which was (in his snarkiest tone) "Learn that at church?"." - Karen