I deleted it immediately, but I recently had a commenter making death threats against PZ Myers on behalf of Jesus. (I thought about leaving it up for a while on the principle of res ipsa loquitur but I decided it was just too vile.)
I find it interesting that many apologists for religion claim that faith is the only possible source of morality. I have never heard of atheists threatening or wishing for violence against believers; whereas it is quite common for believers to perpetrate violence in the name of their God, threaten violence, call for God to smite the infidels, and/or predict that God will do so. What does that tell you about religion and morality?
Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.
Religion infantalizes people - this is just another facet of it. That those who don't believe deserve to die and suffer eternal damnation is much a clearer, black-and-white message than "they're different from us, let's understand why"
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