ScathingAtheist 227: Inciting Incident Edition

Published: June 22, 2017, 11 a.m.

In this week\u2019s episode, Ken Ham blames us for his failures, an article about a couple who claims to photosynthesize gets unironically published by The Sun, and Marissa McCool will be here to get that Freytag pyramid kicked into the upswing.\n\n\n

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Headlines:\nStudy suggests religion could be driving unprecedented political divide: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/15/study-shows-religion-may-be-contributing-to-unprecedented-political-divide/\nHindu extremist calls for death of beef-eaters: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/15/extremist-hindu-calls-for-public-executions-of-people-who-eat-beef/\n4-Year old hogtied with duct tape at Christian day care: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/19/church-based-day-care-worker-hog-tied-4-year-old-girl-using-duct-tape/ and https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/religiouscc/\nKen Ham blames atheists for Ark Park\u2019s abject failure: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/creationist-ken-ham-blames-atheists-ark-park-failure/\nChurch treasurer used church funds to pay hookers on Craig\u2019s list: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/14/former-church-treasurer-used-donation-money-to-pay-women-on-craigslist-for-sex/\nMO legislator kills chicken and rips out its heart on YouTube to make an anti-abortion point: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/13/missouri-legislator-slaughters-chicken-on-video-to-prove-a-point-about-abortion/\nBring ben Back\nhttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/16/this-church-wants-you-to-pray-for-a-dead-worship-leaders-literal-resurrection/

\n\n\nBreatharians claim to exist: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/18/no-breatharians-cant-live-without-food-and-neither-can-anyone-else/\n\n\n\n

This Week in Misogyny:\nWonder Woman \u201cwomen only\u201d viewing gift bag contains items for doing lady chores: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/attendees-at-women-only-screening-of-wonder-woman-given-gift-bag-containing-diet-pill-pamphlet-and-a7789076.html\nWomen in Ireland will not be able to get abortions under NHS: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/northern-ireland-supreme-court-nhs-court-ruling-abortions-arlene-foster-dup-a7790021.html\nIranian women wear white headscarves to protest headscarf laws: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40218711