The Scathing Atheist

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The Headline Stuff:

Yet another Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/07/a-fourth-atheist-blogger-has-been-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh/ and cops tell them they deserve it http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/bangladeshi-police-tell-atheist-bloggers-to-stop-criticizing-religion-if-they-want-to-avoid-being-killed/

Gohmert: Gay islanders would die off, so gayness is wrong: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-gay-islanders-would-die-out-proving-gay-marriage-wrong

P-Robes encourages grandma to kidnap kid from atheist parents and send them to Christian school: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/pat-robertson-tells-grandparents-to-bypass-atheist-parents-and-send-grandson-to-christian-school/

Texas judge orders man to marry his girlfriend and write bible verses: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/07/texas-judge-tells-man-to-get-married-and-write-down-bible-verses-or-hes-going-to-jail/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/americans-united-tells-judge-to-drop-bible-writing-and-marriage-requirements-from-mans-punishment/

Florida Pastor: National debt will drop to zero when planned parenthood is defunded: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/florida-pastor-the-national-debt-will-end-immediately-when-planned-parenthood-is-defunded/

Huckabee DNA schedule:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/07/ignorant-christian-pastor-blames-evolution-and-secularism-for-murder-of-55-million-children/

Florida sheriff invokes Wiccan ritual killing to explain murders: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/05/florida-sheriffs-office-wrongly-blames-gruesome-murders-on-wiccan-ritual-killing/

Anti-gay Christian lawmakers planned male prostitute hoax to cover up their own affair: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/07/anti-gay-christian-lawmakers-in-michigan-planned-male-prostitute-hoax-to-cover-up-their-own-affair/

Backlash to released photo of Joseph Smith’s magic rock: http://www.religionnews.com/2015/08/06/joseph-smiths-seer-stone-stuff-revelation-rock-mock/

Bry-Fi: “Going to a gay wedding is like going to the grand opening of a crack house” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/08/bryan-fischer-attending-a-gay-wedding-is-like-going-to-the-opening-of-a-crack-house/

The Misogynistic Stuff:

Christian college wants to know if rape victim is a slut http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/christian-college-wants-to-know-alleged-rape-victims-sexual-history-to-assess-her-credibility/

Test of purity for rape victim in India involves balancing rock on her head: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/to-show-shes-still-pure-a-rape-survivor-in-india-will-have-to-balance-a-large-rock-on-her-head/

Dubai man stops lifeguards from saving his daughter so she won’t be touched by a strange man http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/10/man-allegedly-let-daughter-drown-as-lifeguard-watched-so-a-strange-man-wouldnt-touch-her/