{"id":94795,"date":"2015-11-10T00:02:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T07:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=94795"},"modified":"2015-11-09T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:50:27","slug":"sciencetm-says-religious-kids-are-meaner-than-secular-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/11\/sciencetm-says-religious-kids-are-meaner-than-secular-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"SCIENCE[TM]! says “Religious kids are meaner than secular kids”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026and if you have any common sense, you ask, \u201cReally? Seriously? I\u2019m supposed to just buy that because and Authority Figure in a Lab Coat said so?\u201d<\/p>\n

If, however, you are part of the web.atheist community that worships rather than uses the intellect, you slap together this video and proclaim it all as Indisputable Scientific Fact:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The producers of the video, eager to hear what their itching ears desire, are at the \u201cwearing tinfoil hats to ward off A\u201d stage of credulity:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phdcomics.com\/comics\/archive\/phd051809s.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"551\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/17238\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meanwhile, William Briggs, Statistician to the Stars, confirms that your healthy skepticism is right.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026and if you have any common sense, you ask, \u201cReally? Seriously? 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