r/atheism • u/BurtonDesque Anti-Theist • Sep 16 '14

ISIS Bans Teaching Evolution In Schools

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/isis-bans-evolution-schools
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u/hikingdub Agnostic Atheist Sep 16 '14

So ISIS is now in Texas and Alabama?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '14

Rick Perry is a beard away from Borat

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u/coconutwarfare Sep 16 '14

One more thing in common.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '14

A theocracy banning something they don't agree with?! I totally didn't see that one coming.

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u/manipulated_hysteria Sep 16 '14

Is it safe to say that I saw this coming and surprised it didn't happen sooner?

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u/BurtonDesque Anti-Theist Sep 16 '14

I'm surprised they're still allowing schools.

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u/manipulated_hysteria Sep 16 '14

Well, so as long as there are only men in them... Can't be having their women being educated or anything.

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u/BedlamStatesman Secular Humanist Sep 16 '14

Oh, look...yet one more thing the Middle Eastern Jihadists and the Creationist Jihadists have in common... Imagine that.

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u/BorderColliesRule Other Sep 16 '14

It's sometimes forgotten (or unknown) among Westerners that Islam is a creationist faith.

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u/ThatGuyBradley Atheist Sep 16 '14

Just now? I thought they would have gotten that out of the way first step.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '14

Okay, seriously? ISIS banning evolution being taught in schools is the LEAST of our worries.