Articles by Rick Paulas
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Dogmageddon
Watch This Hero
When you first start listening to Preacher Phil Snider's speech on gay marriage, you'll probably want to duck out because he sounds like a hateful lunatic who thinks that gays and pedophiles are cut from the same cloth. But stick it out, it's worth it. Full story
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Dogmageddon
God Vs. The Ladies
The original scriptures—the template which has led to today's incarnation of religion—were written by men during a time when women were property and mystical beasts who occasionally farted out children. This factoid explains the troubling inherent sexism of organized religions… Full story
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Dogmageddon
A God-Awful Small Affair
One of these days, we're going to find evidence of life on another planet. When that happens, how will the world's religions react? Will they rethink the theory that humans are “God's chosen people”? Or will they try to discredit the discovery as evidence of a Satan-led conspirac… Full story
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Dogmageddon
Take Jesus's Wife, Please
The tale of finding the ancient papyrus at Smithsonian is window-dressing to the actual narrative embedded throughout: the sexism of Christianity. Full story
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Dogmageddon
Powder Keg
Was the film's trailer an inciting event, a match to throw on the bundle of twigs? Sure. Maybe. But those twigs were just sticks of dynamite painted brown (inherent xenophobia that strong religious beliefs create). Any little spark would've done it. Full story
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Dogmageddon
Party Time!
For progressives, there was plenty to love about the Democratic National Convention. There was gay rightsing, shaming Republicans for failure with women, and Bill Clinton flamethrowing statistics like he was at Burning Man. But there was one troubling bit. Full story
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Dogmageddon
Religious Medical Folks
You'd think that "pro-life" would actually mean just that, but sometimes cell clusters win out over the actual living, breathing human that created them. Makes sense, seeing as they have yet to develop the brain function to question the legitimacy or call out the hypocrisy of it Full story
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Dogmageddon
Cold Politics
Russia really pushed for their new trend against tolerance last week, racking up offenses against freedom of expression, feminism, and gay rights. Allow me to parse what all this bullshit means. Full story
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Dogmageddon
Personal Protest
There's been no area more affected by religion and religious ideas throughout history than that of the genitals. Not only are the men of God obsessed with secular privates, they've historically also been extremely interested in the protection of their own. Full story
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Dogmageddon
No Joke
Al Qaeda sympathizers killed a comedian for making hilarious jokes about God. Religion has such a touchy sense of humor. Full story
Thought and Memory
New Fiction by Ed Park 
Malaysian Neo-Nazis
Fighting for a Pure Malay Race 
The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey
Remembering My Tormentor 
Gay Men and Their Misogyny Problem
It's Not Cute Anymore 
Triple Hate - Part 1
The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council 
Saudi Arabia's Feminist Revolution
It's Not Happening 
