PZ Myers is a Christian!

[aMulliganStew]

so this is why i've been gaining weight.

[logicologist]

let's see a conservative wiki? The name says it all, it might as well be named agendapedia.

[stanleysteama]

You are an idiot.

[roont]

@stanleysteama great argument.

[leffehoegaarden]

Just the thought of Henry Rollins makes Chuck Norris wet his bed and Henry is an atheist.

[ShidoMedia]

I need to confess something... When you said "trustworthy crotch" I heard "thrustworthy crotch". My ears are hot for Chuck apparently.

[dragonhero16]

sarcasm is OVER 9000!!!

[oceans19711]

What about Jerry Falwell...300lbs lying machine

[0Fyrebrand0]

HA HA HA!! I just went to Conservapedia, and their tagline is: "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia." Well, I had my doubts before, but now that they've TOLD me they're trustworthy, I believe them! :-P

[satandog]

You have Aspergers.

[Zentz29]

I used to have a trustworthy crotch, then I took an arrow in the knee.

[Desertphile]

Amazing. The average weight of American women is what, 164 pounds? And men, 196 or so---- this means the average American is an atheist.

[CHAS1422]

Phunnier dan sheet!

cookies booze and lesbians are a must at any atheist party!

[bornagainatheist1]

Interesting... All the people at my old church are all slightly to incredibly overweight, so maybe religious based obesity is decided on the hemisphere you're in...? :p

FYI - I lost 20kgs (44lbs) after becoming an atheist! Best weight loss plan - EVER!!

[AmpedAL]

It sounds like you got trolled by Chuck Norris

[KnightXXI]

Bruce Lee was an atheist and was way more fit than any Christians out there.

[HybridD91]

I can easily take a trip to Alabama and Mississpi and see otherwise.

[HybridD91]

@HybridD91 Bruce Lee was light years ahead of Chuck and far more intelligent.

[jaimesthesaint]

@HybridD91 Bruce Lee killed Chuck Norris, too

/watch?v=ly0tEC4f3Ic

[legriske]

You are way to self important.

[turtledragon420]

Your Chuck Norris bit was too funny, I am crying.

"That trustworthy crotch." 

Oh it hurts!

[turtledragon420]

"I was browsing Conservipedia the other day,as one does."

What are you talking about?

No we don't.

[0Fyrebrand0]

@turtledragon420 Uh... I'm pretty sure the Conservapedia bit was a facetious, or tongue-in-cheek comment. The rest of the video is pretty satirical.

[klutterkicker]

How could I have been so blind? Dawkins, Harris... oh no, you! And myself! We're all secret Christians! Reverse Poes!

[benaberry]

Celebrating Saturnalia!!!! Yeah!!!

[TreachMarkets]

"Trustworthy crotch" - LOL, Admit it, you want to hit on Chuck Norris on an elevator at 4am, don't you?

[MrKGatl]

I live in the bible belt. When I drive by the local baptist church on sunday morning, you would think that KFC is hosting a free buffet from all of the fat people.

[TheBCExperience1]

This Conservapedia article has to be the most idiotic thing in existence. But more than idiotic, it's like the lowest blow I've ever seen. I guess these people have nothing better to offer than this cheap shit.

[halflifeproductionz]

man conservapedia sucks! i used it to study for my science and sociology exams and failed.

[madnessinmysoul]

Cookies, booze, and lesbians? Sounds like a lot of my days at the beach...

[sawman85]

ohh... this made me smile...

[gulbirk]

hypotethicly speaking. Even if all atheists were fat, whats the point?

[KussVomTod]

Did shock of god write this article?

[GodsArePeopleToo]

not sure there's a red robin around me and no, not a college town... a city that wants to be a borough, pffft

but the bar i worked at had quite a few of em

[skippygirl123]

Most of my non-believing friends are svelte and athletic. I'm not doing so bad myself.

[sirdelrio]

Love the color of your shirt



[fiandrhi]

Hilarious, witty! Thank you, Skepchick. :)

[highlander7]

Cookies? Booze? AND Lesbians? I am so IN!!!

[Aydosh1991]

Which pub is PZ in? It sells 1Piece of Cheese....

[GodsArePeopleToo]

weird... all the lesbians i know are pretty lean

[jazzx251]

Lol -

Becky Fischer - Uber Children's Jesus Camp Commandant is a lard arse.

Mrs "DORK SIDED!!! SHE'S NOT A CHRISTIAN-UH!!!" also.

What about Friar Tuck! What a fatty.

[Swiley11780]

Chuck Norris can unscamble an egg. Don't be hatin' on Chuck H. Norris Christ.

[presc0tt]

Two words: Newt Gingrich!

[new2ici]

I loved this, I'm subscribing. Keep it up! :)

[dudev]

Jerry Falwell, enough said.

[SkepticalBastard]

lesbians ftw.

[jrparri]

I know that you shouldn't believe random people on youtube, but here it is anyway: My wife worked for Gallup for some years, and let me tell you - they are a wing of the GOP. They are an organization of half-qualified ex-frat boys and sorority girls (in case you wondered where they all went) who work hard at not working, and know a lot about not thinking.

When the GOP has their national conventions, the halls of Gallup (in Chicago office, anyway) are abandoned.

So consider the source.

[TheFifthGreatApe]

That's funny, I do good to keep up to a buck'0'five. I guess I compensate for all of you 'facing challenges' !! lol

Lesbians are good too!

[ICantBelieveItsNotBS]

Add to the fat Christians category Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh...

[skankystu]

This girl has NO IDEA how hot she is - a lovely quality ! 

[TheHeadhunter88]

Ha ha ha a little jewish girl talking about atheism probably even read Feuerbach and likes to use her condescending sarcasm coupled with her self righteous crusade against let me guess "evil" white men ha ha who want to baptize you and put you in the kitchen ha ha ha we all got find our enemies love,it makes us necessary I guess

[FyodorZarathustra]

I am an athiest, but I am in extremely good shape. I eat very well and work out everyday.

[RationalRat]

And yet, the fattest states are also the most religious. (I'm pretty sure I'm right about this, but to avoid taking any unnecessary risks of being wrong, I did no research.)

[jazzx251]

@RationalRat

You probably got that off the well-researched "Supersize Me".

It's true - the fattest states are in the Bible belt.

[BigFatBetty]

the amazing atheist is overweight and has man boobs. but then so am I. except for my lady boobs. are you a lesbian?

[jadedtwin]

The church I went to when I was christian was mostly obese. My friggin' pastor was obese. However, my atheist/non-religious are mostly fit. Correlation or causation? You decide!

[jadedtwin]

@jadedtwin My atheist friends. DAMN MY LOOSE GRASP OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!

[SwindleMonkey]

I'm 100% atheist and I'm as skinny as can be, but then I snort a LOT of coke

[jazzx251]

@SwindleMonkey

I tried that once - made my eyes water.

Much better to drink it normally.

[petphotog]

You need to be aware of the back lighting. It really fades you out. Unless that is your halo.

[jmcanoy1860]

Jerry Falwell? How about Rush Limbaugh?!!?? That guy was the stunt double in for "fat bastard" in Austin Powers!!

[SMCrim]

Obviously the writers of Conservapaedia have never been to Alabama.

[conservapediavideos]

Conservapedia's atheism and obesity article now features over 20 famous atheists.

[conservapediavideos]

Conservapedia's list of prominent atheists who are overweight grew by 8 people today. I also responded to your video and to PZ Myers. When are you going to make an updated video? And when is PZ Myers going to make an adequate reply to the article. I am guessing never!

[siflrock]

don't forget john hagee. that bag of donut oil must be a closet atheist

[biomed30]

Where are they getting that? ALL the xtians i know here in the south are at minimum 30lbs overweight.

[ultramarinegoat]

OMG Rebecca. When I read the title I thought it was a special ep on David Mabuse / Dennis Muykrazy

[nylonhead116]

I guess we can use the teabaggers as an example of how hardcore right-wing fundamentalist whackjobs are all sweaty fat tubs of lard. Two can play at that game!

[nylonhead116]

I'm skinny and godless. What a bunch of bunk.

[OriginalTharios]

"Welcome to the Dark Side, are you really surprised we lied about the lesbians?"

[LordCreo]

shhh....You had me at Lesbians.

[philstilwell]

Thanks for the heads-up, Rebecca.

You can google "Conservapedia And An Absent Holy Spirit" for a post I wrote on their article.

[mrfuzzer1]

Well Rebbeca you cant truly be an Atheist either. Grab a burger on the way to work tomorrow will you? Traitor. The rest of us works so hard to keep up this unhealthy and fat body and your just giving us a bad name.

[BionicDance]

I approve of the lesbians part, at the very least. :)

[BristolPalinsBabyDad]

Jerry Foulsmell was also a fat bucket of shit

[Ricktard1010]

I thought Conservapedia was a joke. Isn't it a joke. Please tell me it's a joke.

[dgeypscun]

Three counter arguments to conservapedia

Rush Limbaugh

Glenn Beck

Bill O' Rielly

All claim to be believers who live their lives according to the bible.

[niriop]

So what I weight on the scales can dictate what is rational and good? Thanks Conservapedia!

[rahotep101]

Yeah, look at Ayan Hirsi Ali, fattest chungalunga you ever saw. Richard Dawkins, who ate all the pies? Jodie Foster, girth luke a hot air baloon!

[erlendaakre]

If the believers say atheists are fatter, that obviously mean THEY are doing something wrong:

"he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat." --Proverbs 28:25

[fruitikay]

There is actually a study that was taken that says religious tend to live longer than the non-religious. I made a video attempting to refute this study called the "faith factor." watch?v=Fr7ex0uOfMs The study relates to healthy eating and other behaviors, etc. But there are also loopholes to the argument, and one of my commenters refuted the study quite well. :)

[TheEndosymbiosis]

Cookies, booze, AND lesbians? That's enough reason to choose an epistemology as any.

Just wanted to say you make great vids. Big fan of skepchick. Cheers.

[JMcH]

@bencofilms - He's "svelte," too, now.

[M01ari]

Rebecca, you had me at cookies and booze. Lesbians are a nice bonus though.

[fizzybgood]

How convenient of Conservapedia to forget John Hagee - an obscenely fat jackass of a right wing nutjob.

[JMcH]

@fizzybgood - Which proves that all fundamentalists are fat, right? Find the few exceptions to disprove the documented overall findings. Atheists are so dishonest.

[fizzybgood]

@JMcH Did I say that all fundamentalists are fat? No. You added an entirely unnecessary assumption. Perhaps you should examine your own ability to be honest, rather than questioning mine. The point is that you cannot make assumptions about an entire group on the basis of a few individuals. Even individuals as grossly disgusting as John Hagee.

[JMcH]

@fizzybgood - "The point is that you cannot make assumptions about an entire group on the basis of a few individuals."

So you're anti-science, then. Just throw out every single scientific study that uses "a few individuals" of a group or species to "make assumptions" about the whole species. Brilliant.

[fizzybgood]

@JMcH So now I'm anti-science? This is the best you can come up with - putting assumptions into my statements? That's the second time you've done that. Yeah, that's some honesty for ya right there.

Also, you are aware that this is not a scientific study, right? It was a Gallup poll. Yeah, that's some scientific study there, buddy.

You fail. Thanks for the laugh, though. Stay classy there, JMcH.

[JMcH]

@fizzybgood - Yes, if you oppose polls based upon scientific and mathematical principles regarding statistics, then you are completely anti-science. This assumption is no different than the exact same assumption made by people like PZ against people who reject evolution. Of course, my assumption was satirical while PZ Myers is dead serious.

[fizzybgood]

@JMcH The problem with polls is that it is well documented that you will get different results by wording things slightly different. E.g. "loaded questions." The poll relies on people not to lie about their behavior, and if humans are good at one thing it's making ourselves sound better. So yeah, I'm skeptical.

There is also another study that correlates religiosity and obesity, and I'm skeptical of that one too. Until I see a medical study, I'm withholding acceptance.

Do you reject evolution?

[zarkoff45]

Fat theists - how about Rick Warren?

[mindydawn1]

Obesity is actually inversely correlated with income and education. As is religiosity.

I am APPALLED that people actually read conservapaedia and take it as fact. APPALLED. This country is so screwed.

[fantasy0coach]

They could be right. Door knocking the fuck out of everybody causes the fat to just drop off.

[rabbitpirate]

cookie, booze and lebians. Now that is what I call a party. Seriously we should just start using that as an argument against theism, personally I find it far more compelling than all that science stuff.

[metaraptorable]

@rabbitpirate

Yes! Although I say we still keep science (it's pretty awesome, IMO), add some gay guys and throw in a Monty Python silliness marathon - Life of Brian anyone?

THEN it's a party!

[CRUClEFICTION]

How can a crotch be trustworthy? Trust is not exactly the thing I put in a crotch.

[lennyhipp]

i once had a conversation with a 7th Day Adventist, who sent me an article that says if you want to live longer, you should live like a 7DA... She used this article as her Q.E.D. that they were god's chosen people. She couldn't wrap her tiny mind around the fact that it was her lifestyle, (dont smoke, drink, eat home grown produce) and not her god that made them live longer. Surely there are some atheists that live on similar diets.

[fr3d420]

<--- Huge vegan atheist

[Corin91]

Cookies and booze AND lesbians? That's it, game over. :P

[judgemartiniz]

Lesbian Am Delicious

[frenchatheiste]

France :

* 31 to 45 % of declared atheist (depend on studies) ; up to 75% of non believer ; less than 2% of churchgoer (muslim, jew ..other included).

* 47 % have sex more than 1 a week

* 16 to 17% of obesity (up to 35% in USA ; ISAO numbers)

So : we don't believe in God, have sex a lot & are fit. What conclusion to draw ?

*Less God & sex = fit peoples

*Less God & fit = more sex

* fit & more sex = less time for God

[dangerics]

Wow. Having spent a lot of time in different churches, I've seen a lot of fat preachers. Often with freakily thin wives.

[TomSFox]

You must be a much more pious Christian, then.

[Serpent0fEden]

Bill Donadouche is pretty overweight...mainly because he's full of shit...

[RaymondCorrigan]

People who don't regularly attend church services.... i.e. Every single person who is too overweight to leave the house. So the definition "atheist" already includes all of the most overweight people. That right there is some nice sampling bias.

[Atheistblindchick]

Damn , I guess I'm not an atheist then... I'm too skinny to be a believable atheist, Consevapedia, damn you for revealing my secret theism!!!

[daylightisabadthing]

Maybe thin Christians are actually evidence of a widespread health information campaign combined with the faithful's propensity for obeying without question.

[mjh012363]

Oh sarcasm! (I hope). :{

[ScaryGuy255]

and food, LOTS OF FOOD!

I don't know, most atheists I know are pretty healthy looking, and most illiterate backwater hicks (that I'm related to) are... well... not.

[Jashre]

I weigh about 155 and i am 6,0 holy crap i must be new Jesus!

Follow me and i promise celery!

[lazyperfectionist1]

I believe this is what's called the Ad Baculum fallacy. "Argumentum ad baculum" literally means, "Argument with a cudgel."

"Hold a certain position because if you do, you'll be rewarded and/or if you don't, you'll be punished." The author of this article has officially admitted that his or her position can't be supported with reason, and so has to support it with thinly veiled threats instead.

[Mr500sheetsofpaper]

And our cookies taste better than a frakking cracker.

So does this mean that my recent weight loss is due to God (capitalized to mean the christian one), or is it just due to putting over 2000 miles on my bicycle and going to the gym and watching my diet.

Nah, definitely God. PRAISE JEBUS!

[opcn18]

Hey, You should have mentioned that it was Ken DeMeyer of Buffalo Newyork who wrote that article.

I wish you had mentioned rationalwiki in the process.

[Godlesspanther]

Rebeca -- look at pictures from t-party rallies, look at Repent Amarillo videos. Benny Hinn is chubby. I'm a life-long atheist. I was a thin atheist until I started approaching my fourth decade of life. Went from 170 to 240 in a couple of years. I've managed to get back down to 190. It's harder for middle-aged people to stay thin and religion has nothing to do with it. It's about metabolism, the amount of food one eats, and the amount of exercise one gets.

[kapwns]

are you overweight? want to lose unwanted tummy fat? want to sculpt your abs? is brain matter weighing you down?

try religion!

[brandishwar]

Cookies, booze and lesbians? I've got to start attending more of those gatherings!

[JMcH]

If you think PZ is "svelte" in those pics you presented, you need to have your glasses prescription updated.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH It's a relative term.

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - Relative to what? John Goodman?

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH Relative to the way he was in the photo refered to by Conservapedia.

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - Yeah, I don't see anything in the dictionary that indicates that an overweight person who remains overweight after losing a few pounds can ever be considered "svelte." Relativity has nothing to do with it.

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - Seems more like you, like "Skepchick" here, are just kissing PZ's fat rear end.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH Do we get to make allegations about you as well?

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - You've all already done so with others, so why leave me out?

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH Really? Where?

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - Read the other comments for this video.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH No, no, no. You don't get to come back to a question with a mandate. Sorry. You said, "You've all already done so with others, so why leave me out?" I asked you where. If I (for one) have in fact done so with other people participating in this comment section, then you shouldn't have any difficulty pointing to one single example.

Here. I'll make it nice and simple for you. You can post a reply to it with the words "Right here."

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - Dishonest much? I said, "You've all already done so[.]" Note my use of the word "all." That usage does not specify you and doesn't even necessarily mean it includes you.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH Goodness. You're right. Here you are having the dialogue with me specifically and posting your comments as replies to my comments, and here I am assuming that the comment in question, posted as a reply to my comment would actually be relevant to that comment. Dopey me.

Wait. This comment which accuses the individual it's addressed to of being dishonest, is this addressed to me?

[JMcH]

@lazyperfectionist1 - I concur. Dopey you.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@JMcH Is this comment addressed to me? It looks like it probably is, but I've evidently been mistaken to reach such a conclusion on such grounds before.

[Diaphanus]

It's Argumentum ad Obesitatem!

[theinquisitor]

Cherry picking is such fun.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@theinquisitor Yes.  Cherries are tasty.

[rhinosaur767]

Soooo Rick Warren, Bill Donohue, T.D. Jakes are all...atheists?

[a012345]

Cookies, booze and lesbians...... even without those, I would still be an atheist.

[middlekk]

John Hagee.

Phat Phundamentalist.

[JMcH]

@middlekk - Which proves that all fundamentalists are fat, right? Find the few exceptions to disprove the documented overall findings. Atheists are so dishonest.

[middlekk]

@JMcH

Which proves that the Idiopedia article is based on nothing but a poorly conducted survey.

And what was dishonest about saying that John Hagee is fat? How does pointing out an obvious fact mark me as being dishonest?

I think you look up the definition of "dishonest".

[JMcH]

@middlekk - Now, wait a second. Let me get this straight. You are accusing the people behind the survey of conducting it poorly. Is that right? I want you to be absolutely clear on this point.

[middlekk]

@JMcH

Most certainly. They asked a series of questions that they could not verify.

Such as "are you fat"? How many Christians LIED THEIR ASSES OFF when asked that question? How many atheists? Who knows?

They also asked them to self-report "healthy behaviors" with no way of checking whether or not what they said was true, a bold lie, or self-denial.

Surveys of this sort are < worthless.

Proof? 1/3 of the US population is obese. About 10% of the US population is atheist.

Fat theists abound.

[JMcH]

@middlekk - So you are accusing Gallup -- GALLUP -- a major, well-established, long-trusted polling organization of botching this survey. By your absurd standards, absolutely none of Gallup's surveys can be trusted because there's absolutely no way they can verify the answers they are given. "Are you a Democrat or a Republican?" Throw that one out! "What is your opinion on ______________?" Chuck it.

Oh, and your "proof" that the survey is worthless is insultingly, laughably illogical.

[middlekk]

@JMcH

Gallup's surveys are all undocumented and unverified. They randomly survey only those who are willing to take a survey -- I'm one of many people who hang up on survey people routinely.

In a survey such as this, where they ask questions that are obviously prone to recall bias, if not outright lying, the results should be taken with more than a grain of salt.

Gallup does not mean "infallible".

BTW: I hired Gallup to do a survey for me once. They're in it for the bucks. Follow the $.

[middlekk]

@JMcH

So, my "proof" is illogical....let's do the math, then. Based on a "round number of 300 million Americans.

30 million Americans are atheist.

270 million Americans are theist.

2/3 of Americans are overweight....that's 180 million Americans.

Even if EVERY atheist were overweight, there's a 150 MILLION person gap. Each and every one filled by a theist.

The survey is meaningless.

Math sucks, doesn't it?

[JMcH]

@middlekk - Wow. You really do not understand anything, do you? Even math and statistics. You just look at your raw, made-up numbers and cry foul.

[middlekk]

@JMcH

My numbers aren't made up.

I merely rounded off the US Census Bureau stats for convenience and because tiny brains like yours can't seem to work with numbers like 310 million instead of 300 million.

Reports indicate that 15% of the US population has "no religion", but that atheists count for only a minority of that population. So, I was being generous @ 10%.

The US government says 62% of Americans are overweight.

There's a 52% gap. Filled with fat theists.

Deal with it.

[YaroKasear]

Cue complete and utter leap of logic in 3... 2... 1...

[ctso74]

Ronald McDonald: "Damn it! They've discovered our plot. RELEASE GRIMACE!!"

[AtheistKharm]

Im thin!

[markjamesnelson]

Bashing Chuck Norris... this will be the last video she ever makes I am sure.

[fatatheist]

I'm sure the obsession with bacon does not help especially when you wrap the babies in bacon. Its very difficult to stay thin on this type of diet.

[Keippernicus]

Chuck Norris is skinny on brain cells. One too many kicks to the beard over the years, methinks. I mean he sided with Huckabee...sheesh.

[andreous7]

why aren't you a fatty then Bec? :-D

[alfyakuza]

After reading the Gallup article, I am suspicious that these results are most likely due to the fact that the "very religious" are used to lying to themselves and everyone around them and more likely to give answers based on what makes them sound more responsible or disciplined.

This survey was based on basic phone interviews and the participants were not scored based on their appearance or BMI/weight.

[jimwal2008]

@alfyakuza

Agreed, also I think fat people stop weighting themselves as they get fatter.

[algeorx8]

Does this mean that the God Warrior was really an atheist all this time?

[pernch]

@algeorx8 Her as well as the fat lady from Jesus Camp.

[Zentz29]

@algeorx8 You're DORK SIDED! I REBUKE YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

DORK SIDED I SAY!!!!!!

lol

[alfyakuza]

That reminds me, Ann Coulter has quite the awe-inspiring physique.

She may be the most Christian woman in America.

Rush Limbaugh must have been an atheist all those years before he found Jesus and was whipped into shape.

[spratman7]

cookies, booze and lesbians... whats not love?

[DejectedPanda]

Gay men are less likely to be overweight, though. Kind of blows up their whole point.

[edieman24]

You are my hero!

[edieman24]

You are my hero!!!

[moach]

PZ, noooooo! It's always the most ardent people in any movement that are the turncoats!

The Lard is with me every day.

[bernygagne]

Two words about Christians and healthy body weight.

John Hagee.

Case closed.

[FrogJon]

The funny thing is, I've actually lost weight since becoming an atheist.

However recently I've been getting lazy and putting back on weight. Could it be that I'm somehow becoming "more atheist"?

lol