"Christianity is disgusting. Christians in the name of Christianity have spent 2,000 years virtually at war with each other. They are deluded?"
Their other problem is the stupidity. Christians are science deniers because reality makes them cry.
Also, the Christian cult is ridiculous. They believe a decomposing preacher who lived 2,000 years ago magically became a zombie. Imagine the smell.
Christian assholes brainwash children. Their victims learn how to be cowardly morons. This is child abuse. The child abusers belong in prison.
Thank goodness I accept reality instead of the cowardly stupidity of Christian scum.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Pit bull owners are fucking idiots.
LASALLE, Ill. (HOI) — A LaSalle woman stabbed her family’s pet pit bull to death to force it to release her husband’s arm from its grip.
WLPO reports LaSalle police responded to a dog bite call in the 1100 block of 10th Street. A man suffered a severe laceration to his left arm while holding back a pit bull from his family’s other dog, the radio station reported.
When the pit bull wouldn’t let go of the man’s arm, his wife stabbed the dog with a kitchen knife several times. The pit bull later died. The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
No charges were filed.
Modern humans share a common ancestor with Denisovans and Neanderthals that lived roughly 600,000 years ago. Later — approximately 400,000 years ago — the Neanderthal and Denisovan lineages split.
The New York Times - High Ceilings and a Lovely View: Denisova Cave Was Home to a Lost Branch of Humanity
The mysterious Denisovans may have occupied a cave in what is now Siberia for more than 250,000 years.
Researchers in the Denisova Cave in Siberia, including archaeologist Katerina Douka, second left. They have found that the cave was continuously occupied for over 300,000 years.
Denisova Cave sits about 30 yards above the Anuy River. The cave has a large main chamber with a high ceiling; from there, passageways lead to smaller chambers. Over the past few hundred thousand years, sediment has slowly built up on the cave floor.
In the 1970s, Russian scientists began digging into that sediment, finding fossils of animals like hyenas and bears, fragments of humanlike bones and thousands of stone tools, as well as bracelets, beads and other ornaments.
In 2010, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology announced they had found DNA in teeth and bones from the cave. In addition to Denisovan DNA, they found a few bone fragments that contained Neanderthal DNA.
By comparing the mutations in this DNA, the scientists got a better sense of how Denisovans and Neanderthals fit into the human family tree.
As it turned out, modern humans share a common ancestor with Denisovans and Neanderthals that lived roughly 600,000 years ago. Later — approximately 400,000 years ago — the Neanderthal and Denisovan lineages split.
Ever since the digging began, Russian researchers have carefully mapped the sedimentary layers in which they found bones and tools. They tried to estimate the ages of the layers, but “the dates were all over the place,” said Dr. Douka.
She and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are experts on determining the age of carbon. Researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia tried an alternate method called optical dating.
The researchers combined results from the two methods to assemble a single chronology of the cave. The findings are largely in agreement: “It’s definitely a unified story,” said Zenobia Jacobs, an archaeologist at the University of Wollongong.
The earliest signs of human life in the cave — simple stone tools — are more than 287,000 years old. The tools alone cannot tell us if those first people were Denisovans or Neanderthals.
But they are not the style known to be made by Neanderthals, suggesting Denisovans may have been the creators.
It’s not until about 200,000 years ago that the oldest Denisovan DNA comes to light. The researchers estimated it to be between 217,000 and 185,000 years old. A Neanderthal DNA sample comes from a layer that formed between 205,000 and 172,000 years ago.
In the millenniums that followed, both Denisovans and Neanderthals left more genetic evidence in the cave. It may have been continually occupied for thousands of years by one group, then abandoned and reoccupied by others.
But Neanderthals and Denisovans must have overlapped at least once during those tens of thousands of years.
In August, researchers reported a bone fragment from a girl whose mother was a Neanderthal and father was a Denisovan. In the new study, researchers estimate that this hybrid child lived between 79,100 and 118,100 years ago.
The researchers found no Neanderthal remains in more recent layers of the cave floor — only Denisovan. A Denisovan tooth dates back to between 55,300 and 84,100 years ago; a Denisovan chip of bone is 51,600 to 76,200 years old.
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Paradoxically, the most recent parts of the cave have yielded some of its biggest mysteries.
Starting around 45,000 years ago, new kinds of artifacts begin showing up in the cave floor. They include pointed pieces of bone, as well as ornaments like stone bracelets and beads. One possibility is that these new tools were made by newly arrived modern humans.
Modern humans evolved in Africa and then expanded out to other continents. They may have made it to what is now Siberia: One human fossil discovered there dates to about 45,000 years ago.
But Michael Shunkov, a co-author of the new studies and the director of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Russian Academy of Sciences, disagrees with that interpretation.
The sophisticated tools in the Denisova Cave show “no clear indications for outside influences,” he said in an email. Instead, Dr. Shunkov believes that the Denisovans who occupied the cave for perhaps 250,000 years developed this technology on their own.
One way to resolve this question would be to find human fossils from that period.
Dr. Douka and her colleagues have discovered a bone dating back between 45,900 and 50,000 years ago that contains humanlike proteins — but no DNA. It could belong to a modern human, a Neanderthal or a Denisovan.
Researchers are scouring the cave floor for still more fossils. A fossil from around 45,000 years ago could be loaded with surprises.
What if the ornaments from that period were made by hybrids of modern humans and Denisovans?
“This dichotomy, that it has to be one or the other, is a little bit old-fashioned,” Dr. Douka said.
Recent reporting about Neanderthals and Denisovans
A Blended Family: Her Mother Was Neanderthal, Her Father Something Else Entirely Aug. 22, 2018
In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration July 4, 2017
Neanderthals Were People, Too Jan. 11, 2017
The Neanderthals, the Denisovans and Us March 27, 2016
The mysterious Denisovans may have occupied a cave in what is now Siberia for more than 250,000 years.
Researchers in the Denisova Cave in Siberia, including archaeologist Katerina Douka, second left. They have found that the cave was continuously occupied for over 300,000 years.
By Carl Zimmer
Jan. 30, 2019
Over the past decade, the Denisova Cave in Siberia has yielded some of the most fascinating fossils ever found. To the naked eye, they are not much to look at — a few teeth, bits of bone.
But the fossils contain DNA dating back tens of thousands of years. That genetic material shows that Denisovans were a distinct branch of human evolution, a lost lineage.
At some point in the distant past, the Denisovans disappeared — but not before interbreeding with modern humans. Today, people in places like East Asia and New Guinea still carry fragments of Denisovan DNA.
One of the biggest obstacles to understanding the Denisovans is their age. Standard methods for dating these fossils have left scientists perplexed.
“Everyone said, ‘These Denisovans, we have no idea how old they are,’” said Katerina Douka, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany.
Over the past six years, Dr. Douka and other experts have been creating a sort of history of the Denisova Cave. They have dated 103 layers of sediment on the cave floor, as well as 50 items found in them, including bones, pieces of charcoal and tools.
The scientists unveiled this chronology in a pair of papers published on Wednesday. That timeline shows that humans occupied the cave for perhaps as long as 300,000 years. And it raises some intriguing hints that Denisovans may have been capable of sophisticated thought, on par with modern humans.
In an accompanying commentary, Robin Dennell of the University of Exeter in England wrote that Dr. Douka and her colleagues have created “a rigorous and compelling timeline.”
Jan. 30, 2019
Over the past decade, the Denisova Cave in Siberia has yielded some of the most fascinating fossils ever found. To the naked eye, they are not much to look at — a few teeth, bits of bone.
But the fossils contain DNA dating back tens of thousands of years. That genetic material shows that Denisovans were a distinct branch of human evolution, a lost lineage.
At some point in the distant past, the Denisovans disappeared — but not before interbreeding with modern humans. Today, people in places like East Asia and New Guinea still carry fragments of Denisovan DNA.
One of the biggest obstacles to understanding the Denisovans is their age. Standard methods for dating these fossils have left scientists perplexed.
“Everyone said, ‘These Denisovans, we have no idea how old they are,’” said Katerina Douka, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany.
Over the past six years, Dr. Douka and other experts have been creating a sort of history of the Denisova Cave. They have dated 103 layers of sediment on the cave floor, as well as 50 items found in them, including bones, pieces of charcoal and tools.
The scientists unveiled this chronology in a pair of papers published on Wednesday. That timeline shows that humans occupied the cave for perhaps as long as 300,000 years. And it raises some intriguing hints that Denisovans may have been capable of sophisticated thought, on par with modern humans.
In an accompanying commentary, Robin Dennell of the University of Exeter in England wrote that Dr. Douka and her colleagues have created “a rigorous and compelling timeline.”
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| Bone points and pierced teeth from the early Upper Paleolithic layers of Denisova Cave. |
In the 1970s, Russian scientists began digging into that sediment, finding fossils of animals like hyenas and bears, fragments of humanlike bones and thousands of stone tools, as well as bracelets, beads and other ornaments.
In 2010, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology announced they had found DNA in teeth and bones from the cave. In addition to Denisovan DNA, they found a few bone fragments that contained Neanderthal DNA.
By comparing the mutations in this DNA, the scientists got a better sense of how Denisovans and Neanderthals fit into the human family tree.
As it turned out, modern humans share a common ancestor with Denisovans and Neanderthals that lived roughly 600,000 years ago. Later — approximately 400,000 years ago — the Neanderthal and Denisovan lineages split.
Ever since the digging began, Russian researchers have carefully mapped the sedimentary layers in which they found bones and tools. They tried to estimate the ages of the layers, but “the dates were all over the place,” said Dr. Douka.
She and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are experts on determining the age of carbon. Researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia tried an alternate method called optical dating.
The researchers combined results from the two methods to assemble a single chronology of the cave. The findings are largely in agreement: “It’s definitely a unified story,” said Zenobia Jacobs, an archaeologist at the University of Wollongong.
The earliest signs of human life in the cave — simple stone tools — are more than 287,000 years old. The tools alone cannot tell us if those first people were Denisovans or Neanderthals.
But they are not the style known to be made by Neanderthals, suggesting Denisovans may have been the creators.
It’s not until about 200,000 years ago that the oldest Denisovan DNA comes to light. The researchers estimated it to be between 217,000 and 185,000 years old. A Neanderthal DNA sample comes from a layer that formed between 205,000 and 172,000 years ago.
In the millenniums that followed, both Denisovans and Neanderthals left more genetic evidence in the cave. It may have been continually occupied for thousands of years by one group, then abandoned and reoccupied by others.
But Neanderthals and Denisovans must have overlapped at least once during those tens of thousands of years.
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| The entrance of the cave, which Russian scientists have been investigating since the 1970s. In the floor sediment, they have found fragments of animal and human bones, as well as ornaments and tools. |
The researchers found no Neanderthal remains in more recent layers of the cave floor — only Denisovan. A Denisovan tooth dates back to between 55,300 and 84,100 years ago; a Denisovan chip of bone is 51,600 to 76,200 years old.
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Paradoxically, the most recent parts of the cave have yielded some of its biggest mysteries.
Starting around 45,000 years ago, new kinds of artifacts begin showing up in the cave floor. They include pointed pieces of bone, as well as ornaments like stone bracelets and beads. One possibility is that these new tools were made by newly arrived modern humans.
Modern humans evolved in Africa and then expanded out to other continents. They may have made it to what is now Siberia: One human fossil discovered there dates to about 45,000 years ago.
But Michael Shunkov, a co-author of the new studies and the director of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Russian Academy of Sciences, disagrees with that interpretation.
The sophisticated tools in the Denisova Cave show “no clear indications for outside influences,” he said in an email. Instead, Dr. Shunkov believes that the Denisovans who occupied the cave for perhaps 250,000 years developed this technology on their own.
One way to resolve this question would be to find human fossils from that period.
Dr. Douka and her colleagues have discovered a bone dating back between 45,900 and 50,000 years ago that contains humanlike proteins — but no DNA. It could belong to a modern human, a Neanderthal or a Denisovan.
Researchers are scouring the cave floor for still more fossils. A fossil from around 45,000 years ago could be loaded with surprises.
What if the ornaments from that period were made by hybrids of modern humans and Denisovans?
“This dichotomy, that it has to be one or the other, is a little bit old-fashioned,” Dr. Douka said.
Recent reporting about Neanderthals and Denisovans
A Blended Family: Her Mother Was Neanderthal, Her Father Something Else Entirely Aug. 22, 2018
In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration July 4, 2017
Neanderthals Were People, Too Jan. 11, 2017
The Neanderthals, the Denisovans and Us March 27, 2016
Trump is a fucking retard.
To the Editor:
Re “Trump Rejects Threat Advice With ‘Wrong!’” (Washington Memo, front page, Jan. 31):
I’m impressed. President Trump has explained to us that he is a genius, that he is the greatest president this nation has ever known (with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln), that no one can build a wall better than he, or knows more about drones. He has said he’s the world’s best negotiator and that he knows more than any general.
But that’s not all. After his national security team testified to Congress about threats to our nation’s security, he felt comfortable refuting their studied assessments. If he is to be believed, and after all he is the president, then we are in good hands. Otherwise I will not sleep well tonight.
Robert Wagner
New York
New York
A know-nothing science denier wrote this bullshit: "You just want evolution to be true, so you bend what does exist to fit your agenda."
"You just want evolution to be true, so you bend what does exist to fit your agenda."
There is no agenda. Why would I want something to be true when it might not be true? That's not how science works.
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This is typical in Idiot America. We have millions of these morons who think all scientists are dishonest and they pretend something that's not true is true. And they have an agenda.
I don't care. If morons want to be stupid fucking assholes to defend their childish religious fantasies, that's their problem. I just think it's interesting that millions of these people could be so fucking stupid.
Also, it's a bit annoying when they try to force biology teachers to give equal time for their Magic Man's magical powers, as if this anti-science stupidity belongs in a science classroom.
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What I wrote somewhere else:
"Why haven't creationists proved creationism in the past 10,000 years?"
It's difficult to defend magical creationism because as everyone with a brain knows, it's a childish ridiculous anti-science fantasy for know-nothing bible-thumping morons.
There is no agenda. Why would I want something to be true when it might not be true? That's not how science works.
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This is typical in Idiot America. We have millions of these morons who think all scientists are dishonest and they pretend something that's not true is true. And they have an agenda.
I don't care. If morons want to be stupid fucking assholes to defend their childish religious fantasies, that's their problem. I just think it's interesting that millions of these people could be so fucking stupid.
Also, it's a bit annoying when they try to force biology teachers to give equal time for their Magic Man's magical powers, as if this anti-science stupidity belongs in a science classroom.
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What I wrote somewhere else:
"Why haven't creationists proved creationism in the past 10,000 years?"
It's difficult to defend magical creationism because as everyone with a brain knows, it's a childish ridiculous anti-science fantasy for know-nothing bible-thumping morons.
What someone wrote about Idiot America's Christian fucktards and their moronic fear of evolution.
"No Christian has any education in any science, especially biology. Christians can't explain anything. They can't even define evidence or explain what evidence is. In addition, they don't value evidence. How do you convince someone of the truth who doesn't value evidence and doesn't even know what evidence is? This is why Christianity is dangerous."
-- Riley
-- Riley
Anyone can see this evidence for evolution with their own eyes.
"We've already learned that some species of whales retain vestigial pelvises and rear leg bones, but about one whale in five hundred is actually born with a rear leg that protrudes outside the body wall. These limbs show all degrees of refinement, with many of them clearly containing the major leg bones of terrestrial animals--the femur, tibia, and fibula. Some even have feet and toes!"
-- Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
Why are some whales born with legs, feet, and toes? The only possible explanation is whales evolved from land animals.
-- Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
Why are some whales born with legs, feet, and toes? The only possible explanation is whales evolved from land animals.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
What I wrote about Muslim scum.
"Are there non-believers in all countries?"
Yes, of course.
In countries infested with Muslim scum, the atheists have to be quiet about it because their relatives might kill them.
Yes, of course.
In countries infested with Muslim scum, the atheists have to be quiet about it because their relatives might kill them.
What I wrote at the New York Times about President Fucktard Trump.
New York Times - House of Pain for President Trump
The new Democratic majority in Congress maps out its investigations of the Trump administration.
My comment:
"Tom Steyer’s impeachment crusade" is a good thing. Millions of Republicans would love to get rid of Trump for many reasons. For example, Trump's trade wars are destroying the global economy.
The new Democratic majority in Congress maps out its investigations of the Trump administration.
My comment:
"Tom Steyer’s impeachment crusade" is a good thing. Millions of Republicans would love to get rid of Trump for many reasons. For example, Trump's trade wars are destroying the global economy.
Everything you always wanted to know about insulting god-soaked fucktards.
Wikipedia - List of religious slurs
Christians[edit]
- Bible beater
- a dysphemism for Christian fundamentalists; [1] It is also a slang term for an evangelizing Christian fundamentalist.[2]
- Bible thumper (also "Bible basher"; mainly US)
- Someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible, or thumping the Bible itself, to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term's target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religion, fundamentalist or not. The term is most commonly used in English-speaking countries.[3]
- Cafeteria Christian
- a derogatory term used by some Christians, and others, to accuse other Christian individuals or denominations of selecting which Christian doctrines they will follow, and which they will not.[4]
- Fundie
- (US) Shortening of fundamentalist. Usually used to mean a Christian fundamentalist.[5]
- God botherer (Australia, UK, New Zealand)
- Predominantly tagged to a Christian, usually one who openly declares their faith,[6] even when unwelcome.
Protestants[edit]
- Bible basher
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) a Protestant, particularly one from a Pentecostal or fundamentalist denomination, who believes in the fundamentalist authority of the Bible; also commonly used universally against Christians who are perceived to go out of their way to force their faith upon others.[7]
- Holy Roller
- (US) an enthusiastic Protestant prone to rolling on the floor, suffering from fits or "speaking in tongues" (Pentecostals during worship or prayer). The term holy roller, however, is applied to some Evangelical Protestants, especially charismatics, if they are vocal about their own religious views or critical of individuals who do not meet their moral standards. Similar to Bible thumper.[8]
- Orangie
- (Ireland/UK) a pro-British Ulster Protestant, referring to supporters of the Orange Order.[9]
- Prod, proddy dog
- (Australian Catholics; Scottish and Irish Catholics (particularly school children)) a Protestant, particularly a rival child from a Protestant school. "Proddywhoddy" and "proddywoddy" are used in children's school rhymes in Cork.[10]
- Russellite
- a Jehovah's Witness, from American religious leader Charles Taze Russell.[11][12]
- Shaker
- (US) a member of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. Originated as "Shaking Quakers", in reference to their similarity to Quakers as well as their charismatic worship practices, which involved dancing, shouting, and speaking in tongues. The term was originally derogatory,[13][14] but very early on was embraced and used by the Shakers themselves.[15]
- Soup-taker
- (Ireland) a person who has sold out their beliefs, referring to the Irish potato famine when some Catholics converted to a Protestant faith in order to gain access to a free meal.[16]
- Spike
- a very High Church Anglican or Anglo-Catholic.[17]
- WASP
- (US) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, refers to an elite social class of powerful white Americans of British Protestant ancestry. Often used as an intersectional pejorative to attack WASP historical dominance over the financial, cultural, academic, and legal institutions of the United States
Roman Catholics[edit]
- Creeping Jesus
- a derogative Hiberno-English term to describe a Roman Catholic seeking to make a public display of religiosity in a manner which seems hypocritical and simply for show.
- Fenian
- (chiefly in Northern Ireland) a derogatory term to denote Catholics or Irish Nationalists.
- Left-Footer
- (Especially Ireland and Scotland) an informal phrase for a Roman Catholic.[18]
- Mackerel Snapper
- a Roman Catholic; the term originated in the U.S. in the 1850s and refers to the custom of Friday abstinence.[19] The Friday abstinence from meat (red meat and poultry) distinguishes Catholics from other Christians, especially in North America.[20]
- Mick
- (Australia; Canada; UK; US) a Roman Catholic — usually Irish Catholic (a reference to the common "Mc'" patronymic of Irish surnames, or a hypocorism of Michael)[21]
- Papist
- (Northern Ireland and Scottish Protestants) a Roman Catholic person — usually Irish Catholic.[22]
- Redneck
- a derogatory Northern English term for a Roman Catholic, nowadays somewhat dated.[23]
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints[edit]
- Molly Mormon
- a term for the stereotype of a "perfect" female member of LDS Church.[25]
- Carrot-Snapper
- a person from Utah, used primarily by southern Idahoans.[26]
- Jello-Eater
- a Mormon, derived from Utah's state snack[27]
Jewish[edit]
- Abbie, Abe, and Abie
- (North America) a Jewish male. From the proper name Abraham. Originated before the 1950s.[28]
- Hymie
- a Jew, from the Hebrew Chaim ("life"). Also used in the term "Hymietown," a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn, popularized by Jesse Jackson.[31]
- Ikey, ike, ik
- a Jew [from Isaac][32]
- Ikey-mo, ikeymo
- a Jew [from Isaac and Moses][32]
- Jewboy
- a young Jewish male, originally young Jewish boys who sold counterfeit coins in 18th century London [33][34]
- Kike
- the Yiddish word for "circle" is kikel (/ˈkaɪkəl/ KY-kəl)—Illiterate Jews who entered the United States at Ellis Island signed their names with a circle instead of a cross because they associated the cross with Christianity.[35][36]
- Mocky,[37] moky, moxy, mockey, mockie, mocky
- (U.S.) a Jew. First used in the 1930s, possibly from the Yiddish word makeh meaning "plague".[38]
- Moch,
- (U.S.) a Jew [first used in the 1960s as an abbreviated form of mocky (q.v.)][32]
- Red Sea pedestrian
- (mainly Australian) a Jew, from the story of Moses leading the Jewish people out of Egypt.[39]
- Sheeny
- from Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful."[40]
- Shylock
- comes from Shakespeare's play "Merchant of Venice".[41]
Muslim[edit]
- Balija (pronounced Baliya)
- a derogatory word used in the Balkans to refer to Muslims. More specifically anyone of Turkic descent, or anyone who considers themselves an ethnic Bosniak. The word itself likely comes from Turkish when it use to refer to an unwanted person, often someone uneducated.[43]
- Mussie
- corruption of the word "Muslim".[44]
- Quran thumper
- An excessively zealous Muslim.[45]
- Hajji, Haji or Hodgie
- Originated as military slang, now commonly used by non-military personnel to refer to Muslims or Middle Easterners in general. Originating from the word Hajji, an honorific title for Muslims who successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca.[46]
- Mohammedan
- a term once frequently used in English in a non-pejorative sense, but nowadays considered by Muslims to be offensive because of the suggestion that they worship Mohammed rather than Allah.[47]
- Raghead, Towelhead
- From Islamic wearing of turbans.[48]
- Osama
- from Osama bin Laden.[48]
Sikh[edit]
- Towelhead, Raghead
- (US) in reference to Sikh headgear (usually turbans), often used in the mistaken belief Sikhs are connected to Islamic terrorism.[49] Also used against anyone wearing turbans or keffiyehs.[50]
Zoroastrian[edit]
- Majoos (Magi)
Arabs and Muslims, especially Sunni Muslims, use slurs against Persians and Shiites by calling them "majoos" or "majus" (Arabic: مجوس) which means "fire worshippers", Zoroastrians or Magi.
Scientologist[edit]
- Clamhead
- a Scientologist, referring to a passage about clam engrams in L. Ron Hubbard's 1952 book, What To Audit, later renamed The History Of Man.[51][unreliable source?]
General non-believers[edit]
- Infidel
- a term used generally for non-believers. [52]
- Jack Mormon
- (Western U.S.) either a non-faithful LDS person or a non-Mormon altogether. Jack Mormon is usually used by non-Mormons to describe Mormons that do not follow the Word of Wisdom (dietary and health practices that exclude the use of tobacco or alcohol) and by Mormons to describe members that do not sufficiently follow practices. It is also used by Mormons to describe those who were Mormon but remain friendly to the Church. It may be applied to ex-Mormons who have repudiated the Church and its teachings but that is a rare usage.[53]
- Kaafir
- term used by Muslims for unbelievers and disbelievers of Islamic monotheism.
- Heathen
- a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do. Heathen is a term usually used to refer to Pagans, particularly those practicing Aboriginal or old European spiritualities.[54]
Religious practitioners in general[edit]
- Cult, Cultist
- used as an ad hominem attack against groups with differing doctrines or practices.[55][56][57]