Genetically Modified Skeptic
Drew | Religious pluralist, atheist/agnostic, wannabe educator and occasional polemicist who makes YouTube videos.
- Didn’t expect to see myself cited in an article while scrolling today! Thanks, Amanda!
- I wrote about the "Jesus glow" trend on TikTok, and how it perfectly encapsulates the narcissism and moral emptiness of conservative Christianity online. Literally, the argument for faith is "it'll make you hotter." www.salon.com/2025/05/05/t...
- Reposted by Genetically Modified SkepticGet in losers*, we're gonna beat White Christian Nationalism (* — beating White Christian Nationalism is Very Cool, Actually and the only losers are the people enabling it)
- Yo @nickfish.me we’re out here fighting Christian Nationalism like Texans
- Amazing vid by @gmskeptic.bsky.social We push back today with calls & emails, then in person tomorrow. Help us out and choose one rep to call today! Voice your opposition to #SB10, say no to #ChristianNationalism and protect #churchstateseparation which is foundational to our country.
- Reposted by Genetically Modified SkepticAmazing vid by @gmskeptic.bsky.social We push back today with calls & emails, then in person tomorrow. Help us out and choose one rep to call today! Voice your opposition to #SB10, say no to #ChristianNationalism and protect #churchstateseparation which is foundational to our country.
- God damn I love American Atheists
- Reposted by Genetically Modified SkepticWe're working on getting all of the sessions up ASAP, but you should definitely check out @theardenhart.bsky.social's great talk at #AACON2025 about confronting transphobia in secular spaces. Important topic from a great speaker — and person. So glad to have her.
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- Help me with engagement here!
- Hi, Hank! I made a detailed video about this book alongside @friendlyatheist.com We’d love to talk to you about this if you’re interested! We’ve been privy to the details of their rightward movement for a long time, but want to talk about the defunding of science further! youtu.be/mfh75ezwi2Y?...
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- As a Zillennial, I often feel like I live in a completely different reality than people my age and younger because I deleted TikTok after using it for a week in 2020. A good decision, but I swear it dramatically affects the way I relate to and make friends with people.
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- Reposted by Genetically Modified SkepticBiological Sex is chromosomes, hormones, gametes, gonads, a whole load of epigenetic stuff, various organs like breasts etc The only reason transphobes go on and on about chromosomes is because they are the only part you can't change with transition, not because they're important. They aren't
- From a biological perspective, the salute positioned Elon’s humerus, radius, ulna, metacarpus, and phalanges in manner identical to the Nazi salute. Biological facts are not anti-Musk bigotry. Why are you denying science, Jerry?
- I often get emails from viewers that contain arguments for or against the existence of god written by Chat GPT. Those writing me suggest that since the prompts included “make a purely logical argument,” the “AI” did so and revolutionized philosophy. Yall, please watch one video on how LLMs work.
- Let’s goooooo!
- Hopefully Anita gave this a thorough viewing before her passing
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- I don’t think “The Woke Mind Virus” is a metaphor for many. Certain folks believe it is an actual pathogen - a mental illness - that infects LGBTQ people and anyone who supports them. It looks like a new venue has opened up for people to push the pathologization of non-conformity and tolerance.
- NEW: Meta changed its Community Guidelines today to permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality" @knibbs.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
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- My research on the origins of the phrase “the woke mind virus” has led me to a book by Gad Saad about “brain parasites such as postmodernism” and a “mind vaccine” of free speech. Fml. Let’s hope I can kill this thing in one weekend or else I might actually welcome a plague to devour my brain.
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- As you hear talk of a “schism” in the atheist community, keep the actual numbers in mind. The VAST majority of atheists in the US believe that *society has not gone far enough* to accept trans people. Atheist elites are ludicrously unrepresentative of US atheism and they are just finding that out.
- A kid in my youth group would occasionally litter (very deliberately) while saying something like “I hate the environment.” Their parents were the most Rush-Limbaugh-Republican Christians I’ve ever known. Others in the church stressed “being a good steward of God’s creation,” a preferable theology.
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- As so many atheist public figures cash in on the anti-woke grift, it’s heartening to see one of our most important organizations stand with marginalized people.
- I need to know the etymology of “the woke mind virus.” I fear it’s deeply rooted in New Atheism
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- I like when I’m listening to an audiobook and the narrator takes a good pause before pronouncing a particularly difficult name. Like thank you for not cutting that out and gaslighting me into thinking you just whipped that one out no problem
- This excerpt goes viral every few months, so I made a video examining Sagan’s motivations for writing such a “prophetic” piece in 1995. It turns out: The celebration of ignorance has always been a problem, but it’s especially present in uncertain times. youtu.be/LNQtB5sL9F4?...
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- Question for @ryanburge.bsky.social! Do we have any data on the frequency of church attendance for evangelicals who believe conspiracy theories (ie Plandemic, 2020 election was stolen)? My hunch says less enmeshment in religious community = more of these positions, but what does the data say?
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- The New Atheist elites and the religious Right have always been united in their commitment to idealism and scorn of materialist analysis of any given problem. “War in the Middle East? They’re just the wrong religion.” It’s no wonder New Atheist celebs now partner with orgs like Prager U and CPAC.
- My niche on YouTube is a crossover between religious studies, LGBT advocacy, and scientific skepticism. I want to further left-leaning causes (and fight the selling out of my genre to the right) in 2025. Who should I work with? What should I discuss? What long form content do you want to see?
