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| − | '''Theodore Beale''', known by his pseudonym '''<s>Pox</s> Vox Day''',<ref>A pun on ''vox dei'' - god's voice </ref> is a [[Video game|game]] designer, [[Libertarianism|libertarian]], [[Christian apologetics|apologist]], and all-around idiot. He is a regular [[pundit]] for [[WorldNetDaily]], which says a lot about the demographic he's pitching to. Vox Day also has his own webshite, voxday.net, and a blog, Vox Popoli, on which he attempts to "disprove" [[atheism]], [[environmentalism]], and [[liberal]]ism through extensive use of [[Bullshit|well-thought out]] attacks. He also wrote the book ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens'', which pioneered some of the most [[ad hominem|popular methods]] of [[Debate|debating]] atheists.
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| − | He is a member of [[Mensa]] and, according to himself, has an [[IQ]] ''"[o]ver the so-called "genius" threshhold."''<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/03/answering-questions.html Answering questions], Vox Popoli (page dated March 27, 2010) From the context it seems that he may be referring to the Mensa entry threshhold.</ref> This is telling about the limitations of IQ as a metric for "genius".
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| − | ==Beliefs and claims==
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| − | Vox Day is generally a libertarian and disagrees with the [[Republican Party|GOP]] over the [[war]]s in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] and Afghanistan, but he has shown signs of moving towards the [[Conservative|Right]] in terms of social issues such as [[homosexuality]]. He generally prefers to stick to battling atheists because it is far less likely to divide his small audience.
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| − | The man also claims, in ''The Irrational Atheist'', to refute the Euthyphro problem, which asks whether something is [[Morality|good]] because [[God]] says it, or God says it because it is good. His solution seems to be that it is both. He also uses the ad hominem/[[non sequitur]] [[argument]] "[[Richard Dawkins]] is socially [[Autism|autistic]], therefore [[Goddidit]]" very prominently in a stroke of genius that has garnered the attention of "respected institutions" such as [[Conservapedia]]. The screed is downloadable from [http://www.irrationalatheist.com/freedl.html his web site] in all popular formats.
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| − | He is a [[Creationism|creationist]] and "anti-[[Materialism|materialist]]" (read: "anti-[[science]]"), which has caused him to enter numerous spats with, among others, [[PZ Myers]] and [[Phil Plait]].<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/08/ignorance-is-blitz/ Ignorance is Blitz], Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog</ref>
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| − | According to him, "[[feminism|female equalitarianism]]" is a greater threat to science than [[religion]].<ref name='real-ass'>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58449 The real assault on science], WorldNetDaily (a sexist rant, particularly at the end)</ref><ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2008/03/vox_day_on_women_in_science.php Vox Day on Women in Science], ''Good Math, Bad Math''</ref>
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| − | ==Insights==
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| − | Some of his most brilliant insights are to be found on Vox Popoli or in ''The Irrational Atheist''. On teh geyz, he says:
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| − | {{cquote|Homosexuality is a birth defect from every relevant secular, material, and sociological perspective...[we must] help them achieve sexual normality<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/08/ending-gay-defect.html</ref>}}
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| − | On Muslims and Brits:
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| − | {{cquote|You silly English twit. Limit your historically ignorant, politically correct, socialist sensitivity concerns to Londonistan and the rest of your island.<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/08/illustrating-mpai_19.html</ref>}}
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| − | His refutation of atheism:
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| − | {{cquote|[I]mpaired social cognition... is the hallmark of the militant New Atheists. [T]he anti-religious socially autistic crusaders... simply cannot understand that your religious beliefs, whatever they might be, are no legitimate concern of theirs.<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/05/scientific-american-and-social-autism.html</ref> High Church atheism may be little more than a mental disorder taking the form of literal autism.<ref>Day, Vox. <u>The Irrational Atheist</u>. Dallas: BenBella Books, 2008</ref>}}
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| − | On race and intelligence:
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| − | {{cquote|It is absurd to imagine that there is absolutely no link between race and intelligence.<ref>http://www.voxday.net/</ref>}}
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| − | On how to bring peace to the Middle East:
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| − | {{cquote|The Israeli government must announce to the world a unilateral ceasefire, balanced by the deadly promise that for every Israeli soldier killed, 25 Palestinian police will die. For every civilian, 100 non-combatant Palestinian adults will be slain, and for every child, 1000 adults.<ref>WND: [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26870 1000 eyes for an eye]</ref>}}
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| − | And perhaps most horrifically, on women (our emphasis):
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| − | {{cquote|Because they are the intellectual driving force of humanity, men will be fine... It is written that '''women ruin everything'''.<ref name='real-ass' />}}
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| − | ==On Conservapedia==
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| − | Vox Day has become yet another one of {{cpu|Conservative}}'s obsessions in the war on atheism. Vox Popoli has been cited on CP many times, perhaps as part of an agreement, or perhaps just because that one black-and-white picture is ''so'' sexy.<ref>http://conservapedia.com/File:Vox_Day.jpg - The picture currently appears in 9 places on the site.</ref>
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/category/tia/ Chapter by chapter dissection of ''The Irrational Atheist''] at the ''Evangelical Realism'' blog
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| − | ==Footnotes==
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| − | [[Category:Authors]]
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| − | [[Category:Bloggers]]
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| − | [[Category:Fundamentalists]]
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| − | [[Category:Internet kooks]]
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