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me @marcuspope.com · 29/08/2025

As of 2024, 37% of Americans think God created humans in their current form within the last 10,000 years. news.gallup.com/poll/647594/...

Americans' Beliefs About Human Origins, 1982-2024

Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process, 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so?

Line chart showing percentages of Americans overall who, from 1982 to 2024, believe God created human beings in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years, or human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life with God's guidance, or human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life but God had no part in the process. In a May 1-23, 2024, Gallup poll, 37% say God created humans in present form, 34% say humans developed with God's guidance and 24% say humans developed without God's intervention. The % saying developed without God is the highest in the trend, higher than the 22% saying this in 2019 and figures mostly in the low double digits from 1993 to 2006. Since 2014, at least 19% have held this view. The "God guided" view has shown little change over time, fluctuating almost exclusively in the 30% range during the trend, with a high reading of 40% in 1999 and a low of 31% in 2014. The "created in present form" view has also varied within a relatively narrow, 10-point range, from 47% in 1993 and 1999 to the current 37%, the low reading for the trend.
% God created humans in present form% Humans developed, God guided% Humans developed without God

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me @marcuspope.com · 04/08/2025

There is no difference between the people who say supporting trans women is 'misogyny' and the people who say civil rights for Blacks is 'reverse discrimination' - the overlap of bigotry is 100%. You cannot take rights away from someone by giving someone else equal rights. Rights are not zero-sum.

1964: “A majority of white New Yorkers questioned here in the last month in a survey by the New York Times said they believed the Negro civil rights movement had gone too far. While denying any deep-seated prejudice against Negroes, a large number of those questioned used the same terms to express their feelings. They spoke of Negroes’ receiving ‘everything on a silver platter’ and of ‘reverse discrimination’ against whites. More than one‐fourth of those who were interviewed said they had become more opposed to Negro aims during the last few months.” — New York Times

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me @marcuspope.com · 04/08/2025

We now pay *you* thousands of dollars to take your medication instead of the other way around because I couldn't pass a 5th grade math class. - DJT

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me @marcuspope.com · 01/08/2025

Ah yes, using dictionary definitions is embarrassing, but highlighting a Wikipedia passage that incorrectly quotes the sourced references - well that's just fine! They then turned off replies to end the discussion. Nothing says I'm confident in my knowledge quite like blocking replies. 🙄

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me @marcuspope.com · 30/07/2025

Dang, apparently I don’t get it. TERF advocates that equality “isn’t always appropriate.” Sometimes only one sex should be protected from violence. I weigh 135lbs, but my large gametes mean my muscular weakness is immaterial to my access to civil rights or something. 🤪

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me @marcuspope.com · 29/07/2025

TERF makes baseless claim that 'intersex' is offensive, and DSD is preferred. I provide surveys and evidence to support the opposite. TERF tells me that I "don't know what they think." TERF admits to not even reading the links. That's basically GC ideology in a nutshell. 🤷‍♂️

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me @marcuspope.com · 26/07/2025

After presenting this peer reviewed biology literature on the role the Y chromosome and SRY gene play in the _Male Determining Pathway_ and their potential lack of presence in XX Males, this person thinks the excerpt does *not* discredit his claim that only humans with a Y chromosome are male. 🤯

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Forget about what year it is. What century is it? nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/d...

Nashville Banner: Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried

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me @marcuspope.com · 24/07/2025

This troll is speedrunning an account ban. They're just spamming nonsense on all of my recent posts. Glad I snagged a screenshot before she blocked me.

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me @marcuspope.com · 24/07/2025

Weird how the party defending women-only spaces is completely OK with a president who openly admits to forcing his way into the changing rooms of Miss USA pageants to perv on their nudity.

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me @marcuspope.com · 22/07/2025

You can tell that nobody in this thread read the study, otherwise they might have been slightly critical / dubious of the fact that the study itself used an LLM to analyze and grade the participants' efforts and essays. Oh, and two unknown English teachers who probably weren't biased, right? 😅

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Partisan @partpartisan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Conservatism is such a brain-rotted movement probably because you could generously describe the entire idea of conservatism as really nothing more than a dressed-up Sunk Cost Fallacy.

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me @marcuspope.com · 20/07/2025

Well this is a new one for me folks. A phenotypic female that happens to have 5% XY mosaicism is a male (BY DEFINITION! 😅) according to this person. And they should be forced to compete against men because male Q angles are dangerous to women’s ACL’s… literally. He claims to be a DPT too! 🤔

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me @marcuspope.com · 19/07/2025

If there was a “this is your brain on social media” D.A.R.E commercial today, this would be what spills out of the egg in the frying pan.

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me @marcuspope.com · 18/07/2025

Not an actual German saying, but the metaphor applies...

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me @marcuspope.com · 17/07/2025

Lol, when two TERFs can’t agree on which bathroom trans men should be allowed to use! 🤣 And this gets to the heart of the bigotry, it’s not about men vs women, it’s about the misogynist lens of femininity, are they pretty and dainty enough to be allowed into the club. 🤔

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/07/2025

Sure is a lot of ad hominem attacks for someone who couldn’t articulate a single valid criticism of my points. 🤷‍♂️

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/07/2025

Sexism and misogyny are not the exclusive purview of men, in the same way any person can be racist, even towards their own race. Apparently what most women want in the US is wrong, because it has been coerced by misogynistic men (unless what they want aligns with Amaryllis’s beliefs of course.)

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/07/2025

🤣 Reason number 137 for why I don't block accounts - I'd miss out on the glorious experience of learning their account was suspended! @jameschicks1.bsky.social - my diligently dedicated stalker / troll follower is no more... at least for now, no idea how suspensions work on BS.

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/07/2025

When people who don't know their own country's history tell me to "learn some history" 😅 For context I was called racist/misogynistic/homophobic because I pointed out the gradual acceptance of desegregation, interracial and gay marriage over time as similar trends to support for trans rights today.

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/07/2025

Racist: when you hear gun violence is disproportionately committed by Blacks and think it's because Blacks are innately violent. Sexist: when you hear rapes are disproportionately committed by men and think it's because men are innately violent. The essentialism fallacy harms society.

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me @marcuspope.com · 15/07/2025

Person accuses me of being racist, but can't explain their argument so they opt for a racist insult instead... yeah that sounds about right. (I'm Hispanic but 🤷‍♂️)

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me @marcuspope.com · 14/07/2025

Since we’re rounding out about 60k immigrant deportations / detainments, I’m curious when MAGA will “feel” like America is great again. Do we think it will happen before or after the detriment to our society as a result? (hint: we’re already worse off.)

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me @marcuspope.com · 11/07/2025

Blocked before I could even reply - what a sign of intellectual weakness that a discussion about their ignorance is too much to stomach and so they must block any chance of being educated about reality... bsky.app/profile/marc...

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me @marcuspope.com · 23/06/2025

Hey Arcus - I'm apparently on your payroll - when should I expect to receive my checks?? 🤣 Oooh, wait, perhaps I'm the owner of Arcus and I just removed the M from my name to throw people off the trail!

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me @marcuspope.com · 23/06/2025

James, a raging transphobe / troll, spends his free time looking at pictures trans people post so he can judge their sexual deviancy. And he knows it just by looking at them. 😅 Something something every accusation is a confession...

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me @marcuspope.com · 22/06/2025

By every standard flags should be at half mast today given the attack on Iran. Whether by the state of distress or the void of patriotism embodied in unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation, our flags should not be, and are not, raised with pride today.

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me @marcuspope.com · 19/06/2025

Any fine internet sleuths willing to help me corroborate this claim? This person says Democratic-controlled states outlawed their sex identity before Trump et al did so. I’ve found zero evidence to support that. But proving negatives is tough, right?

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me @marcuspope.com · 18/06/2025

This troll has been following me around with this screenshot for a few days now. I guess he thinks articulating a better rebuttal to an argument is a character flaw or something. Or that collaboration with other people is a sign of weakness maybe? Either way I love that he wastes his time on me...

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me @marcuspope.com · 18/06/2025

🤯 - This is a new one for me: trans men can use the men's restroom, but trans women cannot use the women's restroom. That's like a really specific type of hate / sexism he's got there.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/06/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 17/06/2025

When Black people told you that it is a normal occurrence for police to lie about protest and assaulting officers now you see ... the test run for the justification of authoritarianism always begins in communities of color

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Truly one of the defining images of 2025 so far

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/06/2025

We live in an era where atheists have to constantly remind Christians about this mundane detail...

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me @marcuspope.com · 16/06/2025

“And I haven’t even heard about any protest” I’m just rambling about protests for no reason, and I have no awareness of the political situation in the country I’m responsible for because I’m completely tuned out. Even his propaganda tactics are getting senile.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2025

This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator

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me @marcuspope.com · 11/06/2025

Maybe you can explain why only one of these two people should be allowed in a "women's single-sex space"? (whatever that is) Do women's toilets have "large gametes"??

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me @marcuspope.com · 12/06/2025

@jameshicks1.bsky.social - James you are getting a little quiet over there. You are normally so talkative. You're not running away because you are afraid you might look a little foolish when you share that ChatGPT conversation are you? 🤔 bsky.app/profile/jame...

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me @marcuspope.com · 12/06/2025

“Actual biologist” mutes me instead of explaining the reproductive class of someone with bilateral ovotesticular syndrome. Also accuses me of “not letting it go” b/c I responded to a new remark he made about me. And then he kept replying more while I was sleeping 🤣🤦‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/drch...

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me @marcuspope.com · 12/06/2025

Imma go with @tharook.bsky.social on this one, that definition totally works for me. If it doesn’t work for you, perhaps you have some biases to deal with before you get to participate in society. 🤷‍♂️

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