tell the higher ups that you refuse to work on a project that pointless and wrong because of what it'll do to your career
I guarantee that if you go into your boss and refuse to do work you'll get fired for insubordination. In addition, bringing up your "career" is bound to send a pretty strong signal to your boss that you don't plan on working there very far into the future. If the place sucks to work at, polish your resume/CV and start making yourself known to other companies. Don't sabotage yourself by pissing off your boss, thus ensuring a negative reference from your previous employer.
I agree, now when are the other organized religions going to be outlawed?
Just as soon as congress decides to throw out the first amendment. I'm sorry that it bothers you that some people have more a sense of purpose in life than eat, procreate, and make money. Just because one nut job sets up a get rich scheme and calls it a church doesn't mean that all of religion is a defunct system.
It's nine degrees Fahrenheit in Moscow right now. That's the kind of cold that makes a man concentrate on his work so he can keep from remembering that the tears the wind blows out of his eyes will freeze on the side of his face before they hit the ground.
I've walked to campus several times at 9 Fahrenheit or lower and have yet to see tears (or spit) freeze before they hit the ground.
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect "Hungry." -- a Larson cartoon