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  • ‘Good times and bum times, I’ve seen’ em all. And, my dear, I’m still here’

    Several notable performers have sung I‘m Still Here but to my mind none have vocalised it better than the late, great entertainer and human rights campaigner Eartha Kitt. Eartha Kitt at 75. She died in 2008 aged 81. Image via YouTube. It was her version, and other songs of defiance such as Elton John’s I’m […]

    Barry Duke

    January 3, 2023
    Atheism, News
    OnlySky, The Angry Atheist, The Freethinker
  • Brace yourselves for another execrable ‘Left behind’ movie

    Brace yourselves for another execrable ‘Left behind’ movie

    FEW movies are so abysmal that they score 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, but that’s what happened when Left Behind, featuring Nicholas Cage hit cinema screens in 2014. Despite being universally panned by critics—with the exception of those who lavished praise on it in Christian publications—it did manage to gross $27-million against its $16 million production […]

    Barry Duke

    January 29, 2023
    Catholicism, Christianity, Movies and books
    Left Behind, The Rapture
  • Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case

    Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case

    Image via YouTube JACK PHILLIPS, above, gained international notoriety more than a decade ago when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. What followed was a series of court hearings that went all the way up to the US Supreme court where the devout owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver […]

    Barry Duke

    January 28, 2023
    Christianity, Homophobia, Transphobia
    Homophobia, Jack Phillips, Transphobia
  • Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupils

    Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupils

    Image by EPro via Pexels AFTER complaints were lodged by some pupils at North Catholic High School in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, administrators decided that crystals did not fit in with approved Catholic tchotchkes. So they decided to ask the counselor, who has asked not to be been identified, to resign. The ridiculous saga began […]

    Barry Duke

    January 27, 2023
    Catholicism, Christianity, Idiocy
    Idiocy, North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
  • Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial

    Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial

    Image via YouTube MATTHEW Grech, above, who found Jesus and claims he’s now ‘ex-gay’, is accused of violating Malta’s conversion therapy ban. Image via YouTube What happens in Malta should be of no concern to the Christian Legal Centre, headed by the deranged Andrea Minichiello Williams, above. However the CLC has announced that it is […]

    Barry Duke

    January 26, 2023
    Christianity, Conversion therapies
    Christian Legal Centre, Conversion therapies, Malta, Matthew Grech
  • Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stunt

    Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stunt

    Photo by Tobias Hellsten/ToHell via Wikimedia CC. LET me make it crystal clear at the outset: I disapprove of the destruction of books—any books—especially when such provocative acts are committed by the likes of Rasmus Paludan, above, the extremist leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs. Paludan’s latest stunt—the burning outside the Turkish […]

    Barry Duke

    January 25, 2023
    Islam
    Denmark, Rasmus Paludan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sweden, Turkey
  • After 15 die in South African river baptism, blame is shifted to climate change

    After 15 die in South African river baptism, blame is shifted to climate change

    Stock baptism image via Pexels. IN a piece that appears to partially deflect blame for the tragedy that occurred last month, Christianity Daily yesterday carried a report that suggested that South Africans as a whole have not come to terms with climate change. The Christian news outlet quoted Retief Müller, a South African theologian and […]

    Barry Duke

    January 24, 2023
    Christianity, Idiocy
    baptism, South Africa
  • Mohammed’s three wives and companions granted protection under an idiotic new Pakistan law

    FOR far too long “disrepectful” Pakistanis have apparently been bad-mouthing those closely connected with the “prophet” and getting away with light sentences. So one of the Islamic country’s numerous crackpot lawmakers— Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, above—decided that enough was enough. Earlier this month he introduced a bill, passed by the National Assembly, that says that […]

    Barry Duke

    January 23, 2023
    blasphemy, Idiocy, Islam
    blasphemy, Mohammed, Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Pakistan
  • Death threats against ‘pro-life’ Kansas lawmaker Jake LaTurner ‘came directly from God’

    Death threats against ‘pro-life’ Kansas lawmaker Jake LaTurner ‘came directly from God’

    Jake LaTurner and Chase Neill (inset). Images via YouTube and Shawnee County Kansas jail. THERE’S a lot to dislike about LaTurner. The Republican regularly trumpets his Catholic faith and rejoiced when Roe v Wade was overturned. That, of course, does not justify him getting death threats—something that happened last June when he received threatening voicemails […]

    Barry Duke

    January 22, 2023
    Catholicism, Crime
    Chase Neill, Jake LaTurner, Kansas
  • UK human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says Christianity is not about discrimination. He’s profoundly wrong.

    UK human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says Christianity is not about discrimination. He’s profoundly wrong.

    Image via YouTube I LIKE Peter Tatchell … a lot! He and I have met up on a number of occasions at various LGBT+ rights rallies in London over half-a-century, and I was dead chuffed when he came to congratulate me on winning a lifetime achievement award in 2017 at a ceremony organised by the […]

    Barry Duke

    January 21, 2023
    Christianity, Homophobia, LGBT+ news, Same-sex marriage
    Apartheid, Justin Welby, Peter Tatchell
  • Trump’s got the hump with evangelical leaders; accuses them of ‘disloyalty’.

    Trump’s got the hump with evangelical leaders; accuses them of ‘disloyalty’.

    Image via YouTube RATED one of the worst Presidents in US history, Trump luxuriated in all the prayers and adoration showered on him by some of America’s looniest evangelical leaders, who regularly strode into the White House during his term as if they owned the damn place. But now his relationship with these god-besotted morons […]

    Barry Duke

    January 20, 2023
    Christian nationalism, Christianity
    Christian nationalists, Donald Trump
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  • Brace yourselves for another execrable ‘Left behind’ movie
  • Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case
  • Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupils
  • Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial
  • Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stunt
  • Brace yourselves for another execrable ‘Left behind’ movie
  • Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case
  • Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupils
  • Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial
  • Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stunt
  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

  1. malcolmjdodd on Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stuntJanuary 29, 2023

    I do not take pleasure in destroying books; however, I make an exception for the ‘holy’ tomes, such as the…

  2. malcolmjdodd on Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals caseJanuary 29, 2023

    I am very bigoted – about bigots.

  3. Broga on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    I suppose if she had invited a butcher and he brought a lump of flesh and blood that would have…

  4. malcolmjdodd on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    The RCSC (Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation) sell the most awful, tatty and obscene geegaws (a man nailed to a stick…

  5. stephenharvie on Catholic school careers counselor sacked over Wiccans’ crystal gifts to pupilsJanuary 27, 2023

    Had she invited a couple of paedophiles then the RCC would have probably given them their own parish…

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