Month: May 2023
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AI may be the greatest threat to Christianity since Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
Around 60 years ago I became enthused by the idea of artificial intelligence (AI), mainly through the writings of futurist Ray Bradbury, and I can still vividly recall his short story “I Sing the Body Electric!” published in 1969. In it, he presents an AI robot called “Grandma” who serves as a caregiver for children.…
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At the root of Uganda’s draconian anti-gay law is the belief that it would make it ‘a more Christian nation’
WHETHER or not Uganda will become even more god-besotted than it already is is debatable, but what is certain is that the country could become a whole lot poorer as a result of President Yoweri Museveni, above, signing into law a revised version of an earlier anti-homosexuality bill. This was made clear when President Biden…
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Baptist leader and wife charged with poisoning neighbours’ three dogs
NORTH Carolina Baptist leader James David “Jim” Goldston III was, until recently, a board member of an animal rescue organisation. But he promptly quit when he and his wife Agnes were charged with poisoning three dogs belonging to their neighbours . The arrest of the pair led to Goldston’s resignation from Saving Grace Animals for…
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Dead body tourism: nun’s cadaver attracts thousands to Gower, Missouri (pop 1,533)
CATHOLICS. as we all know, have a ghoulish fascination with matters pertaining to death. Their taste for all things creepy has now created a tourist boom in Gower, with thousands queuing for hours to goggle at the corpse of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died four years ago aged 95. The invasion of the town began…
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Catholic League’s Bill Donohue brands Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence ‘an anti-Catholic hate group’
HOW many queers hate Catholics? Catholic League President Bill Donohue, inset above, posed this question after it was announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, would after all, perform at a Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 16. He answered his own question: It’s hard to say, but it is clear beyond a shadow of…
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Three key figures in Texas’ Chaplains Bill stand out as far-right Christian extremists
A CO-AUTHOR of the Bill—passed this week to allow public schools to replace professional counselors with unlicensed chaplains—is Senator Mayes Middleton. In a recent statement, Middleton—widely described as a Christian nationalist—declared: Our founders certainly never intended separation of God from government or schools, despite the lefts’ attempts to mislead people on this fact. The statement…
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Founder of Florida’s Christian Coalition Family Church faces multiple abuse charges
FOLLOWING his his arrest this week Crawford was described by Clovis Watson, Jr, head of the Alachua Sheriff’s Office as “one of the most heinous and vile human beings he has ever seen.” On Tuesday Crawford was initially arrested after an investigation was launched into reports of sexual abuse of a child at the Christian…
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Evangelical teacher who espouses abhorrent biblical views is banned indefinitely from classrooms
JOSHUA Sutcliffe, above, who believes that homosexuality and Islam are “abominations” and that people who sin should be put to death, has been banned from teaching. Labelled “intolerant” by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), the bigoted street preacher was this week found guilty of unprofessional conduct and banned from teaching in any capacity indefinitely. The…
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Fundraiser launched for funeral of devout Christian wrestler and millionaire Superstar Billy Graham
VARIOUS sites, including this one, estimate Graham’s net worth as $5-million at the time of his death aged 79 on May 17. Despite this, $25,000 is being solicited for his funeral and hospital expenses via GoFundMe. An update to the appeal posted yesterday (Monday) says: 25 thousand is needed by Friday for funeral related expenses,…
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When Poland was under communist rule paedophile priests who cooperated with the regime were rewarded
RESPONDING to an investigation by two journalists who sought to uncover clerical abuse in the Catholic Church when Poland was under communist rule, Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno, above, has admitted that, “for decades we have been blind to the suffering of those harmed.” The investigation was carried out by Tomasz Krzyzak and Piotr Litka…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 