Author: Barry Duke
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Mass hysteria breaks out in US cinemas screening ‘Come Out in Jesus Name’
DEMONS by the numbers, demons by the score were cast out in around 2,000 cinemas across America this month where Come Out “dropped a spiritual bomb on the forces of Satan.” One person who watched this inexorable garbage attested on this review site: I manifested 4500 demons and people were throwing up green goop; we…
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Former Branch Davidian cult member defends sex with underaged girls: ‘They were regarded as adults.’
PEOPLE have reportedly taken to social media to express their outrage over an interview with Kathy Schroeder, above, who says in a new Netflix docuseries—Waco: American Apocalypse—that “these weren’t underaged girls because you come of age at 12. All these girls were adults in our belief system.” The Texas-based cult was led by David Koresh,…
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US Catholic bishops rail against ‘aquamation’, an eco-friendly alternative to burial
CONCERNED that members of their cult might be drawn to what what they wrongly believe is a newfangled method of disposing of human remains—alkaline hydrolysis, or “aquamation”—the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a statement condemning the process. The statement says: In recent years, newer methods and technologies for disposition of the bodies of…
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Utah lawmaker sponsored a bill to keep ‘porn’ out of classrooms. He reacts with anger over Bible ban request.
UTAH’S law HB0374—sponsored by Republican State Representative Kenneth Robert Ivory, above, and passed last year—prohibits materials that include “pornographic or indecent” content. One parent much to Ivory’s chagrin, seized on the law last December to demand the removal of the Bible from classrooms, saying, “get this PORN out of our schools!” Calling the Bible the…
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‘Show Me The Toes’ website created to demand proof of pastor’s miracle claim
AFTER Missouri pastor John Lindell, above, claimed that prayer restored three toes lost by a woman—Krissy Thompson, inset—a website was set set to challenge the claim. Show Me The Toes referred to a Facebook account of the “creative miracle” that took place during a “Week of Power” at Lindell’s James River Church staged between March…
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Calgary pastor faces fresh charges after protesting a new drag show bylaw
DEREK Reimer, who was forcibly ejected from Seton Calgary public library after screaming abuse at parents and children attending a drag queen story event earlier this month, is back behind bars. After his first arrest, the lunatic was released after he agreed to bail conditions that prevent him having any contact with members of the…
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Year of prayer planned to deal with Ireland’s chronic shortage of Catholic priests
“Take the Risk for Christ” is the name of an initiative that’s scheduled to begin on April 30. In a pastoral letter released for Lent, Bishop Paul Dempsey, above, of the Diocese of Achonry, warned that the diocese had not had any new priests for a decade—and has no seminarians currently in formation. Dempsey wrote:…
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International Churches of Christ founder named by five women in abuse lawsuits
THOMAS Wayne “Kip” McKean II, above, and the ICOC stand accused, along with several affiliated outfits, of childhood sexual abuse and a financial pyramid scheme. According to The Guardian, the lawsuits, which seek damages, allege that defendants created “a widespread culture of acceptance of the abuse of children”. A church elder allegedly told a mother…
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Claiming that ‘homosexuals are invading the Church’ is not homophobic, bleats sacked evangelical lecturer
Dr Aaron Edwards, above, a father of five, was dismissed for misconduct by Cliff College, a Methodist college in Derbyshire, after he was accused of bringing the college into disrepute on Twitter. He now making suing noises. EDWARDS, 37, is “considering his legal options” and believes the college has discriminated against him by breaching its…
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‘Persecuted’ NY Christian loses $10 million lawsuit
Raymond Zdunski, above, was sacked after refusing to attend a mandatory workplace LGBTQ training course. AFTER losing his lawsuit last year against Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Zdunski suffered another blow when an appeals court judge in Manhattan tossed his case. Zdunski sought reinstatement, back pay and $10 million in damages, but…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 