Author: Barry Duke
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‘Blasphemous’ church exhibition sparks probe by Archdiocese of New York
THE “notoriously liberal” Church of Saint Paul the Apostle in Manhattan is being investigated by the Archdiocese after it mounted an exhibition called “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey” created by artist Adah Unachukwu, above left. Newsweek reports that the Paulist-run church, established in 1858, “surprised” parishioners with the exhibition. It added that the…
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The US was ‘built with the King James Bible and a gun’ says NY Baptist preacher
BACK in 2014 Pastor John Koletas, of Grace Baptist Church in Troy, NY, got grilled over his decision to hold a gun give-away in his church. His answer was he thought his church was “the best place” for prize of an AR-15 rifle because it teaches people to arm and defend themselves in accordance with…
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Evangelist claims, without proof, that more than 12% of SatanCon attendees ‘gave their lives to Jesus’
SEAN “Goldilocks” Feucht, above, the former worship/musical artist at the Bethel ‘holy roller’ megachurch in Redding, California, made the claim in a tweet following the recent success of SatanCon in Boston, attended by around 800 people. He repeated the claim in a YouTube video. However, Christian Post reported that one of hundreds of Christians who…
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Priest who destroyed African idols says ‘it’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever done’
MISSIONARY priest Fr William Ryan, above, who is based in Togo, recently invited his brother Peter, also a priest, to participate in engage in an act of Catholic vandalism. He then gleefully boasted that his sibling, who was visiting him at a mission in the east African country, had used a sledgehammer to reduce, “with…
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Kenyan preacher faces numerous charges, including murder and aiding suicide.
EZEKIEL Odero, above, left, stands accused of having links to cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who is in custody facing terrorism charges over the deaths of more than 100 people, many of them children, whose bodies were found in a Kenyan forest last month. The wealthy televangelist, head of the New Life Prayer Centre and…
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Anything shorter than a fist-length beard is a ‘sin’ under Islamic law, lawsuit claims
IN order to get a handle on the rules regarding Islam and beards, today I watched video (screenshot above) showing precisely what’s permitted and what’s not with regard to facial hair. My dive into YouTube was prompted by news that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and…
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Fury over pastor’s ‘porn’ book leads to his resignation as leader of an Arizona church
JOSHUA Butler’s woes began even before the April publication of Beautiful Union, described as a “euphoric ode to the glories of ejaculation” by an angry Christian blogger. That description was provided by Beth Felker Jones, writing for Church Blogmatics in March after she read an excerpt of the soon-to-be-published book on a site called The…
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The ghost of Benedict XVI is on tour, claiming he was ousted as Pope and was the victim of ‘slow euthanasia’
SHORTLY after his death in December, 2022, Joseph Ratzinger appeared before Sister Benedicta of the Holy Cross in Colombia on February 2, 2023, and warned of “impending doom.” During his lengthy discourse with the nun, Ratzinger, who died aged 95, revealed that his death was a case of “slow euthanasia.” Not only did Ratzinger identify…
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In Spain crucifixes with doll heads spark a probe into a ‘blasphemous’ art exhibition
SPAIN’S Christian Lawyers Foundation, headed by Polonia Castellanos, above, works flat out to combat what it regards as blasphemy and the promotion of LGBT+ propaganda. So when a the Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) recently staged an exhibition at the Tomás y Valiente Art Center in Fuenlabrada featuring crucifixes made with doll heads it sprang…
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Atheist classifieds: who we need, who we’ve got
GUEST columnist Dale DeBakcy argues that atheists today should do more to demonstrate how good life can be without God, rather than concentrate the malevolent nature of religious belief. Thirty-five years ago, there were basically two jobs open to the public atheist: you either became a professional arguer, or a person who facilitated professional arguing.…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 