Category: Christianity
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Pastor tries to reenact Jesus’ 40-day fast, dies on 38th day
The Bible claims that Jesus went onto the wilderness where he was tempted by the Devil. Francisco Barajah, inset, a pastor in Mozambique, tried to reenact the myth, but the stunt went horribly wrong. BARAJAH, who founded the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was unable to stand, bathe, or walk…
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Jesus ads at the Super Bowl will target millions who are are ‘spiritually open, but skeptical.’
A staggering sum of $20-million will spent to market Jesus worldwide at the event on February 12. How will non-religious football fans react to the ‘He Gets Us‘ campaign? MY guess is that they will yawn, dismiss it as a monumental waste of money and simply get on with their lives. One thing is certain:…
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Florida’s crackpot Christian Governor targets venue that staged a Xmas drag show
Ron DeSantis, inset above, is accused of furthering his ‘cultural war agenda’ by threatening to revoke the liquor licence of The Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation which staged ‘A Drag Queen Christmas‘ last year. DESANTIS, whose far-right Christian agenda began in earnest with his “Don’t Say Gay” bill in 2022, has used his office to target…
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Petition to remove bishops from the House of Lords launched by UK writer, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig
The move comes as MPs consider bringing the Church of England into line with the law of the land with regard to same-sex marriage. IN her petition the popular British-Danish personality insists that “whatever goes on inside religious organisations, the Church should not be allowed to hold sway in the Houses of Parliament. “ It…
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Boy, 11, shared a bed with a convicted child molester at a creationist theme park
A VISITOR to evangelist Kent Hovind’s Dinosaur Adventure Land (DAL) in Alabama brought a young Black kid to the tacky attraction and ended up sleeping with the boy in a bed provided by the man known as “Dr Dino.“ In a lengthy report about criminal activities and other dodgy goings-on at the “Darwin-free” DAL, Kelly…
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Why is worship in schools still mandatory when religious belief among the young in the UK is plummeting?
Images via Pexels LUDICROUS as it may seem, each pupil attending a community, foundation or voluntary school in England is required to take part in an act of collective worship each school day. This, despite the fact that more than 50 percent of young people—the baby boomers, the millennials and generation Z—are all turning away…
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UK Islamic group accuses Church of England of a ‘witchhunt’ against banned priest Dr Stephen Sizer
The action against Sizer, a conservative evangelical, received the full support of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, but has been slammed by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), which accused the C of E of a “witchhunt.” According to the BBC in December Sizer—vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water, Surrey, for 20 years, until…
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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…
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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…
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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, the Angry Atheist 