Apparently not. Continue reading
Category Archives: Fundamentalist Christianity
US: Roanoke County — be scared!
Be very scared. Continue reading
US: To all atheists who insist on your legal rights…
…tell your little sisters to expect intimidation. Continue reading
US: God is a terrorist, says Bachmann
Drones are being targeted on Heaven as we speak… Continue reading
US: Second child of faith-healing couple dies
A Philadelphia couple — serving 10 years’ probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor — has violated their probation now that another of their children has died. Continue reading
Chile: Baby burned alive for being ‘Antichrist’
Chilean police on Thursday arrested four people accused of burning a baby alive in a ritual because the leader of the sect believed that the end of the world was near and that the child was the antichrist. Continue reading
Nigeria: I want to pray for you…
…can I have your underwear? Continue reading
US: Death is good for you, says prize-winning wingnut
Holding a Templeton essay contest is like putting treacle in a bucket as a lure for cockroaches: it wastes a lot of treacle, but at least it concentrates all the stupid in one place. Continue reading
US: Irony alert: when a young woman warns her church that it’s driving young people away…
…the church drives her away. Continue reading
NZ: How DARE he!
New Zealand MP hits back at gay marriage bill attackers with reason!! And logic!! Continue reading
US: How long was the Ice Age? About three weeks
Because the Bible says so. Continue reading
Australia: Salvos paid $15m to child sex abuse victims
THE Salvation Army has told a Victorian sex abuse inquiry it is ashamed of the treatment of children that occurred in its homes, as it revealed it has paid out more than $15 million to victims and that 50 Salvation Army officers had been named as abusers.
Now everybody wants to get into the act!
UK: Are you being persecuted?
Try this quick quiz:
…Are you prevented from constantly judging complete strangers? Continue reading
US: These shoes aren’t made for posting…
So that’s not what we’ll do.
But one of these days these shoes are going
Postal over you.
I can’t extract the text so here’s a link to the image:
http://www.atheistberlin.com/skin/frontend/atheist/default/images/usps.png
Q: How do you know your shoes are atheists?
A: They’ve got no soles.
US: There are roughly 150 billion numeric sequences you can extract from genetic code…
…and one of them happens to be divisible by 37 — therefore God. Continue reading
Nigeria: Who are you going to believe, some strange woman at church or your daughter?
Oh…
A 42-year-old father, Mr. Edet Etok-Akpan, is currently being quizzed at the headquarters of the Cross River State Police Command in Calabar for torturing his six-year-old daughter, Edidiong, as a result of a church prophetess’ pronouncement that the girl was a witch. Continue reading
US: Can you get fired for having sex?
Only if you’re a woman. Continue reading
US: Take the last train to Clarksville…
…I’ll be hangin’ round the station. Continue reading
US: Oh noes! I forgot to have children, and now my womb is full of dead babies!
It seems that talk show host Kevin Swanson has talked to “some doctors” who believe that if you take birth control, tiny little dead babies are simply hanging around, embedded into the lining of your womb. Continue reading
US: Where did you get THAT insane idea? Oh, that’s right, from me!
Ken Ham was doing an interview, and he was asked a difficult question: “How did men get the dinosaurs to not buck them off of their saddles when people rode then? Were the dinosaurs more domesticated and well behaved because there wasn’t as much sin back then?” Good one. The creationists do tend to smuggle in a lot of rather unbiblical stuff into their mythology while simultaneously claiming to be strict literalists, so I’d like to see how they came up with that story, too. Continue reading
UK: Health warning — your doctor may believe in demons
Although people who call themselves Christians vary hugely, organisations with “Christian” in the title are usually dangerous extremists. The only immediate exception I can think of is Christian Aid. Here in the UK we have:…
The Christian Medical Fellowship, who worry me the most. If my GP believes my sickness is a result of my sins, I want to be informed before my appointment. And as I’m about to explain, CMF members might also believe your sickness is the result of demonic possession. Yeah, you read that right…. Continue reading
US: Georgia government gives credits to anti-gay schools
The 400 students at a private school in Woodstock, for example, must adhere to a policy that states, “Homosexual behavior, whether an ‘immoral act’ or ‘identifying statement,’ is incompatible with enrollment at Cherokee Christian Schools and is a basis for dismissal.”
A male student at the Shiloh Hills Christian School in Kennesaw, who utters “I like boys” or “I am a homosexual” will be expelled.
And at the 800-student Providence Christian Academy 20 miles north of Atlanta, a student who is gay, lesbian or bisexual or supports people who are could be kicked out…
Steve Suitts, the vice president of the foundation and the author of the report, said that as many as a third of the schools in the scholarship program have strict antigay policies or adhere to a religious philosophy that holds homosexuality as immoral or a sin.
Maybe one day somebody could explain to me why the religious right is so horribly, paralytically, pants-shittingly scared of homosexuality? What do they imagine is going to happen if two people of the same sex happen to get it on?
If we can understand this phobia, perhaps we can employ the power somehow — have gay sex in fundamentalist churches, maybe, so they can’t use them any more.
US: Sinfest nails it again
Don’t be sad, little fundie: become a global warming alarmist instead and you can celebrate doomsday every day!
Australia: Free speech means you have a right to express your opinion…
No matter how stupid and bigoted it is.
A CANDIDATE for Bob Katter’s Australian Party has backed discrimination against homosexuals, warning they should be afforded the same access to work in kindergartens as pedophiles.
Tess Corbett yesterday refused to back away from inflammatory comments on the issue, arguing that free speech meant she should be able to articulate her opinion.
SMH has more details.
And I agree with her completely: much better to get lunacy like this out in the open where we can laugh at it. But I don’t think Ms Corbett is going to win her election, somehow.
Update: Ms Corbett has withdrawn her candidacy.
US: Almost TOO easy…
…getting fundamentalist Christians to make stupid misogynistic comments.
…[Pat] Robertson draws the woman-hating card, throws it on the flower-decorated glass table in the 700 Club’s studio and suddenly it’s the mother’s fault.
“You know, it may be your mom isn’t as sweet as you think she is; she may be kind of hard-nosed. And so, you say, it’s my father, he’s not paying attention to mom, but you know mom …” he trails off and offers a spiteful little chuckle.
All great advice for a 17-year-old boy growing up in the United States’ enduringly patriarchal society. But wait — there’s more: Now it’s not only mom’s fault for being “hard-nosed,” it’s also her fault for being God-forsakenly ugly.
He launches into another story: “A woman came to a preacher I know — it’s so funny. She was awful looking. Her hair was all torn up, she was overweight and looked terrible …”
US: Satanic Temple rallies to support religion in schools
Satanists from all over Florida are scheduled to gather on the steps of the Governor’s Office at the intersection of S. Monroe and Apalachee Pkwy 1:00pm Friday January 25, 2013 in a show of solidarity for governor Rick Scott who has shown unwavering fortitude and progressive resolve in his defense of religious liberty, particularly in his recent approval of Senate Bill 98 [SB 98] authorizing “a district school board to adopt a policy that allows an inspirational message to be delivered by students at a student assembly; providing policy requirements; providing purpose, etc.”
Neil Bricke of the Satanic Temple will deliver a speech to the assembled crowd.
“The Satanic Temple embraces the free expression of religion, and Satanists are happy to show their support of Rick Scott who — particularly with SB 98 — has reaffirmed our American freedom to practice our faith openly, allowing our Satanic children the freedom to pray in school.”
The Satanic Temple to Rally in Support of Governor Rick Scott January 25th, 2013
The Flying Spaghetti Monster had better watch out!
US: Anti-gay bigot chosen for Presidential inauguration
The Presidential Inauguration Committee announced Tuesday that the President Obama has selected Pastor Louie Giglio of the Georgia-based Passion City Church to deliver the benediction for his second inauguration. In a mid-1990s sermon identified as Giglio’s, available online on a Christian training website, he preached rabidly anti-LGBT views.
The 54-minute sermon, entitled “In Search of a Standard – Christian Response to Homosexuality,” advocates for dangerous “ex-gay” therapy for gay and lesbian people, references a biblical passage often interpreted to require gay people be executed, and impels Christians to “firmly respond to the aggressive agenda” and prevent the “homosexual lifestyle” from becoming accepted in society. Below are some of the most disturbing views in the sermon.
Why doesn’t this whackjob have to go before a Selection Committee?
Update: Giglio has — rather ungraciously — withdrawn his nomination.
US: ‘Good’ God saves one, kills three
The woman who scrambled to safety after a small plane crashed into her Florida home gave thanks to God on Saturday for allowing her to escape without a scratch and for keeping her family safe.
Susan Crockett stood in front of her one-story Palm Coast home, which now has a huge black hole where the four-seater plane went down Friday afternoon, killing all three people aboard.
If he’d saved all four he’d have been fucking fantastic.
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