Category Archives: Self-abuse
Tibet: Or you could just pop a Serepax…
Monk finds the secret of inner peace — bludge off a relative for nineteen years. SMH After China invaded Tibet in 1959, a young monk went into solitary confinement. He remained in a tiny dark room in the capital Lhasa … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber killed
SMH A SUICIDE bombing attack has been foiled at the gates to the compound that is to host a landmark assembly of Afghanistan’s tribal elders this week. The Loya Jirga – Pashto for grand assembly – begins tomorrow in Kabul. … Continue reading
Canada: Pick up the grovel, people!
…New Catholic missal reveals ‘awesomeness’ of self-loathing toadyism. The Catholic Register When Catholics begin using the new Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent, they will find an “awesomeness” to the new translation that maybe wasn’t as present in … Continue reading
Australia: Jehovah’s Witness dies for her faith
News.com.au A JEHOVAH’S Witness who died of complications after surgery would probably have survived if she had accepted a blood transfusion, a Tasmanian coroner has found. Glenorchy woman Judith Louise Allen, 49, died of internal bleeding in July 2009 after … Continue reading
Australia: Tamil detainee suicides when refused permission to attend religious festival
SMH Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has denied that a Sri Lankan man who died in an apparent suicide attempt at Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre overnight had been cleared of being a security threat. Mr Bowen said the man was still … Continue reading
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UK: Three HIV victims die after taking church advice
BBC News At least three people in London with HIV have died after they stopped taking life saving drugs on the advice of their Evangelical Christian pastors. The women died after attending churches in London where they were encouraged to … Continue reading
Italy: Churchgoer rips out eyeballs
SMH An Italian man reportedly ripped out his own eyeballs during Sunday Mass at a church in Viareggio, near Pisa, northern Italy, according to British news reports. Aldo Bianchini, 46, a Briton who had lived most of his life in … Continue reading
Global: Eco-apocalypse approaches but we MUSTN’T INTERFERE!
But it is the fourth rule that is the most striking: ‘No Silver Bullets’, where Smith refuses to allow the possibility of any industrial or technological revolution to interfere with his predictions. In his flights of fancy, he tells us, … Continue reading
US: Megachurch pastor found dead, with drugs, in NY hotel
gawker.com Zachery Tims, Jr., the pastor of an 8,000-member megachurch in Orlando, Fla., was found lying dead in a room in the Times Square W Hotel on Monday morning. An envelope containing “a white powdery substance” was found in his … Continue reading
Australia: Muslim convert whipped for drinking
SMH A man who was allegedly held against his bed by four bearded attackers while he was whipped with a cord in Sydney’s west has said he was the victim of sharia law. The 31-year-old man said he was a … Continue reading
