A Washington Church Created a Bonkers Video Whining About COVID Restrictions
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 30, 2021 Earlier this month, a church called The Pursuit NW in Snohomish, Washington got a letter from the state’s attorney general warning them against gathering in person…
Pastor Who Wears $5,611 Sneakers Calls “Satan Shoes” an “Affront to Believers”
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 30, 2021 I’m not surprised that conservative Christians have lashed out at rapper Lil Nas X over the “Satan Shoes” he’s promoting (created by the company MSCHF). Given that the…
LGBTQ Students Sued the Dept. of Ed. for Funding Their Bigoted Christian Schools
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 31, 2021 Dozens of students representing 25 different Christian colleges and universities have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education for giving federal funding to faith-based schools…
Congratulations, Atheists: Church Attendance in America is at an All-Time Low.
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 29, 2021 Church attendance is at an all time low and the pandemic doesn’t deserve the blame. (Congratulations, everyone. We did it. Extra cookies for everyone…
After Exposing a Proselytizing Teacher, an Atheist and His Child Are on the Run
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 26, 2021 I posted last week about a disturbing recording that a West Virginia middle school student had made of her health teacher. The teacher told kids they…
Whistleblower: Australian Politicians Have Sex in the Parliament Prayer Room
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 23, 2021 There’s a sex scandal involving Australia’s Parliament that’s getting a lot of attention mostly because of how lurid the stories are. In addition to separate claims…
Survivor of Colorado Shooting: “Satan Hasn’t Won Today… Jesus Has Won”
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 23, 2021 Two of the people who escaped the King Soopers grocery store yesterday shortly after a shooter came inside — and eventually murdered ten people…
Lying Creationist: Evolution Says Dinosaurs Farted Themselves Into Extinction
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 15, 2021 Matt Powell, the hate-preacher and Creationist who appears to have dedicated his life to making atheists look smart, has done it again. Fresh off…
Christian Tourist Attractions Are Struggling (Even Outside the Pandemic)
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 15, 2021 The pandemic hasn’t been great for theme parks in general, but it’s been especially bad for Christian theme parks. Those venues certainly attract some people, but…
The Catholic Church Wants to Remind You That God Thinks Gay Marriages Are Gross
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 15, 2021 Given the chance to do the right thing — the obvious thing — the Catholic Church has, once again, failed. The Vatican issued a formal response…
In Lawsuit, Teen Claims Catholic Priest “Drugged and Raped” Him When He Was 8
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 15, 2021 When John* was only eight years old and in second grade, a staffer at Bishop Kelley Catholic School in Michigan “drugged and raped [him] in…
A Baptist Pastor Delivered a Wildly Sexist Sermon Telling Wives to Lose Weight
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 1, 2021 Here’s some free relationship advice for you: Never listen to Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark of First General Baptist Church in Malden, Missouri. During a sermon he delivered on February…
Missionaries Are Telling Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes to Avoid the COVID Vaccine
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 13, 2021 There may be no group of people in the world more susceptible to the dangers of COVID than Brazil’s remote indigenous villages. Because of…
Survey: 21% of Black Americans Are Religious “Nones” but Very Few Are Atheists
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 16, 2021 A major new survey released today by the Pew Research Center finds that roughly 21% of Black Americans are not affiliated with any organized religion. And…
Utah Man Charged with Rape: God “Told” Me to Do It
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 17, 2021 Over the weekend, in Washington County, Utah, Gabriel Newland Dutson was arrested on multiple charges that include rape and assault. His victim survived the attack and…
Christian “Prophet”: Trump Will Be Back in the White House as President by June
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 10, 2021 Before the election, self-proclaimed Christian “prophet” Jeff Jansen said the race was a matter of “good versus evil.” (Okay. “Good” won.) But Jansen still hasn’t accepted…
Christian Mom: eHarmony Ad with Lesbians Eating Ice Cream “Brainwashes” Viewers
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 30, 2021 There was a time when the dating website eHarmony, founded by a conservative Christian, wouldn’t allow gay people to find matches. After a lawsuit,…
Vaccine-Destroying Pharmacist Thinks the Sky Was Made to Stop Us from Seeing God
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 1, 2021 Steven Brandenburg is the notorious pharmacist from Wisconsin who was charged with ruining hundreds of COVID vaccines because he believed they were a giant hoax. But as…
QAnon Advocate Admits “There’s No Evidence for that Plan Ever Materializing”
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 30, 2021 While many conspiracy theorists are still holding strong despite the overwhelming evidence that their fantasy world isn’t real, one of them is beginning to…