Written by TheThinkingAtheist
MAY 18, 2019 The Texas State Senate just passed a bill, SB 1978, that is better known as the “Save Chick-fil-A” bill. On the surface, the bill would prohibit cities from taking “adverse actions” against companies based on their owners’ religious beliefs. It was proposed after San Antonio City Council members rejected a slate of new restaurants […]
APRIL 17, 2018 BY MICHAEL STONE Biblical prophecy predicts the Rapture is April 23: Christians look forward to the end of the world, when they will rise in the sky and meet Jesus. Fox News reports the end of the world is April 23, according to prominent Christian numerologist David Meade: For a certain branch of evangelical […]
APRIL 12, 2017 BY MICHAEL STONE Theocracy alert: A large fundamentalist Christian church in Alabama is set to have its very own police force. Say “Hello” to the American Taliban. The Associated Press reports: The Alabama Senate has voted to allow a church to form its own police force. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 24-4 to allow Briarwood […]
APRIL 5, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE In an attack on a woman’s right to choose, Alabama lawmakers plan to end all abortion in the state and severely punish any woman who has an abortion with up to 99 years in prison. ABC News reports: Alabama lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would make performing an abortion at any […]
APRIL 8, 2017 BY MICHAEL STONE A proposed bill in Texas that would impose a fine for male masturbation is making its way through the state’s legislature. House Bill 4260, called the “Man’s Right to Know Act,” would punish male masturbation with a $100 fine, and require men who want Viagra to be subject to a rectal exam. […]
Perfect. All-powerful. All-knowing. The idea of the deity most Westerners accept is actually not coherent. Mr. Atterton is a professor of philosophy. March 25, 2019 If you look up “God” in a dictionary, the first entry you will find will be something along the lines of “a being believed to be the infinitely perfect, wise […]
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A minister who promised a woman he’d take care of her daughter began having sex with the teenager daily and later encouraged two other pastors to have sex with her as well, federal prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Haynes could face up to life in prison if he’s convicted of child sex […]
MARCH 20, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE Chick-fil-A still hates gay people: Chick-fil-A, a southern-style chicken sandwich franchise and a self-identified Christian company, gave over $1.8 million to anti-gay Christian hate groups in 2017. Think Progress reports: Chick-fil-A has taken great pains to downplay its anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and giving, seven years into a national boycott by LGBTQ and […]
Breanna Edwards10/25/16 8:13amFiled to: NEWS76.2K324 A Virginia pastor, his wife and a friend of theirs are all being accused of defrauding their Alexandria congregation out of more than $1 million, Fox 5 DC reports. Alexandria pastor, wife charged with $1.2 million congregation fraud scheme An Alexandria pastor and his wife were arrested on Sunday for their […]
More of that Christian love: Atheist mom receives death threats after a public school is forced to remove a Ten Commandments monument. Some conservative Christians are angry after a Pennsylvania school district agreed to remove a 6-foot tall granite Ten Commandments monument in front of a public high school. The New Kensington-Arnold School District says it will relocate the […]