The Problem of Divine Hiddenness, Answered Poorly by William Lane Craig (2 of 2)
JUNE 22, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Christian apologist William Lane Craig (WLC) recently responded to a post from the atheist blog A Counter Apologist. This is the conclusion of my…
Florida Rep. Mike Hill: God Told Me To Introduce Abortion Ban With No Exceptions For Rape
MAY 24, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE God made him do it: Florida Rep. Mike Hill claims God spoke to him, and told him to introduce an abortion ban with no…
Trump The Anointed?
By Paul A. Djupe and Ryan P. Burge Last fall, we wrote about the extent to which white Protestants believed Donald Trump was anointed by God to be president of…
GOP Lawmaker Who Promotes ‘Biblical Law’ Caught Planning Violent Attacks
APRIL 23, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, who recently published a manifesto calling for the execution of all males who refuse to follow “Biblical law,” has…
Virginia Pastor Dies Of COVID-19 After Minimizing Virus In March Sermon
APRIL 13, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Guess God’s Not So Big After All: Bishop Gerald O. Glenn, a popular Virginia pastor, is dead from COVID-19 only weeks after preaching a…
Pastor Tony Spell Of COVID-19 Defying Megachurch Arrested For Assault
APRIL 21, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Lock Him Up! Pastor Tony Spell of the COVID-19 defying Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana has been arrested for aggravated assault after threatening a…
Workers, officials say too little too late after Tyson closes Waterloo pork plant: ‘All they talked about was production’
By Ann Colwell, Dianne Gallagher, Pamela Kirkland and Konstantin Toropin, CNN Updated 9:05 PM ET, Wed April 22, 2020 The Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Waterloo, Iowa, has a workforce…
Trump Administration Using Relief Funds To Bail Out Churches, Pay Pastor Salaries
APRIL 8, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Unacceptable, Unconstitutional, UnAmerican: In a clear violation of the separation of church and state, the Trump administration will use taxpayer money to bail out…
Televangelist Claims He Has Magic Machines That Will ‘Shoot Down’ Coronavirus
MARCH 28, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Because Jesus is Magic: Televangelist Rodney Howard-Browne says he will continue holding church services because he has 13 magic machines that will “shoot down”…
Why I Am Disobeying the Bible
Why I Am Disobeying the Bible I was brought up to believe, as I was taught, that a true Christian always obeyed biblical commandments with certain rare exceptions. One such…
Louisiana Pastor Hosts Hundreds Because COVID-19 Is “Politically Motivated”
BY VAL WILDE MARCH 20, 2020 While the rest of us practice social distancing — even the Vatican has canceled live gatherings for the foreseeable future, despite Easter’s rapid approach…
Scamvangelist: If You Lost Your Job in the Pandemic, “Don’t You Stop Tithing”
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 19, 2020 Televangelist Kenneth Copeland, who said earlier this week that God told him the coronavirus would “be over much sooner than you think,” wants you…
Report: National Day Of Prayer Fails, Coronavirus Crisis Continues
MARCH 17, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Because Nothing Fails Like Prayer: Earlier this week President Donald Trump declared a National Day of Prayer in response to the coronavirus crisis, yet…
Coronavirus confirmed in all 50 states and D.C., after West Virginia confirms first case
Coronavirus confirmed in all 50 states and D.C., after West Virginia confirms first case Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, which has rapidly spread across United States in a matter…
Christian Prophet Cindy Jacobs Declares Coronavirus ‘Illegal’ Because Jesus
MARCH 6, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Good News: Christian Prophet Cindy Jacobs reports that the coronavirus “will cease worldwide” because the virus is now “illegal” in the name of Jesus.…
Conservative Christian Pastor: Coronavirus Is Punishment For ‘LGBT Sin’
MARCH 6, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE When in doubt, blame the gays: Conservative Christian Pastor Steven Andrew, pastor of the USA Christian Church, claims that the coronavirus is punishment for…
Greek Orthodox Church: Coronavirus Not Transmitted Via Holy Communion
MARCH 9, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Stupid For Jesus: In a disastrous public health move, the Greek Orthodox Church has issued an official statement declaring that the coronavirus is not…
Christians: You’re Already Living Under Anti-Christ’s Reign
MARCH 5, 2020 BY KEITH GILES So many Christians have bought into the “Left Behind” version of End Times prophecy that they don’t realize this doctrine is only as old…