The Christian Slapfight Over the Toronto Blessing Reveals a Dealbreaker Problem
JANUARY 18, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Man alive, ain’t nothing more entertaining to me than watching Christians argue about doctrine. And their slapfights around the Toronto Blessing (TTB) might be…
More Evangelical Non-Profits Are Becoming “Churches” to Avoid Transparency
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 18, 2020 About two years ago, Focus on the Family — the massive non-profit group dedicated to promoting a very conservative Christian view of the world…
Mum thanks God for a donation, later learns it came from atheists
JANUARY 17, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE WHEN Harrison Mumia, above, President of the Atheists in Kenya Society, learned that a high-scoring student might have to stop attending school because his…
Delaware GOP Leader Fired After Blaming Jews for Trump’s Impeachment
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 18, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, Nelly Jordan (below), the Vice Chair of the Sussex County (Delaware) Republican Committee, wrote on Facebook that some Jews…
Trump as Antichrist
JANUARY 9, 2020 BY JAMES F. MCGRATH There have been a lot of discussion on blogs and elsewhere online about the possibility that U. S. president Donald Trump might be…
Those Who Shamed Us For Immorality Are Now Its Biggest Defenders: The Gaslighting Cycle of the Christian Trump Supporter
JANUARY 12, 2020 BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS The right-wing religious activist group One Million Moms is upset over a Burger King commercial in which a man, trying out the new…
Kanye West To Headline Anti-Gay Conservative Christian Prayer Rally
JANUARY 17, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: Former rap superstar Kanye West will join prominent anti-gay, conservative Christian hate preachers as a featured headliner at “Awaken 2020” a prayer rally…
Christian Activist Claims Meghan Markle ‘Poisoned’ Royal Bloodline By Being Half-Black
JANUARY 18, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Racism for Jesus: Popular Christian activist Dave Daubenmire claims Meghan Markle “poisoned” the royal bloodline by being half-black. Daubenmire, on his “Pass The Salt…
Trump’s New Campaign Adviser Jenna Ellis: HIV Is God’s Punishment For Homosexuality
JANUARY 14, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Another Dangerous Christian Extremist: Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s new campaign adviser, claims HIV and AIDS is punishment from God for homosexuality. Ellis, Trump’s new…
Atheist Cites Lucifer in Invocation During Scottsdale (AZ) City Council Meeting
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 17, 2020 As we’ve mentioned before, officials in Scottsdale, Arizona are in the process of throwing away roughly $130,000 of taxpayer money in order to block…
Oklahoma Lawmaker Files Bill Declaring 2020 “Year of the Bible”
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 15, 2020 Proving once again that no amount of lip service is ever enough for conservative Christians, Oklahoma State Sen. Nathan Dahm has filed Senate Concurrent…
Survey: Atheists Support Mandatory MMR Vaccines More Than Any Religious Group
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 7, 2020 Here’s the good news: According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, most Americans not named Jenny McCarthy agree with scientists and…
New Tennessee Law Allows Adoption Agencies To Reject Gay Parents
JANUARY 15, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Christian hate: A new law in Tennessee will allow adoption agencies to discriminate against gay parents looking to adopt children needing a home. Nashville…
10 Evangelicals Arrested After Killing 7 During Violent Exorcism Rituals In Panama
JANUARY 16, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE More of that Christian love: Authorities in Panama report 10 evangelicals have been arrested for the murder of six children and one adult, and…
Christian Lawmaker Wants To Jail Librarians Who Allow Drag Queen Story Hour For Kids
JANUARY 16, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Christian fascism: Missouri lawmaker Ben Baker has introduced legislation to fine and jail librarians who allow kids to attend drag queen story hour or…
Montgomery pastor admits to having AIDS, sleeping with church members
October 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM CDT – Updated July 11 at 9:47 AM MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – It’s an announcement that continues to rock a Montgomery church and the…
When Christians Themselves Don’t Know Why They Believe
JANUARY 13, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Why do Christians believe? Not because Christianity is true but pretty much for the same reason every other theist believes—because they were raised that…
Pastor’s mistress involved in bizarre love triangle with his son jailed for seven years for murder of his wife
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER UPDATED: 17:25 EST, 13 October 2011 This was also shown on Scorned: love kills The mistress of a pastor was today sentenced to seven years in…
Reducing Abortion Rates and Protecting Women’s Rights Are Goals That Can and Should Co-Exist
JANUARY 10, 2020 BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS A few days ago Planned Parenthood released a statement that abortions had gone up. At the same time, the president who has been…
From Epiphany to the Theophany at Jesus’ Baptism — God with Us
JANUARY 12, 2020 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER Many Christians celebrated the Epiphany or manifestation of the Lord last week and remember Jesus’ Baptism today, though originally, they were celebrated together.…