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January 2018

January 07, 2018

Scottish farming is in a perilous state. Will Jesus Christ save it?

The Church of Scotland certainly believes so, for it has appointed its first 'Farming Minister',...

December 2017

December 25, 2017

Cat reveals 'real reason for the season' by scratching its owner

Yesterday Lori Grice, a photographer in Georgia, US, posted the picture above on her Facebook...

November 2017

November 10, 2017

Police compel Indian 'miracle worker' to bury his dead son

When his 17-year-old son died late last month from cancer, 'Bishop' Octavio Nevis, above, held...

September 2017

September 03, 2017

Anti-gay marriage propaganda ignored by young Australians

The debate in Australia over same-sex marriage took a turn this week that's left Catholic...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

Guru's rape case: religious sects must be better controlled

In the wake of deadly riots this week in India by followers of celebrity godman...

August 16, 2017

Exposed: Belfast brain surgeon who offers quack gay cures

Josh Parry, above, a reporter for the Liverpool Echo. went undercover to investigate a church...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

Latest Ark Encounter twist screws the folk of Kentucky

In a sneaky move that could rob Kentucky's Williamstown and Grant County of much-needed revenue, ...

July 13, 2017

Pastor who 'killed Satan' threatens to go on strike

Deranged South African pastor, 'Prophet' Paseka Motsoeneng, above, is unhappy over attempts by the authorities...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

'Hello central! Give me heaven'

That cheesy old song immediately sprang to mind when I read today that Zimbabwean pastor...

May 16, 2017

Trump's pick for Vatican ambassador is a Catholic loon

The White House is planning announce that a religious zealot – Callista Gingrich, wife of...

May 05, 2017

Scientologists charged with kidnapping in Tennessee

Marc Vallieres, inset above, the operator of several Church of Scientology 'facilities' in Tennessee, has...

May 02, 2017

San Diego gay cure pastor rebuffed by US Supreme Court

Donald W Welch, a quack Christian therapist and an ordained minister at Skyline Church in...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

'Gay cure' charlatan Joseph Nicolosi is dead aged 70

When news broke earlier this month that Nicolosi, above – known as 'the father of...

March 12, 2017

Naturopath accused of causing woman's death shot dead

Omer Ahmetovic, centre, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was arrested this week for allegedly shooting dead...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Ark Encounter is proving to be Kentucky's white mammoth

Officials in Grant County, Kentucky were so convinced that creationist Ken Ham's $92-million Ark Encounter...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

What a surprise: study found that prayer won't cure AIDS

The Chicago Tribune today carries a shocking report detailing the amount of taxpayers' money used...

December 07, 2016

Pastor seizes & shakes trouser snakes to make them bigger

Want a whopping great chopper? Or a larger butt? Well, the man who can provide...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Trump supporters are 'afraid for their lives' says televangelist

Just the other day, the Almighty took some time off from running the universe to...

September 02, 2016

Vatican staging a 'black magic' ceremony for Mother Teresa

A petition launched in India, demanding that the country should not send a top-level delegation...

September 01, 2016

Dodgy ministry sold 'miracle' Aldi olive oil at a huge profit

Bog standard supermarket olive oil was sold as a 'miracle' cure by a UK charity...

August 2016

August 21, 2016

Got Jinn? Derby-based exorcist claims he has the right tonic

If you are a jinn, be afraid – be very afraid – of Muslim exorcist...

August 13, 2016

Pastor's 'miracle' stunt kills young South African woman

Pastor Lethebo Rabalago has reportedly blamed a young woman for lack of faith after she...

August 07, 2016

Jesus Christ: 'I turned wine into water – alcohol is bad for you'

A former bus driver and bed-and-breakfast owner – who changed his name from John Edward...

August 02, 2016

Hindu fundamentalists spark fresh row over Mother Teresa

An allegation that Mother Teresa's activities in India were primarily motivated by her desire to...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Democracy in America

The US has a long inglorious history of hucksterism and fraud. You’d think it was...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

'Renowned' Essex psychic exposed as a benefits cheat

If Amanda Barrymore's clairvoyance was a good as she claims, she should have known that...

May 24, 2016

Charlatan appointed Trump's Christian policy advisor

Frank Amedia, of Touch Heaven Ministries in Ohio, above, is a self-proclaimed faith-healing prophet who...

May 11, 2016

It was a decision that almost cost the young man his life

In the first of a chilling two-part expose, the Des Moines Register reports on how...

May 03, 2016

Real Water®, a Scientologist and very Catholic lawsuit

Scientologist Brent A Jones, above centre, who serves as a Republican member of the Nevada...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Scientology head threatens lawsuit over his father's book

Lawyers acting for the Church of Scientology's head honcho David Miscavige’s have threatened to file...