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July 2021

July 16, 2021

Pastor apologises for his ‘ludicrous’ female swimsuit ultimatum

A WASHINGTON youth pastor who demanded that only one-piece bathing suits must be worn at...

July 08, 2021

Living high on the hog: C of E bishops’ lavish lifestyles exposed

IMAGES such as the one above leave me wondering whether bishops engage in contests to...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

‘Jesus is the cure for Covid’: Indian nurse denies conversion attempt

CHRISTIAN news outlet Premier is asking its readers to pray for Dr Sandhya Tiwari, inset...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

The religious threat to global human rights must be taken seriously

UN EFFORTS to challenge violations of human rights should consider both oppressive laws which theocrats...

May 11, 2021

‘Rev Ernest Angry’ is ‘in heaven with his Lord and Master’

TELEVANGELIST Ernest Angley, above, the butt of many jokes because of his grotesque wig and...

May 09, 2021

‘No gratuitous violence in the Bible,’ says Christian actor

'Uh-oh, Catholics gonna hate this,' said I to my husband Marcus as we watched Moira...

May 07, 2021

Meet the Christian ‘luvvie’ who wants to be Mayor of London

BRITISH actor and singer Laurence Fox, above, son of evangelical thespian James Fox, has lashed...

May 06, 2021

Priest suggests Capitol’s closure is part of Biden’s war on worship

TODAY saw America mark its annual National Day of Prayer, a silly tradition dating back...

May 06, 2021

Code of conduct for prophets launched in reaction to Trump’s defeat

A ‘PROPHETIC Standards Statement’ set up by a bunch of conservative Christian leaders in the...

May 05, 2021

Crazy in Kansas: Savage lawmaker delivers a mental health sermon

AFTER his release from jail at the weekend, Kansas Representative and substitute teacher Mark Samsel,...

May 03, 2021

N Carolina Church in ‘shock’ over pastor’s child porn arrest

A SOUTHERN Baptist preacher who authored a book about invigorating people's love for their local...

May 01, 2021

Jailed: woman who stole over $1-m from a Texas mega-church

THE vision of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, is simple:  'We exist to Reach...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Church tells lesbian to dump her girlfriend or be excommunicated

THE Woodstock Church of Christ in Georgia is playing hard to get, refusing to speak...

April 17, 2021

Jerry Falwell Jr hit with a $10-m lawsuit by Liberty University

THE former President of the Virginia-based Christian university is accused in a the lawsuit of...

April 11, 2021

Jailed: ‘Bishop’ who argued her ministry was above the law

SELF-styled American bishop 'Dr' Tracie Dickey, above, has received a 12-year jail sentence for imposing...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

‘Guns and God’ Baptist accused of killing eight at three Atlanta spas

DETAILS are still emerging regarding the killing of eight people – many of them women...

March 11, 2021

Couple charged with abusing kids at a house of horror Christian school

THE owners of a Christian reform school in southwest Missouri have been charged with over...

March 07, 2021

Portly pastor in a pickle over women going to pot after tying the knot

A MESSAGE from the pulpit to Christian women: stand by your man through thick and...

March 04, 2021

Fewer gays are cowering in closets; worried Christians want answers

AT the end of February, I was about to report on the findings of a...

March 02, 2021

Mr & Mrs Potato Head are here to stay. And they’re Christians!

YESTERDAY I  received an email from a a Freethinker reader, berating me for not covering...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

Devil of a row erupts over Cyprus’ Eurovision entry El Diablo

OH, here we go again ... more scandalised Christians, this time in Cyprus where an...

February 24, 2021

Revenge: UK man trashes church over same-sex marriage vote

A MEMBER of Mills Hill Baptist Church in Manchester was so incensed that fellow worshippers...

February 13, 2021

Major fail for Copeland as fellow huckster Frederick K C Price snuffs it

AT the end of this week, televangelist Kenneth Copeland declared that God + prayer would...

February 13, 2021

Victoria ‘declares war on Christians’ by banning conversion therapy

WEARING my Pink Triangle Trust hat, I reported last week that Victoria had voted to...

February 09, 2021

‘Team Trump’ anti-abortion fanatic harboured baby-rape fantasies

IN 2013 Ruben A Verastigui, above, addressing a March for Life rally, banged on about...

February 05, 2021

Christian psychopath Greene booted from key committee posts

IN unprecedented move on Thursday night, the US House of Representatives voted to remove Capitol...

February 02, 2021

In America people trust nurses, doctors and cops more than priests

THIRTY-three years ago a study revealed that 67 percent of Americans trusted clergy members for...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

Hungary slaps warning on fairytale book for kids

WHEN Nagy Boldizsár, above, helped create Wonderland Is For Everyone, he did so believing that...

January 15, 2021

Pastor jailed for selling elderly parishioners worthless Chinese bonds

WOULD you buy Chinese bonds, or anything else for that matter, from this dodgy-looking geezer?...

January 11, 2021

LifeSiteNews: Blaming Trump for the insurrection is ‘ludicrous’

MY first port of call each day is LifeSiteNews which, of all the far-right Christian...

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