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July 2016

July 07, 2016

Secularists are today targeting Ken Ham's Ark Encounter

Today, July 7, sees the official opening of creationist Ken Ham's wacky Ark Encounter in...

July 05, 2016

When evangelical Internet troll Bob Hutton comes calling

THIS being a quiet Saturday evening, I thought I'd address the problem of the Internet...

July 05, 2016

Tory Minister Stephen Crabb denies being homophobic

Tory leadership contender, evangelical Christian Stephen Crabb, has attacked 'political opponents' for spreading the 'complete...

July 02, 2016

UN votes to protect LGBT rights despite mainly Muslim protests

Faisal Trad, above, the permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva,...

July 02, 2016

Church tries to 'out' underage victims of Bible school abuser

Angered by a sexual abuse lawsuit brought against it by the victims of a former...

July 01, 2016

Is this the end of the line for atheist minister Gretta Vosper?

In coming weeks, the United Church of Canada is to review the position Gretta Vosper,...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Swedish Minister asks whether it's time to ban faith schools

Amid reports that some schools are segregating boys and girls, Sweden's Minister for Upper Secondary...

June 28, 2016

Pastor jailed for stealing over £4-million from UK schools

Nigerian pastor Sam Kayode, above, has begun a nine-year jail sentence for stealing millions from...

June 28, 2016

Texas abortion ruling a major blow to the religious right

A decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down Texas's anti-abortion law has angered...

June 26, 2016

Donald Trump is 'born again' and is now a 'baby Christian'

News of the Trump finding Jesus comes to us comes to from an impeccable source:...

June 26, 2016

Mom who whipped kids gets praised by Louisiana officials

Louisiana’s Attorney General and its State Treasurer have condemned the arrest of 30-year-old Schaquana Spears,...

June 24, 2016

South African Bible-thumper says blacks 'are not people'

André Slade, above, found himself at the centre of a firestorm in South Africa this...

June 24, 2016

Faced with a protest, pastor says 'back off, we've got guns'

Last week, Pastor Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, said he...

June 21, 2016

Crowds besiege hateful homophobe's Baptist church

When pastor Roger Jimenez, above, of the Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California, delivered a...

June 20, 2016

Orlando victims support sign infuriates Christian homophobe

A sign outside a Buckinghamshire coffee shop – the Bar Bar Black Sheep in Wolverton...

June 19, 2016

Texas voters reject deranged education board candidate

Mary Lou Bruner, above, a 69-year-old former schoolteacher, this week lost her bid to for...

June 19, 2016

Atrocities and the churches

On the Sunday morning after the brutal murder of a young, idealistic UK politician, I...

June 18, 2016

Orlando atrocity: rainbow flag branded offensive to Christians

The man pictured above is Stacy White, a commissioner in Hillsborough County, Florida. And he's...

June 10, 2016

Watch a safe driving champion preach … while driving a truck

Back in 2013 Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert, above, successfully sponsored a bill which made...

June 08, 2016

Education Minister vows to act over Christian propaganda

Australia's Minister for Education, Kate Jones, above, yesterday confirmed that the Department of Education would...

June 04, 2016

Drunken priest assaulted a police officer and a paramedic

Anglican priest Gareth Jones, above, has been suspended after he admitted assaulting a police officer...

June 01, 2016

Row erupts over Christian shop that won't sell Catholic goods

Muriel Swan, 61, above, was 'left reeling' when she was told that The Mustard Seed Christian...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Singapore authorities still gunning for atheist blogger

A further eight charges have been brought against Amos Yee, 17, who was convicted last...

May 28, 2016

What drives religious folk to venerate grisly old relics?

A small bit of bone, 'believed' to be a fragment of St Thomas Becket's elbow,...

May 27, 2016

Christianity's rapid decline makes the UK better for most

The Spectator, in an editorial this week, reports that, for the first time in recorded...

May 26, 2016

Desmond Tutu's daughter forced to leave priesthood

Mpho Tutu-van Furth, daughter of one of the world’s best-known Christian leaders, has given up...

May 25, 2016

Tennessee pastors arrested for seeking under-age sex

Pastors Jason Kennedy, 46, left, and Zubin Parakh, 32, were among 32 men and women...

May 25, 2016

The test of spirituality

You know how Karen Armstrong, above, likes to say that compassion is at the heart...

May 24, 2016

Swiss Guards get 'powerful' weapons: 'combat rosaries'

Catholics are just ... weird. I know this because I keep getting emails from the...

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...