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June 2021

June 20, 2021

Pastafarians’ ‘Old & New Testicle’ biblical references make it a ‘hoax’

LET'S face it: Pastafarianism is as credible as any other religion, so it's a crying...

March 2021

March 13, 2021

A tranquil Trump? Don’t tell Buddhists, it’ll drive them insane.

BUDDHISTS are very protective of their brand, and get pretty pissed off by the use...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Mohammed images: CafePress hit with a ‘cease and desist’ order

FOR years the creator of the brilliant Jesus and Mo site has been merchandising wares...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

Catholic League furious over Catholic/Jewish sketch in ‘Family Guy’

MEMBERS of the Walt Disney board have been ordered to 'call off the dogs' by...

November 09, 2020

Borat’s Allah ring and mankini spark Muslim anger in Paris

WHENEVER Jewish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen releases a new comedy video or film outrage frequently...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Mel Gibson’s sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’ unleashes hilarity

AT a time when there's so little to laugh at in this crazy, COVID-19 afflicted,...

May 2020

May 11, 2020

Diary of a quarantined Freethinker editor

MONDAY: Woke with a throbbing pain in a big toe. Gout. ‘Uhhhh. This is not...

August 2019

August 10, 2019

Satire or ‘fake news’? Fact-checker Snopes can’t tell the difference.

A SPECIALITY underwear shop targeting Mormons has opened in Salt Lake City's Temple Square. If...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

Man, sacked for Facebook anti-religious post, is reinstated

BRIAN Leach, above, the UK man sacked by supermarket chain Asda for sharing a video...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Humourphobic store sacks man for sharing Billy Connolly post

UPDATE (JUNE 31): SCOTTISH comedian Billy Connolly has made many jokes about religious during a...

April 2019

April 07, 2019

Come Rapture day, who will be left to care for Christians’ pets?

BACK in 2009 US atheist Bart Centre launched a website called Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, a...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

‘Extreme caution’ advised regarding Kevin Hart latest movie

I'm betting that many Christians were elated when it was revealed that US comedian Kevin...

September 2018

September 01, 2018

Australia: comedy duo skewers Prime Minister’s Christianity

Ever since Scott Morrison, inset, seized power last month, the godless masses in Australia –...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Ireland: drive-thru confessional pokes fun at Catholic Church

An enormous drive-thru confessional has been erected in Dublin to coincide with the Pope's visit...

May 2018

May 05, 2018

California media group blasted over 'blasphemous' cartoon

TBC Media, publishers of the The California, has been described as 'an atheist enterprise' by...

March 2018

March 21, 2018

'Nazi pug' case: Scottish court finds man guilty of hate crime

Mark Meechan, 30, pictured above with a pug called Buddha, will be sentenced next month...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

The elephant in the room is a god, ad watchdog decides

In September we reported that Hindus were rebuffed by Australia's Advertising Standards Board, which found...

November 15, 2017

Christians kick off over UK baker's hilarious crib scene

Faith-heads in Britain have found something fresh to be offended by: a sausage roll featured...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Meat ad moaners told to get lost by advertising watchdog

Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has dismissed complaints filed by Hindu groups against a controversial...

September 12, 2017

Jesus turns wine into water – Catholics in India are appalled

An amusing ad for Australian meat was attacked today by the the Catholic Secular Forum...

August 2017

August 03, 2017

German courts refuse to take pasta-based religion seriously

A legal battle over whether or not the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is...

August 02, 2017

Seven Catholic priests walk into a pub in Cardiff and ….

They get told to remove themselves because a member of staff thinks they are on...

June 2017

June 25, 2017

Pastafarian gives Melbourne's 'hellfire' bikes a make-over

Bicycles used by an evangelical group to put fear of eternal damnation into the good...

May 2017

May 20, 2017

Dagbladet's anti-circumcision cartoon attacked by rabbi

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, has called on Norwegian authorities...

April 2017

April 01, 2017

Put on the naughty step for trucker Trump caption contest

This being April Fool's day, I decided to invited caption entries in the Freethinker bulletin...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

Pakistan wants help to silence 'blasphemers' worldwide

Satirists have jumped at the opportunity to point and laugh at Pakistan's plan to to...

March 10, 2017

Church finds nothing funny about priest's bunny stunt

Parish priest Juan Carlos Martínez, 40, from the Galician town of Cuntis, incurred the displeasure...

February 2017

February 04, 2017

Polari service staged by trainee priests was 'hugely regrettable'

The Rev Canon Chris Chivers, above, looks like a fella who enjoys a hearty laugh....

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Donald Trump indicted by the Order of Perpetual Indulgence

On the eve of Trump's inauguration, the Order of Perpetual Indulgence Convent of Dunn Eideann...

January 18, 2017

UK comedy show is an 'act of terrorism' against Muslims

A petition calling for the banning of a BBC2 comedy sketch – The Real Housewives...