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September 2019

September 14, 2019

In Russia, holy water was used to combat ‘drinking’ and ‘fornication’

IT'S still early days, so we have no idea yet whether an aerial assault on...

September 13, 2019

Devoted Christian fined for lopping penis off a Maori carving

NEW Zealander Milton Wainwright, 78, was hit with a $2,000 fine yesterday (Thursday) for taking...

September 10, 2019

Thatcher to give her views on Brexit … from beyond the grave

UPDATE (16/9/19) Unhappy Science: A complaint has been lodged with Patheos about this report. Taku...

September 08, 2019

Image of gay kiss goes viral after god-besotted mayor condemned it

RIGHT now, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, above – an evangelical Christian...

September 03, 2019

Exorcists advised a Catholic priest to remove school’s Potter books

REBECCA Hammel, above, a schools superintendent for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, has confirmed that...

September 02, 2019

Evolution, not inadequate gun controls, blamed for mass shootings

THERE was another mass shooting in the US on Saturday, one which left seven people...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

God showed pastor a vision of ‘innocent’ Trump as a ‘a bloody goat’

APPEARING on televangelist Jim Bakker's show earlier this month pastor and author Dr Francis Myles,...

August 23, 2019

Trump’s ‘Chosen One’ remark unleashes derision and consternation

IF YOU had been visiting Uranus, or were trapped in a cellar without radio or...

August 19, 2019

Student wrongly accused of ‘racism’ for criticising ritual slaughter

AN exam board has admitted it was wrong to punish a 16-year-old Eastbourne pupil for...

August 14, 2019

UKIP’s new leader – the sixth in three years – targets the Koran

THE United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which finished last in this month's Brecon and Radnorshire...

August 13, 2019

Israeli right-winger plans a Gay Pride event in an Arab town

NOAM Federman, above, an Orthodox Jewish man convicted last year of throwing rocks at Palestinians,...

August 12, 2019

‘Straight Pride’ organiser says ‘we are a totally peaceful racist group’

IN arguing his case for a 'Straight Pride' rally in Modesdo, California, Don Grundmann, the...

August 09, 2019

Deranged pastor needs $100-m to walk folk through the ‘End Times’

RICK Wiles, the lunatic behind TruNews TV – 'God’s answer to Satan’s fake news!' –...

August 03, 2019

Pope gave away ‘precious’ bits of St Peter. Discontent ensues.

IN June, Pope Francis, on a whim, handed nine bone fragments of Peter the Apostle...

July 2019

July 28, 2019

Spiderman hands are a ‘hate crime against the church’

A WOMAN is demanding that a 6ft sculpture, located near the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in...

July 27, 2019

Gay babies come from women having anal sex, says Cypriot bishop

WHAT is it with old, voluminously-bearded men with silly hats and their obsession with homosexuality?...

July 26, 2019

By law, S Dakota schools must now display ‘In God we trust’ signs

EARLIER this year, South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem, above, signed a daft law that compels...

July 24, 2019

‘Oh crumbs, it’s all true’: ex-Lib Dem leader speaks about his faith

TIM Farron, a devout Christian who resigned as leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat Party...

July 22, 2019

Mayoral decree unleashed the ‘Holy Spirit’ on an Illinois town

A WHILE back John Lewis, Mayor of Mount Vernon, Illinois, issued a proclamation calling on...

July 12, 2019

Christian loons on the warpath against ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’

MORE rampant bigotry from America's religious right ... Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), according to...

July 08, 2019

Bats could lead youngsters to Jesus, says former UK MP

MANY UK churches have a bats-in-the-belfry problem. Some of the most common issues associated with...

July 07, 2019

Heavens to Betsy! Pope moves to create another furshlugginer saint.

The Vatican's saint-creating machine has gone into overdrive. After examining saints in a feature on...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Let us spray: bishop will drench Colombian demons with holy water

THE Colombian seaport city of Buenaventura has a 'wickedness' problem, but Catholic Bishop Monsignor Rubén...

June 17, 2019

Christian zealotry is on the rise in the US – along with paranoia

KATHERINE Stewart, above, is an American author and social commentator who focuses much of her...

June 17, 2019

Football coach who arranged a mass team baptism ‘is not normal’

NOT normal as in unhinged? Definitely! But when a pastor described Devin Roberts, head football...

June 16, 2019

Angry anti-vaxxers reportedly ‘lose their minds’ in NY’s state Capitol

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, above, was screamed at, threatened and even called a 'motherfucker' for sponsoring...

June 14, 2019

Deranged Tennessee detective called for gays to be executed

GRAYSON Fritts, above, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office detective and a Baptist minister, has been...

June 04, 2019

US bishop left reeling by backlash against his hate-filled tweet

RHODE Island Bishop Thomas Tobin ignited an international firestorm when he tweeted a warning to...

June 02, 2019

Science will find a cure for gayness, says barmy old Brexit bat

STAUNCH Catholic Ann Widdecombe, above, newly-minted Brexit Party European Union member, thinks that science might...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Woman who married a ghost now warns of dallying with the dead

IN 2014, a Northern Irish woman who gained minor celebrity status as a Captain Jack...