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January 2019

January 18, 2019

Outrage over two Satans: one is too terrifying and the other too jolly

A MOVE to eject a statue of Satan from its position outside museum in Lahore...

January 17, 2019

How many Bibles does a US Governor need to be sworn in?

TALK about over-egging the pudding. Or gilding the lily. Or laying it on thick. Or...

January 16, 2019

‘Fuck the Pope’ licence plates ignites outrage in Scotland

THE letters 'FTP' on car licence plates should be banned because they could be interpreted...

January 07, 2019

Bath mats that ‘insult and defame Muslims’ scrapped by Amazon

AFTER more than 72,000 people signed a petition calling on Amazon to stop selling 'hateful'...

January 07, 2019

Test-tube babies were created in India centuries ago, scientists told

ONCE upon a time India had a blind king named Dhritarashtra, whose wife Ghandari gave...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

‘Rainbow rosary’ from the ‘pit of hell’ has Catholics spitting tacks

For pity's sake! It's just a bunch of coloured beads with a cross attached, and...

December 14, 2018

Terror will bring people closer to God, says Banana Man Ray Comfort

Ray Comfort, who became an international laughing stock a few years back for asserting that...

December 08, 2018

The reason for the season in this cop shop was to offend black people

'Racist' decorations hung from a Christmas tree in Minneapolis has led to the demotion of...

December 07, 2018

Iowa bigot learns the hard way that burning library books is not OK

The law of unintended consequences happily continues to dog Paul Dorr, above, the Northwest Iowa...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Oregon man fired for refusing to attend Bible study sessions

After Ryan Coleman, 34, was hired as a painter by a construction company in Albany,...

November 25, 2018

Céline Dion’s gender-neutral kids’ clothes are ‘demonic’, says exorcist

The famous Canadian vocalist is being accused  of  'going over to the dark side' by...

November 22, 2018

Sabbath uproar: El Al hit with 180 demands for compensation

Insisting they should not be flying on the Sabbath, a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews bound...

November 21, 2018

Missionary killed in a bid to bring Jesus to a protected Indian tribe

When American missionary John Allen Chau, above, broke a law preventing all contact with protected...

November 20, 2018

Jews accused of ‘infiltrating’ Muslim communities with … chicken soup

Mitzvah Day in the UK is an annual interfaith community programme – one which gained...

November 14, 2018

Brexit is God’s plan to crush secularism and boost ‘biblical standards’

In the midst of the ongoing chaos surrounding Brexit, a Christian blowhard called David Hathaway...

November 12, 2018

Donald Trump was sent by God to prepare the world for the End Times

Televangelist Jim Bakker has been hearing voices – again! This time the ninnyhammer claims that...

November 10, 2018

Hindu devotees rock up to get stoned for the goddess Kali

This is how the India's annual Pathron Ka Mela festival works: each year Hindu villagers...

November 01, 2018

Hey big spender, no anti-Semitism implied with this election flyer

An election flyer attacking the 'reckless' spending policies of Democrat Matt Lesser, a Jewish candidate...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Is this the dumbest Halloween idea ever floated?

Halloween unleashes some very scary apparitions  – personified, in the main, by hellfire-and-brimstone Christian fundamentalists bellowing...

October 29, 2018

Tuam mass grave scandal: nuns should not fund exhumation costs

Just when you thought that Catholic League President Bill Donohue could sink no lower, along...

October 27, 2018

Ex-Catholic Irish singer turns to Islam and changes her name

Sinéad O’Connor, who has been treated for mental health problems in the past, has converted...

October 22, 2018

SA pastor who says dog meat is the flesh of Jesus sparks outrage

A South African culture and religion watchdog has accused pastor Penuel Mnguni of 'making a...

October 18, 2018

As crime rates soar, UK cop responds with ‘stop and pray’ baloney

Amidst reports today that knife crime has hit a record new high in England and...

October 05, 2018

‘Duck Dynasty’ star teams up with hate group to foist Bibles on schools

 Dotty 'Christian values' actor Sadie Robertson teamed up with American anti-gay hate group Focus...

October 04, 2018

Musical instrument leads court to trash woman’s wedding plans

More madness from the Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia. An unnamed woman working as a...

October 01, 2018

Second evangelical book about Donald Trump is due out soon

Just the thing to put in the Christmas stockings of American imbeciles who idolise Donald...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Muslims force destruction of stunning ocean sculptures

Moronic Muslim leaders in the Maldives put so much pressure on the authorities that police...

September 25, 2018

Romanian paper’s ‘gaystapo’ front page causes outrage

Next month Romania is to hold a 'family values' referendum – and right-wing religious groups...

September 24, 2018

Banner-burning priest booted from his Chicago church

Following our report that a rainbow banner had been burned by Catholic parishioners acting on...

September 24, 2018

UK TV programme debates gender of a hypothetical deity

Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe described as 'nonsense' a suggestion that the Church of England...

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