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November 2018

November 02, 2018

My atheism: How I became a Christian and then stopped being one

My parents did not appear to be religious, even though I and my brother had...

October 2018

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 21, 2018

Pope’s ‘rainbow’ cross considered by many as a major PR disaster

The Pope and a bunch bishops have been blasted for wearing a 'rainbow' crosses at World...

October 19, 2018

Lights, camera, inaction! Christian bigots won’t film gay weddings

Filmmakers Carl and Angel Larsen would love to use their talents to shoot weddings, but...

October 17, 2018

Complaints about ‘irreverent’ organ donation ad may get it banned

Australia's national watchdog, Ad Standards, is reportedly considering banning a 'Monty Pythonesque' TV ad featuring...

July 2018

July 22, 2018

'Prophet' tricked family into digging up a dead relative

After swallowing the New Testament myth about Lazarus, and how he was brought back to...

July 19, 2018

New rule sends shock waves through consecrated virgins

Because an increasing number of Catholic women apparently want to hitch themselves to Jesus, the...

July 17, 2018

In Alabama, a vote for Sandra Little Brown is a vote for Jesus

If Jefferson County Commissioner Sandra Little Brown is re-elected today, her victory will have been...

May 2018

May 06, 2018

Papal bone fragment needs a home. Where would you put it?

Please don't say toss it in the trash because that has already happened – which...

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 29, 2018

Italian professor creates 'authentic' model of dead Jesus

Being Good Friday – not, I stress, April Fool's Day – this one's hoot: using...

March 23, 2018

Catholic bishop and several cohorts arrested for theft

Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro, above, has been arrested in Brazil. He and several Catholic other...

February 2018

February 14, 2018

Naked and bound, man is found in car with a pastor

But Pennsylvanian pastor George Nelson Gregory, 61, above, insists that what was going on the...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Google's smart audio device doesn't recognise Jesus or God

Christians are reportedly up in arms because Google Home, a device that's intended to answer...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Be merry, god damn it!

Well Baby Jesus’s Pretend Birthday is over for another year, so now that everyone is...

December 25, 2017

Cat reveals 'real reason for the season' by scratching its owner

Yesterday Lori Grice, a photographer in Georgia, US, posted the picture above on her Facebook...

December 25, 2017

In Jerusalem camels are being used to bless Donald Trump

Oh, and billboards and buses too are carrying a message concocted by a lunatic called...

December 04, 2017

We have lost the true meaning of Christmas

Which is, of course, the birth of Jesus Christ, or a pagan fire ceremony, or...

December 02, 2017

Kenya's 'true church' annoys mainstream Catholic leaders

Legio Maria members do many things that Catholics do, except they claim to do them...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Jesus DID have two dads, so why the anger over this scene?

According to biblical mythology, Joseph wasn’t merely some human caretaker, he was Jesus’ human father....

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...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Is the new Christ Coin a fresh way of fleecing the faithful?

I know bugger all about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, but I can't help feeling that...

September 2017

September 09, 2017

Malaysia cracks down on fighting Jesus video game

A company called Steam has incurred the wrath of the Malaysian authorities by promoting a...

July 2017

July 05, 2017

Faith-based stripper sign in Salem removed after outcry

Cynthia Shaver, above, found herself at the centre of media attention this week after a...

June 2017

June 08, 2017

Tacky 'Jesus is my life' tattoo proved deadly for Texas man

Just months after getting a religious tattoo, a 31-year-old man from Texas died after he...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

Atheist uses truck to highlight the sheer nastiness of the Bible

America probably has more vehicles than any other country in the world plastered with words...

May 02, 2017

Apologise? No way!

A FEW months back I was appointed by Round Town News, a weekly newspaper on...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

'Jesus' takes a tumble on a narrow Hastings sidewalk

It ain't easy being Jesus for crowds of gawkers who get a buzz out seeing...

April 02, 2017

'Warrior king' Jesus claim rubbished by historians

British historian Ralph Ellis, above, reckons that after more than 20 years of research he...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Associated Press castigated for 'fake news' about Jesus

Yesterday, Associated Press, in reporting on the historic $4-million renovation of the Edicule, described it...