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November 2017

November 04, 2017

Creationism and other idiotic beliefs trashed by Julie Payette

Oh, how I wish we had more politicians like Julie Payette, Canada's Governor General, who...

November 04, 2017

Kenyan censor appalled by photograph of 'crazy gay lions'

When Ezekiel Mutua, the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board, saw a photo of...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

Superstition is not the answer to India's mounting problems

India’s Junior Education Minister Satyapal Singh, above, recently stated that engineering students should be taught...

October 13, 2017

Sweet Jesus! Confectionery store declares it's not haunted

Nigel Parrott, above, has put a sign in his Great Yarmouth sweet shop telling ghost...

October 07, 2017

Uganda's new Freethinker Library will help free kids minds

IT'S a lamentable fact that millions of children in Africa are exposed from an early...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

African 'doctor', trained by angels, brutally killed in US

Pastor Raphael Happy-Ikenwilo, 53 – pictured above with his wife Jennifer – died in Maryland,...

August 2017

August 08, 2017

Irish road problem: finger of blame pointed at … fairies!

Until today I had never heard of fairy forts. Then along came a report from...

July 2017

July 03, 2017

Poles apart: religion and the real world

When I was growing up in a religious Polish family I found myself really close...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

Goat sacrificed to ensure the safety of a Pakistan plane

PIA, Pakistan’s national airline, has been roundly mocked after officials sacrificed a black goat to...

October 2016

October 23, 2016

Forget garlic, it's cow pee you need to keep Dracula at bay

A government agency in India established to protect cows has claimed that that the sprinkling...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

Priest who pitted himself against Satan's hordes is dead

Veteran Catholic exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth has died at the age of 91. The National...

September 16, 2016

Man jailed for the murder of Rochdale's 'black magic' imam

Mohammed Syeedy, 21, above, was today jailed for a minimum of 24 years for his...

September 06, 2016

St Teresa is being asked by this man to cure Stephen Hawking

Newly-sainted Mother Teresa has been called upon by a Catholic professor – Benjamin Wiker, PhD...

September 04, 2016

Quebec old folks' home gets a divine message … from a spud

Catholics are a superstitious bunch, constantly on the look-out for miracles and wondrous signs. So...

August 2016

August 21, 2016

Got Jinn? Derby-based exorcist claims he has the right tonic

If you are a jinn, be afraid – be very afraid – of Muslim exorcist...

August 20, 2016

Religious freedom victory for cruel rooster-killing priestess

Despite being convicted on three counts of animal cruelty, 'high priestess' Mercy Carrion, above, will...

July 2016

July 17, 2016

Kentucky man photographs 'soul' of fatally injured biker

Saul Vazquez, a truck driver from Powell County, Kentucky, is convinced he captured the moment...

May 2016

May 04, 2016

Indonesian boobies thought that a sex doll was an angel

Indonesians living in the remote village of Kalupapi believed that an inflatable doll was an...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

'Devil boy' allegedly starved and beaten by RCMP officer

A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted police, currently suspended without pay, told a court...

April 20, 2016

Tennessee votes to scrap law that protects faith healers

When Jacqueline Crank, above, was convicted in 2012 for child neglect after choosing faith healing...

April 20, 2016

Mass hysteria breaks out at 'haunted' Malaysian schools

The picture above shows female students praying at the SMK Kemumin school in the city...

April 17, 2016

UK scientist helps Christian cult to promote creationism

The Jehovah's Witness bagged themselves a Big One when they got Professor Raj Kalaria, above,...

April 06, 2016

Superstitions Ancient and Modern

I was surprised to read in a recent issue of the Freethinker that its founder...

March 2016

March 19, 2016

Church fined for noisy 3 am services to drive out demons

This YouTube video claims that 'Bishop' Climate Irungu (aka 'Dr' Climate Wiseman) 'sees the invisible,...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

Buy a book like this and you risk knocking at Hell's door

The first commercially successful adult colouring books were published in 2012 and 2013. And, according...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Unlike his predecessor, aged 200, this monk is truly dead

Last year snorts of derision echoed across the globe when high level Buddhists claimed that...

January 05, 2016

Why do Muslims shun dogs?

Imagine this scenario: You’re invited to a Thanksgiving weekend by your family. Upon your arrival...