In March 2008, Leilani Neumann’s daughter was sick. She and her family prayed and prayed for the girl to get better, but she didn’t.
They thought their God was testing their faith. They didn’t want to show their lack of faith by going to a doctor. So the child died of untreated diabetes.
When she was on [...]
Street preacher and cult leader Tony Alamo has been convicted of “taking five girls across state lines for sex.”
His five victims sat looking forward in the gallery. One, a woman he “married” at age 8, wiped away a tear.
The jury of nine men and three women found Alamo guilty of taking girls as young as [...]
Dear Pro-Lifer,
Your God is not pro-life.
You might find that statement surprising, but I know this from your own holy book. Despite what you may have been told, the Bible is not a pro-life document.
It is, in many parts, pro-death. In one of the first stories in the Bible, God murders millions of people through a [...]
North Korea has been executing Christians because they see religion as a threat:
Only the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung, and his son, Kim Jong-il, may be worshipped, in mass public displays of fervour.
Despite the persecutions, it is thought up to 30,000 North Koreans may practise Christianity secretly in their homes.
A report by a number [...]
If piranhas can develop morality without gods, can’t we?
This is the funniest retelling of the Abraham & Issac story I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to pick the most ridiculous story in the Bible, but this one is certainly up there.
From That Mitchell & Webb Look.
Jon Stewart recently had an interview with Sojourners, a “progressive” Christian organization. Here’s an excerpt about a part on religion:
Religion makes sense to me. I have trouble with dogma more than I have trouble with religion. I think the best thing religion does is give people a sense of place, purpose, and compassion. My quibble [...]
Oh the fundies and their biblical rolemodels. Gov Sanford is now looking to the great King David, adulterer, murderer, slaughterer of nations, and a “man after God’s own heart” as his new role model.
According to the Bible, King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and she conceived. David brought her husband back from war to sleep with his wife. But he wouldn’t, [...]
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