Idiot of the Week: pastor John Hagee advised atheists “leave the country”

To demonstrate just how intolerant and obnoxious some people can be, texas megachurch pastor John Hagee advised atheists and humanists to “take your Walkman and stuff it into your ears” or just “leave the country” if they don’t like hearing “Merry Christmas” or carols like “Joy to the World,”. Really? Yes really … OK, a … Read more

Daft Claim Rebuttal: “The Atheist agenda”

Jennifer LeClaire is a news editor at Charisma, a “Christian” magazine with a “Christian Agenda” … can I say that, or have they already trademarked the word “agenda” when used in scare quotes? Anyway, she has written an article about the “Athiest Agenda” that perhaps warrants a few comments. It is positively drenched in hostility and … Read more

Islamists behead wrong person, apologize for ‘misunderstanding’

In an appearance that was filmed and posted online [No, I’ll not post the video here], a gang of religious thugs paraded a severed head before a crowd in Aleppo. They triumphantly described the execution of what they said was a member of an Iraqi Shia militia fighting for President Bashar al-Assad. The Telegraph explains what actually … Read more

Pentecostal Snake handlers church raided by Wildlife Resources Agency

There is a Christian Sect that takes Mark 16:17-18 literally, and for those that do not know, it reads … 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not … Read more