Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
When it comes to the concept of weird religious news, then perhaps nothing really tops the ongoing support that the religious right continue to grant to the incompetent buffoon and self-confessed sexual predator who currently sits in the Oval Office. This is supposedly because St Trump is, in their eyes, God’s anointed and specially chosen. … Read more
When faced with many of the items of weird religious news, the most immediate and obvious is to go for the idea that this is stupidity incarnate. When it comes to Trump himself most of those who engage directly with him more or less confirm that he is indeed quite stupid, but that’s not the … Read more
If you had the goal of simply making up some absurd claims for a collection of weekly weird religious news stories, then you would truly struggle. The actual reality of the behaviour and claims being uttered by the religious right-wing on a daily basis would offer some very stiff competition. Don’t take my word on … Read more
As I gaze across the religious right-wing landscape, I can’t help be wonder if there is sufficient material out there to make an entire career for multiple psychologists attempting to grapple with the outlandishly eccentric and quite delusional individuals that devote their lives to the promotion of the absurd and the bizarre. The majority of humans … Read more
In the whacky world of weird religious news I think I’m loosing track of which chapter of 1984 we are currently on, does anybody know? When it comes to doublethink then clearly the religious right have that well and truly nailed. Unfortunately they appear to be treating Orwell’s book as an instruction manual and not … Read more
It’s fiction of course, but this week DC comics confirmed that Batman is not religious. You can find it here – (Batman #53). In one sense it says a lot about the general cultural shift away from religion. The rise of the nones is quite real, and so that is now also being reflected by … Read more