Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
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
I’ll skip my usual preamble for this week’s selection of weird religious news. The degree of the disconnect between reality and the stuff below is so great it leaves me almost speechless. What popped up in the last seven days? Apparently school shootings are caused by abortions. I’m not exactly convinced that this guy has … Read more
Throwing a spotlight upon absurd items of weird religious news on a weekly basis is not about criticising people for being religious, but rather is about criticising absurd ideas that use religion as a cover to get a free social pass. If people are overt outright bigots, then generally that stance will be socially ridiculed, … Read more