Let’s start this week’s posting of weird religious news with a bit of good news. The ongoing decline of the popularity of belief continues. A gallop poll conducted a couple of weeks ago asked the question “Who do you have confidence in?”
The top three winners that scored the top “A great deal” slot are not a surprise …
- The Military – 74%
- Small Business – 67%
- The Police – 54%
A big looser was “The Church or organised religion”. That only scored 38%, and that’s an all time low. It used to be up at 69%
If you are wondering why, then simply scan the news for the religiously inspired lunacy that pops up week after week. Below is what happened this week.
What happened during the past seven days?
Don the Con’s gullible disciples continue to bow down and worship their messiah …
- Franklin Graham is now selling “Pray For 45” t-shirts. We must have missed it when he sold “Pray For 44” shirts.
- Rodney Howard-Browne Saved America By Issuing A ‘Restraining Order’ To The Antichrist
- Are Anti-Trump Tarot Cards And Witchcraft A Sign Of The End Times?
SCOTUS continues to attract attention from the delusional …
- JAG’s Phillip Jauregui: Barrett Is God’s Anointed, Kavanaugh A ‘Usurper’ Out To Steal God’s SCOTUS Seat
- Kevin Swanson: This Is The Battle Of Gettysburg To Outlaw Abortion
- On “The 700 Club” today, Pat Robertson did not hide his disgust with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter:
- “He was always on the side of the left. He was a confirmed bachelor and I won’t go beyond that, but there was some latent problems with him.”
- Religious Right Leaders Praise Trump SCOTUS Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
- TFP: Replace Justice Kennedy’s Concept of Liberty With ‘Christian America’ And ‘Return To Order’
- Dave Daubenmire: ‘Of Course I’m Trying To Indoctrinate You In My Beliefs’
- Steve Strang declares that the fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation is really a spiritual battle:
- “We need to pray. I believe these aren’t just political battles; they’re spiritual battles too. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:12 that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers. So I encourage you to pray. I encourage you to stand in faith. And I encourage you, as you’re able, to contact your own senators and encourage them to vote for Judge Kavanaugh.”
- Mark Taylor: God Confirmed My SCOTUS Prophecy With A Train Horn
Apparently “Bugger peace and human rights, do what the bible says for Israel“, is a thing ..
Conspiracy thinking has been clearly taking steroids …
- Liz Crokin: Trump Has Confirmed That ‘Pizzgate Is Real’
- and also from her .. Liz Crokin: Trump Confirmed The Existence Of A Video Showing Hilary Clinton Torturing A Child
- A New Wave Of ‘QAnon’ Activists Emerge From The Cult Of MAGA
- Dave Daubenmire: Adrenaline-Filled Blood From Abortion And Child Sacrifice Is The Source Of Power For ‘The Christ-Hating Left’
- Fringe Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles Claims Two Trump Cabinet Officials Want To Be Interviewed By Him
Jim Bakker was once again churning out his weekly dose of end-times fear to con the gullible into buying his overpriced survival buckets …
Democrat’s are apparently on par with child molesters, and yes, it’s Liz once again. This appears to be her thing …
- Liz Crokin says that “a vote for a Democrat is a vote to support pedophilia & child sex trafficking.”
Blatant and very overt racism pops up …
This is the weirdest claim of the week …
- David Barton says that Independence Day was designed to be a national religious holiday, just like Christmas:
“On Christmas, we celebrated the principles Jesus Christ brought into the world through his birth. On the 4th of July, we celebrated bringing Christian principles into America and spreading that throughout the nation.”
… or perhaps this is …
… or even this might be …
… then again there was also this.
It really is a problem to decide what the weirdest actually is, because there is so much to choose from in just a seven day period.
As an aside, did any group do worse than 38% in the poll?
Well yes, one group only got an 11% thumbs up.
Can you guess which group that is?
(insert drum roll here)
It was Congress.