When I was shown this video it came with only one comment. That comment was “Yikes”. I was prepared for a horror story. Actually, I was prepared to deal with USA contestants who had been coached that a pro-evolution stance was a dangerous one if they wanted to win. Some of these answers, I find, […]
Buy the decapitated head of Saint Vitalis of Assisi
Saint Vitalis of Assisi is an interesting patron saint. As a young man Vitalis was a sinner; he was especially fond of sex. However, he found an alternative path by going on pilgrimages across Europe, becoming a Benedictine monk and living as a hermit without money. Saint Vitalis of Assisi is the patron saint of […]
Atheists enjoy sex more than the devout
A study of more than 14,500 people carried out by doctors from the Kansas University has discovered that atheists have better sex lives than the religiously devout. The researched showed that the religious where more likely to feel guilty after sex and atheists more likely to explore sexual fantasies. Both groups had sex as often […]
The First Day of Judgement – May 21, 2011
The Apocalypse starts on Saturday says an American Christian sect. Harold Camping, who runs Family Radio, believes that there is a hidden calendar in the bible and that it marks 21st of May has the beginning of the end of the world. Camping teaches that the Bible is in its entirety is the Word of […]
Hell hot cross buns: “For a limited time. A bit like Jesus”
Hell Pizza in New Zealand have (another) advertising campaign that’s upsetting the Church. What have they done? They’re selling hot cruss buns for Easter. The buns are decorated with an inverted pentagram – a symbol commonly associated with Satanism. There’s more. The tagline for the advert – which appears in billboards all over Auckland, the […]
Islandmagee witches: 300th anniversary of the last witch trial in Ireland
Exactly 300 years ago to the day (March 31st, 2011) Ireland finished its last ever witch trial. No one was burned at the stake, no one was drowned but eight Presbyterian women were sentenced to a year in jail alongside time in public stocks. On market day these “witches” had to suffer the crowds pelting […]
The Allah Egg
The letters alif, lam, lam and haa, connected in the Naskh script and which read “Allah” have been found on a humble egg. The find has made the local news in Nottingham. Asim Taj and his family held a celebration in their home to mark the birthday of the prophet in February. They believe this […]
TSA fires employee for being a scary Wiccan
America’s Transportation Security Administration (aka the TSA) had an interesting HR issue on their hands when one employee complained because she feared another employee might cast a spell on her. Carole Smith, the Wiccan, had worked for the TSA for 7 months, was still a probationary employee but was in the top 10% of for […]
Glastonbury’s Holy Thorn tree back from the dead
Three months after the Holy Thorn tree at Glastonbury was written off as dead and destroyed, a result of a vicious vandal attack, new buds have started to appear. Local legend says that Joseph of Arimathea travelled to Wearyall Hill after the Crucifixion, tired after this journey, he stuck his staff in the ground and […]
Is religion is dying?
Researchers in America working for the Northwestern Universityand the University of Arizona have concluded that people the West are finding religion to be less useful. They suggest that religion itself may die out in nine nations. To get to these results, the research team used mathematical techniques, nonlinear dynamics, to mine data from census results […]
