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Muriel from the Babycenter: Toy dinosaurs are Satan’s trick

August 11, 2011 by Andrew 2 Comments

This screen grab of a question on the site Baby Center has been doing the rounds on the web. People are scratching their heads. Right wing Christians are scratching their heads in sympathy for the mother’s apparent angst. Everyone else are just scratching their heads. What do you think? Twitch asks whether she’s the greatest troll of […]

Is a Jesus cult terrorising Kim Valentine?

July 31, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

The video below is a brief introduction to Alan John Miller and his Divine Truth. Yes; the website has a bold retro design. AJ has stepped forward to announce that he is Jesus, the son of god, Yeshua ben Yosef. His partner, Mary, is Mary Magdalene. AJ says that the Divine Truths he taught during […]

The First Day of Judgement – May 21, 2011

May 17, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

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 […]

The meaning of the Easter Bunny

April 5, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The original celebration was not a Christian one. In Anglo-Saxon history, the festival was originally for the goddess Ēostre, also sometimes written as Ēastre. Ēostre also gives her name to Eosturmonath, one of the months in the Anglo-Saxon calendar, and is believed to have been either a goddess of light or fertility. Experts who have […]

Glastonbury’s Holy Thorn tree back from the dead

March 26, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

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 […]

Spotted: The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Germany

March 20, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Creationism was added to school syllabuses as a rival to Evolution. Creationism states that life on Earth might have been started by an outside influence. Most Creationists automatically translate “outside influence” as the Christian God. In fact, it was that movement who successfully pushed Creationism into American education systems and who developed the argument. However, […]

American Christian group calls for the extermination of Grizzly bears

November 11, 2010 by Andrew 1 Comment

Bryan Fischer, Director of Issues Analysis at the Christian group called the American Family Association has launched an attack against the bears of Yellowstone Park. He describes the bears as a curse and references the Scriptures as justification for the extermination of the animals. “God makes it clear in Scripture that deaths of people and […]

Christian extremist claims homosexuality leads to bestiality

November 8, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In a YouTube broadcast, an American Christian makes his case to allow the use of the word “fag” or “faggot”. Describing himself as the “first black Tea Partier” (and clearly also a Birther) he goes on to suggest the AIDS was created by gay sex and a new form of AIDS will be created when […]

Spain’s gays and lesbians to stage ‘kiss-in’ during pope’s visit

November 6, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Organisers use Facebook to form ‘queer kissing flashmob’ in front of Barcelona’s cathedral on Sunday

Christian TV network suggests Yoga can lead to Demonic Possession

October 10, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Should Christian’s do yoga? This is a question raised by the Christian Broadcast Network who suggest many Christians grapple with this idea. They point out that yoga isn’t just exercise as it has a spiritual component. Although much of the yoga in United States has been stripped of its Hindu origins there are American Christians […]

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