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February 29, 2004

Even Silas Marner has been banned

Miseducation

Public library and school libraries coping with attempt to ban controversial books

Yet another crying Virgin Mary

Superstitious Folly

Statue of Holy Virgin Mary Mother of God said to be crying, shedding tears

Equine evolution upsets Helena MT

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Book mentioning evolutionary theory and horses inspires call from its removal from public library

February 27, 2004

God & the city: Indian Hindu youth

Hodgepodge

21st century Hindu youth expect their god to be easy to deal with and friendly. Indian religious life

Feed an atheist today

Richard Evans Lee

Help an atheist keep his atheism website up and running

Jezis

Hodgepodge

Czech Republic citizens watch Jezis a movie about Jesus Christ instead of Mel Gibson's The Passion

A hot time with the Devil

Richard Evans Lee

Cover of Hot Stories magazine showing the Devil in Hell spanking a sinner

February 26, 2004

The Crackpot Index

UFOs & Bogus Science

Litmus test for bag, bogus and false science

Roy Moore, the Ralph Nader of the right?

Christian Fundamentalism

"Why Christians Should Not Vote for George W. Bush

State can refuse to fund ministry students

Miseducation

Supreme Court ruling denying money to a ministry student cites the constitutional principle of separation of church and state

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter

Blasphemy is fun

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter, directed by Lee Gordon Demarbre, was shown to a capacity crowd of scholars at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion

February 25, 2004

Constitution Restoration Act of 2004

Christian Fundamentalism

Conservative Republicans cater to Christian Fundamentalists with Constitution Restoration Act of 2004

See The Movie, Buy The Nail

Cheap Laughs

Movie memorabilia, collectibles from Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson

February 24, 2004

Mad Mad House voodoo hoodoo

Cheap Laughs

An advocacy group for African religions contends that the Sci Fi Channel series degrades voodoo religion

An atheist homelamd

Skeptics & Atheists

Atheists need their own country, nation

February 23, 2004

End government sponsored Catholic schools

Hodgepodge

Scottish MPs call for end to government funding of Roman Catholic schools

February 22, 2004

Jesus, Christians & American movies

Hodgepodge

Protests by Christians against movies featuring Jesus

Gibson Sr. is holocaust denier

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Mel Gibson's father is anti-semite, denies Jewish holocaust

eBay auction of temple garments stopped

Cheap Laughs

Mormons halt eBay auction of Latter Day Saint temple garments

February 21, 2004

Internet dating is ungodly

Hodgepodge

Christian singles, men and women are using the internet to find other Christians to date

Islam illegal, Koran blasphemous

Religious Intolerance

Christians claim that the Koran and Islam violate blasphemy laws and are illegal

February 19, 2004

Take those queers out and stone them

Homophobia

Christian Republican homophobes and hatred of gays, queers, hatred of gay marriage

Keep creationism in religious schools

Miseducation

Creation science doesn't belong in public schools where evolution should be taught

Edgar Mitchell: the aliens have landed

UFOs & Bogus Science

Former astronaut says aliens are on earth today

February 18, 2004

Odd emails (and they aren't even spam)

Christian Pop Culture , • Richard Evans Lee

Strange email messages are sent to my website by people who don't understand that it is an atheist site

Giggling Mormons

Wearisome Bedfellows

Utah passes tax on sex workers including nude dancers and escorts

Born again comic books

Cheap Laughs

Christian comics

The deterrent capability of pig fat

Wishful Thinking

Rabbi proposes hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers

February 17, 2004

Bible stories literal truth

Christian Fundamentalism

Most Americans believe Old Testament Bible stories really happened

Britney Spears’ spiritual renewal

Cheap Laughs , • Gossip

Pop singer, beauty Britney Spears turns to Christianity and God

Secular beliefs not for school

Miseducation

Anger at teaching children about atheism in school

Alien clones in Kentucky

UFOs & Bogus Science

Kentucky Man claims to have been fighting alien clones

Mel Gibson: extra ecclesiam nulla sallus

Cheap Laughs

Mel Gibson says all protestants including his wife will be damned to Hell

Kiln owner sacrifices boy

Superstitious Folly

Indian brick kiln owner sacrifices boy to save business

February 16, 2004

Objective origins defenders

Miseducation

Ignorant Christians continue to attack evolution in Darby Montana

Look mom, I got an "A" in atheism

Skeptics & Atheists

Atheism added to British school curriculum, atheist education in classrooms

February 15, 2004

How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World

Skeptics & Atheists

A skeptic looks at how new age nonsense and antiscientific credulity have rose during the 20th century

Godly America, Godless Europe?

Hodgepodge

American and European religiosity, religious faith compared

February 14, 2004

Bible translation battles

Hodgepodge

Bible translations: Revised Standard, King James, New King James, Today's New International Version

Allen Rex Harrod

Absurd Inurbane Witless

California prophet who claimed scriptural support for polygamous child abuse

February 12, 2004

The religion gap

Wearisome Bedfellows

Evangelical Christians support Bush and the Republican Party, secular people vote for the Democrats

Darwin Day

Skeptics & Atheists

Darwin Day honors Charles Darwin and takes a stand against creationism and creation bogus science

February 10, 2004

LaHaye is Christianity's biggest publishing success ever

Christian Fundamentalism

Right wing Christian Fundamentalist propangandist and political power that all decent atheists should fear

Monty Python gets religion

New Age (Old Silliness)

TV comic John Cleese of Monty Python finds religion

Elvis Presley spiritual center?

Cheap Laughs

Proposed shrine devoted to Elvis Presley's spiritual side

God's self-righteous army

Christian Fundamentalism

Self-righteous evangelical fundamentalist Christian Republicans

February 09, 2004

Janet Jackson's breast caused serious injury

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Tenneessee prude, puritan files class action lawsuit claiming Janet Jackson's breast caused her harm

Clerical celibacy poll

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Clerical Celibacy for Roman Catholic priests: many would prefer it to be optional

Grab a parachute if you don't love Jesus

Hodgepodge

Christian pilot makes a pest of himself

National Freedom to Marry Week 2004

Homophobia

Conservative Fundamentalist Christians exploit fears of marriage for gay men and women

Call for Christians to convert Muslims

Religious Intolerance

Israeli politician wants evangelical Christians to convert Muslims

February 08, 2004

The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Skeptics & Atheists

Reason magazine, Tim Cavanaugh's review of The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O’Hair

February 07, 2004

Faith is one of the world's great evils

Skeptics & Atheists

Richard Dawkins: religion is worse than smallpox

Haunted by chain email

Superstitious Folly

Indians afraid to to send or respond to chain emails from gurus

Open Source Yoga

New Age (Old Silliness)

Open Source Yoga teachers in lawsuit over lessons

Theological profanity

Miseducation

Schoolgirl tells classmate that he is going to Hell