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February 29, 2004

Even Silas Marner has been banned

Category: Miseducation

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

Yet another crying Virgin Mary

Category: Superstitious Folly

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

Equine evolution upsets Helena MT

Category: 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

Category: Hodgepodge

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

Feed an atheist today

Category: Richard Evans Lee

Help an atheist keep his atheism website up and running

Jezis

Category: Hodgepodge

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

A hot time with the Devil

Category: Richard Evans Lee

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

February 26, 2004

The Crackpot Index

Category: UFOs & Bogus Science

Litmus test for bag, bogus and false science

Roy Moore, the Ralph Nader of the right?

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

"Why Christians Should Not Vote for George W. Bush

State can refuse to fund ministry students

Category: Miseducation

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

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter

Category: 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

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

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

See The Movie, Buy The Nail

Category: Cheap Laughs

Movie memorabilia, collectibles from Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson

February 24, 2004

Mad Mad House voodoo hoodoo

Category: Cheap Laughs

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

An atheist homelamd

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

Atheists need their own country, nation

February 23, 2004

End government sponsored Catholic schools

Category: Hodgepodge

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

February 22, 2004

Jesus, Christians & American movies

Category: Hodgepodge

Protests by Christians against movies featuring Jesus

Gibson Sr. is holocaust denier

Category: Absurd Inurbane Witless

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

eBay auction of temple garments stopped

Category: Cheap Laughs

Mormons halt eBay auction of Latter Day Saint temple garments

February 21, 2004

Internet dating is ungodly

Category: Hodgepodge

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

Islam illegal, Koran blasphemous

Category: 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

Category: Homophobia

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

Keep creationism in religious schools

Category: Miseducation

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

Edgar Mitchell: the aliens have landed

Category: UFOs & Bogus Science

Former astronaut says aliens are on earth today

February 18, 2004

Odd emails (and they aren't even spam)

Category: Christian Pop Culture , Category: 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

Category: Wearisome Bedfellows

Utah passes tax on sex workers including nude dancers and escorts

Born again comic books

Category: Cheap Laughs

Christian comics

The deterrent capability of pig fat

Category: Wishful Thinking

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

February 17, 2004

Bible stories literal truth

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

Most Americans believe Old Testament Bible stories really happened

Britney Spears’ spiritual renewal

Category: Cheap Laughs , Category: Gossip

Pop singer, beauty Britney Spears turns to Christianity and God

Secular beliefs not for school

Category: Miseducation

Anger at teaching children about atheism in school

Alien clones in Kentucky

Category: UFOs & Bogus Science

Kentucky Man claims to have been fighting alien clones

Mel Gibson: extra ecclesiam nulla sallus

Category: Cheap Laughs

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

Kiln owner sacrifices boy

Category: Superstitious Folly

Indian brick kiln owner sacrifices boy to save business

February 16, 2004

Objective origins defenders

Category: Miseducation

Ignorant Christians continue to attack evolution in Darby Montana

Look mom, I got an "A" in atheism

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

Atheism added to British school curriculum, atheist education in classrooms

February 15, 2004

How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

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

Godly America, Godless Europe?

Category: Hodgepodge

American and European religiosity, religious faith compared

February 14, 2004

Bible translation battles

Category: Hodgepodge

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

Allen Rex Harrod

Category: Absurd Inurbane Witless

California prophet who claimed scriptural support for polygamous child abuse

February 12, 2004

The religion gap

Category: Wearisome Bedfellows

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

Darwin Day

Category: 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

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

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

Monty Python gets religion

Category: New Age (Old Silliness)

TV comic John Cleese of Monty Python finds religion

Elvis Presley spiritual center?

Category: Cheap Laughs

Proposed shrine devoted to Elvis Presley's spiritual side

God's self-righteous army

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

Self-righteous evangelical fundamentalist Christian Republicans

February 9, 2004

Janet Jackson's breast caused serious injury

Category: Absurd Inurbane Witless

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

Clerical celibacy poll

Category: 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

Category: Hodgepodge

Christian pilot makes a pest of himself

National Freedom to Marry Week 2004

Category: Homophobia

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

Call for Christians to convert Muslims

Category: Religious Intolerance

Israeli politician wants evangelical Christians to convert Muslims

February 8, 2004

The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

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

February 7, 2004

Faith is one of the world's great evils

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

Richard Dawkins: religion is worse than smallpox

Haunted by chain email

Category: Superstitious Folly

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

Open Source Yoga

Category: New Age (Old Silliness)

Open Source Yoga teachers in lawsuit over lessons

Theological profanity

Category: Miseducation

Schoolgirl tells classmate that he is going to Hell

February 6, 2004

The Truth, King of Hawaii & mathematics

Category: Cheap Laughs

Truth cult member Russell Gould is now at the Mendota Mental Health Institute

February 5, 2004

Federal funding for fanatics only

Category: Christian Fundamentalism

Federal handouts for religious zealots

Tried to subpoena Jesus

Category: Hodgepodge

Texas killer: is a fake or crazy?

Are aliens using your brain?

Category: UFOs & Bogus Science

Aliens us people as computer components

February 3, 2004

Fundamentalists vs. science

Category: Miseducation

American eductions because of religious fanatics

Fired for atheism

Category: Skeptics & Atheists

Woman fired for being an atheist

February 2, 2004

Concerned citizens want to ban occult books

Category: Religious Intolerance

Christian intolerance of fans of occult books, histories of Satanism

Sea of Souls

Category: Spooky Nonsense: Ghosts & Hauntings

BBC TV show about psychic investigators

February 1, 2004

Feng shui and urban planning

Category: New Age (Old Silliness)

Absurd urban planning proposal in California