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August 30, 2004

Keep your religion off my uterus

Homophobia

Destiny Church becomes New Zealand's voice for homphobes.

August 29, 2004

Sheri Dew can't stomach gay parents

Homophobia

Mormon publisher Sheri Dew compares tolerance of gay marriage and gay parents to supporting Hitler.

Spirituality for Kids

New Age (Old Silliness)

Madonna's rabbi guru goes after British children.

August 27, 2004

Dinosaur kangaroos

Cheap Laughs

Reports of Chilean monsters that look like a cross between a dinosaur and a kangaroo.

August 26, 2004

Black pastors back Bush because of gay marriages

Homophobia

African-American clergy in California will vote for Bush because they hate gay marriage.

Those decadent Southern gays

Catholic , • Homophobia

Roman Catholic Archbishop Alfred Hughes of the Archdiocese of New Orleans attacks gay celebration known as Southern Decadence.

August 25, 2004

Passion of Christ plague

Christian Pop Culture

Old Testament locusts attack Matera where Gibson made his Christ movie.

Witch doctor didn't make him Superman

Superstitious Folly

Tanzanian criminal dies after asking witch doctor to make him immune to bullets and knives.

Voters to politicians: love god but shut up

Wearisome Bedfellows

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's results are mostly interpreted according to the spin master's vested political interests.

August 24, 2004

Maori Christians hate queers!

Homophobia

Brian Tamaki, leader of the black-shirted Auckland-based Destiny church movement called the march as a stand against the Civil Union Bill for gay persons.

Talkin' about my (lack of) religion

Richard Evans Lee

An atheist's answers to a religious beliefs questionnaire.

The psychology of pubic hair

Mental, Social Pseudoscience

Kosai Jumon, author of Tamashi Yura Ageman, on the psychology of female pubic hair.

August 23, 2004

Muti: ritual murder of children

Absurd Inurbane Witless

In South Africa children are murdered so their body parts can be used for good luck.

South African prophet David Francis

Superstitious Folly

David Francis of Hertzogville in the Free State South African claims to be a prophet and predicts failed ressurection.

Dating to Save People from Hell

Blasphemy is fun

Calling all Hot Women of the LORD!!!

August 22, 2004

Britney Spears & Jewish Mysticism

Gossip

Madonna recruits Britney Spears to Kabbalah cult? Who cares?

Macrobiotic Madonna

Gossip , • Miracle Cures, Health Quackery

Pop culture icons to follow the vetegarian Macrobiotic diet that was a fad in the 60s.

Does God do SMS?

Hodgepodge

Technology and piety meet in cell phone religion.

Olympics are sacrilegious

Hodgepodge

Greek Orthodox clergy and followers of Hellenistic religion find the Athens Olympics offensive and sacrilegious.

August 21, 2004

No body of Christ without gluten

Catholic

Bishop John Smith of Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey declares that the Eucharist must include gluten or it is invalid.

August 19, 2004

Alan Keyes: just a slave to logic

Christian Fundamentalism , • Wearisome Bedfellows

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Alan Keyes speaking in Illinois on gay marriage and abortion.

Democrats vs. the religion gap

Wearisome Bedfellows

Democratic Party leaders want to woo back some of the religious voters who have joined the Republican Party for the 2004 election.

Saint Che Guevara

Superstitious Folly

Revolutionary Marxist hero is called a saint and becomes a profitable source of tourist money.

Wiccans in the military

Hodgepodge

Wiccans in the US Armed services seek tolerance and emblem.

Football player vs. atheist

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Miami Dolphins player Matt Turk hit atheist Miriam Parsa and got away with it.

International Association for Divine Taxonomy

Hodgepodge

San Francisco conceptual artist Jonathon Keats announces a major simultaneous breakthrough in the fields of science and religion.

Colorstrology

New Age (Old Silliness)

The Colorstrology system includes 12 monthly colors and 366 daily personal colors, which help people understand how colors influence their lives and relationships?

August 18, 2004

God's Army Of Lawyers

Homophobia

Jerry Falwell's Liberty Baptist University in Lynchburg will create an army of lawyers to attack gay men and women.

Jews for Jesus invade Washington

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Jews for Jesus group launches conversion campaign in Washington DC metro area.

Worshipping via world wide web

Hodgepodge

Churches move online, internet worship services.

Who would Jesus vote for?

Wearisome Bedfellows

Would Jesus Christ vote for a Republican or Democratic candidate?

Kenyan miracle babies

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Archbishop Gilbert Deya claimed to work miracles but may have been selling smuggled babies.

Good as new is quite bad

Hodgepodge

Frivolous, loose Bible translations.

Selma the sea serpent

Wishful Thinking

Jan-Ove Sundberg says he has photographic proof that the serpent Selma exists in Lake Seljord

August 17, 2004

Stupid exorcist condemned to prison

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Preacher sentenced to jail for murdering Milwaukee boy in prayer service exorcism.

Bill Maher is Satan

Skeptics & Atheists

Rev. Keenan Roberts of the Destiny Church is offended by the Center for Inquiry's use of his Hell House product. Skeptics and atheists will mock his message of Sin and Damnation!

Reverend Brendan Powell Smith

Blasphemy is fun

Reverend Brendan Powell Smith songs about Jesus have some unusual lyrics.

August 16, 2004

Big Brother Church Watch

Christian Fundamentalism

Madalyn Murray O'Hair's son William J. Murray takes aim at liberal churches that endorse political candidates.

August 14, 2004

Canada & America are like fire & ice

Hodgepodge

America is more theologically driven and paternalistic than Canada.

Did Atlantis have leprechauns?

Wishful Thinking

Ulf Erlingsson declares Ireland to be the original lost continent of Atlantis.

August 13, 2004

God hates Electrolux

Homophobia

Fred Phelps Westboro Baptist Church family pickets Electrolux Home Products North America.

August 12, 2004

Ghost hunting kit works over the web

Spooky Nonsense: Ghosts & Hauntings

British Telewest Broadband offers a ghost detection kit that works over the internet.

Wars of the worlds old & new

UFOs & Bogus Science

The War of the Worlds from H.G. Wells, Orson Welles to Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg

Russian UFO hoax

UFOs & Bogus Science

Tunguska Space Phenomenon foundation and is led by Yuri Labvin claims to have found alien spacecraft in Siberia.

August 11, 2004

Jerry Falwell beats gay activist

Homophobia

Christopher Lamparello loses lawsuit. Did you know that Falwell's name is a trademark?

Email your prayers to Lourdes

Catholic

Company will place printouts of prayers in grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes during the Pope's visit.

Olympic athletes should abhor evil

Hodgepodge

Greek Orthodox Church prays against slothful Olympians.

Kabbalah cash cult

Gossip , • New Age (Old Silliness)

Kabbalah Centre, popularized by Madonna, has cultish aspects and brings in plenty of money.

Educator & exorcist

Miseducation

Pastor Glenn Rasmussen subjects teachers to exorcisms.

August 10, 2004

Homosexual homeopathy

Miracle Cures, Health Quackery

Homeopath in Brisbane uses homeopathy as a pretext for seducing young men.

Christians don't call it masturbation

Wishful Thinking

Couple provides what they consider Christian, Biblical sex education.

August 9, 2004

Converting Muslims is profitable

Hodgepodge

Outsider missionaries seek to convert Muslims angering local Christians.

2004 election called spiritual battle

Wearisome Bedfellows

Bush is marshalling fundamentalist Christians to support his 2004 campaign.

Republibaptists

Wearisome Bedfellows

A republicbaptist is a Southern Baptist Convention fundamentalist who is also a member of the American Republican Party.