• But They Wear Their Costumes All Year Long!

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:00:03
    Jesus and Mo always have the best costumes...

  • Go For Halloween With A Giant Gaping Hole In Your Torso

    Updated: 2012-10-31 13:00:46
    Truly ingenius costume ideas from Mark Rober.

  • Selling the Supernatural

    Updated: 2012-10-31 12:19:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 31, 2012 Selling the Supernatural While complaining about the abundance of entertainment-oriented television shows masquerading as educational that present the supernatural as if it was based in fact I received a much needed reminder from my readers . The supernatural sells . This is why there is so much of it on TV , and until the audience tires of it , it is here to stay . Shows on the paranormal are big year-round , but especially as we approach Halloween . They will soon be replaced by even less interesting drivel about angels and . Jesus Don't get me wrong it doesn't bother me that this stuff is on TV . I do not have to expend

  • Alice Cooper on the Muppet Show

    Updated: 2012-10-31 11:00:30
    A classic episode of The Muppet Show; one fit for Halloween.

  • Dogxter

    Updated: 2012-10-31 06:31:06
    A parody of the opening sequences of the show Dexter. This one featuring the morning rituals of a dog, rather than a serial killer.

  • Wearing Your Heart On Your Sleeve

    Updated: 2012-10-31 04:00:10
    An imaginative, slightly bloody Halloween costume for literalists.

  • Mr. Deity and The New Testament

    Updated: 2012-10-31 03:49:17
    via Brenda at Left Christianity. Your Thoughts?

  • The principles of atheism promote a positive ethics

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:59:46
    Last week, the Irish Times published an opinion piece that was generally quite positive about atheism, but also perpetuated a stereotype. Ireland is seeing the emergence of a newer kind of atheist, who is anxious to dispel the myth that they are all one-dimensional, rabidly anti-religious Dawkinsians. It then goes on to praise charitable efforts [...]...

  • A Macabre Way To Learn The Alphabet

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:00:02
    Pictures from gothic master Edward Gorey's beautifully macabre children's book for learning the alphabet, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

  • PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly on the Rise of the Nones, Part 3: Religious Implications

    Updated: 2012-10-30 21:00:37
    , : My Account Shop Patheos Press Atheist Channel Blogs Columns Religion Library Spirituality News Politics Family Books Movies Home Atheist Channel Friendly Atheist Friendly Atheist You can be skeptical and friendly at the same . time Get Patheos Atheist Newsletters Follow Patheos : Atheist Home Ask Richard Forums Speaking Contributors Media Contact Publications Atheist Group Holds Ladies’ Night More Annoying Christian Clichés PBS’ Religion Ethics NewsWeekly on the Rise of the Nones , Part 3 : Religious Implications October 30, 2012 By Hemant Mehta 12 Comments A couple of weeks ago , we learned that the percentage of Secular Americans was higher than ever before Not only do a third of Millennials 18-29 have no religious affiliation , nearly 20 of all adults are also . unaffiliated That

  • Songs for a humanist playlist

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:59:36
    Add your suggestions to the comments.

  • Atheist Preacher Jerry DeWitt on the Rock of Reason

    Updated: 2012-10-30 13:25:39
    It continues to bring a smile to my face to see recent deconvert Jerry DeWitt turn his preacher’s talents against religion: I had a lot of thoughts, both positive and wary upon seeing Jerry speak live at the American Atheists convention in April....

  • Halloween in America: the evangelical house of death

    Updated: 2012-10-30 11:55:21
    For Halloween Gary Younge and Laurence Topham go to Scaremare – a popular ‘house of death’ experience run by evangelical Christians in Lynchburg, Virginia. After being chased by clowns with chainsaws, grim reapers and ghostly ghouls, they are taken to special ‘preaching tents’ where they are encouraged to accept Jesus Christ into their lives. If they decline, they’re politely [...]

  • Evidence of God

    Updated: 2012-10-30 09:49:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 30, 2012 Evidence of God Most of the atheists I've met online and in real life agree that they are atheists primarily because the evidence to support the existence of any sort of god is insufficient as in completely absent I'm right there with them . The lack of evidence is the reason I'm an atheist too . This is why it makes so much sense to respond to questions from a believer about why we are atheists by explaining that are do not believe in their preferred god for the same reason they do not believe in the preferred gods of others : lack of evidence And yet , adherents of a particular religious tradition nearly always insist

  • Richard Dawkins Explores the Meaning of Life as an Atheist

    Updated: 2012-10-30 04:16:09
    In his latest documentary for Channel 4, Richard Dawkins explores Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life. The series has three episodes and runs through the end of the month. Episode 1 was about "sin" and Episode 2 was about what science can tell us about death.In Episode 3, Dawkins talks about the meaning of life as an atheist:

  • Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life. Episode 3: Meaning

    Updated: 2012-10-30 01:19:07
    This is the third and last video in the series Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life. It’s about “meaning.” Richard Dawkins sets out to answer the question he often gets asked - “How do you get up in the … Continue reading →

  • A New Christopher Hitchens Debate Resurfaces on YouTube

    Updated: 2012-10-29 22:35:43
    It's good to see a new video featuring Christopher Hitchens :) And thankfully, he's not a hologram.Back in 2000, Hitchens debated Catholic League President and blowhard Bill Donohue at the Union League Club in New York City. The topic? Whether the American cultural elite (i.e. the mainstream media) is hostile to religion in general and to Catholicism in particular.

  • New study finds nontheists a larger segment of the religiously unaffiliated

    Updated: 2012-10-29 21:40:17
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  • TGA Podcast: Episode 196

    Updated: 2012-10-29 17:43:09
    This week, my special guest is Dr. Andy Thomson, author of the book Why We Believe in Gods, and a psychiatrist with his own private practice in Charlottesville, VA. When he’s not also teaching students at the University of Virginia, he’s also a forensic psychiatrist and writes on evolutionary psychology. We talk about his book, [...]

  • Gary Cass is a hilarious bible-nut

    Updated: 2012-10-29 16:15:59
    Here are some of my favorite ridiculous tropes: 1) Harvard University is Jesus’ #1 enemy, because there’s learnin’ going on there. 2) America apparently elects people that like killing babies (he may be referring to abortion, but I think their ICBM’s do a better job. 3) You can’t be a good Christians unless you can [...]

  • Obstacles to Atheist Activism: Introduction

    Updated: 2012-10-29 10:42:00
    : Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 29, 2012 Obstacles to Atheist Activism : Introduction Activism , in any context , is about changing the world for the better . It involves the perception that one's present circumstances are less than ideal and the motivation to act in order to reduce the gap between what is and what could be . Activism can be hard work although it does not always have to be I thought it might be interesting to pull together some thoughts on the many obstacles to successful activism by the atheist movement and see how we might be able to overcome them . My tentative plan is to write a series of posts , each examining a different obstacle and

  • Too Much Television Programming Presents Supernatural as Fact

    Updated: 2012-10-28 14:10:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 28, 2012 Too Much Television Programming Presents Supernatural as Fact Here in the United States , educational material has always been rather scarce on television . There have been a few notable exceptions for programming aimed at young children e.g . Sesame Street and adults e.g . Nova but they represent a tiny minority of what one finds on network and cable TV . This is not necessarily a bad thing , as we could simply recognize that TV is not the best place for educational materials and look elsewhere . What I think might be a bad thing , however , is that there are far too many entertainment programs masquerading as .

  • Civility, Free Expression, and Power in the Atheist Community

    Updated: 2012-10-27 13:11:00
    , , Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 27, 2012 Civility , Free Expression , and Power in the Atheist Community The phrase vacuous shitbag trolls was popularized by PZ Myers Pharyngula to describe persons who have the nerve to disagree with him . It has caught on to the point where I have seen it used by both defenders and critics of Freethought Blogs . It is kind of catchy , as long as one is not at all troubled by the implication that someone who disagrees is necessarily a troll . But that is not what I want to address here . Instead , I'd like to link this term to a prior post about whether words from a stranger on the Internet really hurt psychologically healthy

  • Personal Experience vs. Science

    Updated: 2012-10-25 23:51:00
    . Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 25, 2012 Personal Experience vs . Science Given the choice between one person's experience including my own and scientific consensus , I tend to go with science . I received an email in response to a recent post about the influenza vaccine in which a reader suggested that I was falling for Big Pharma's shit just like the religious folks fall for the Bible's shit . The author , presumably an atheist , went on to use the argument from personal experience to dismiss my suggestion that I'd prefer to rely on science over superstition when it comes to my health . Specifically , she wrote that her two children have never had a vaccine

  • Carl Sagan’s “Meat Planet”

    Updated: 2012-10-25 18:05:51
    Little known fact about the meat planet: while there’s an abundance of pork and beef, there seems to be a mysterious lack of chicken or fish. Are we to assume that such a large body of protein could have formed without attracting the lower gravity poultry in its orbit? Could coalescing chicken have a greater [...]

  • President Obama: The Wrong Kind of Christian

    Updated: 2012-10-23 10:11:00
    : Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 23, 2012 President Obama : The Wrong Kind of Christian My memory for such things is rather poor , but it seems to me that the mainstream media in the U.S . has wasted more ink dissecting President Obama's religious beliefs than any other leader I can remember . They are still talking about it , even though we are getting closer by the day to electing the first Mormon president Given some of the things Mormons believe one would think that would be the big news story . But no , apparently we need to continue struggling to understand Obama's . faith Writing for CNN.com John Blake notes that some Christians consider President Obama

  • International Monitors Needed for U.S. Election

    Updated: 2012-10-22 20:21:00
    . Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 22, 2012 International Monitors Needed for U.S . Election I just posted about this at Red State Progressive but I wanted to mention it here too because it strikes me as a significant story that I expect to be under-reported , if not ignored , in the U.S . media . International election monitors from the world's largest election-monitoring organization , the Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE are deploying throughout the U.S . to monitor our upcoming election . Let that sink in for a . moment You've undoubtedly heard about international election monitors being used in a number of countries to ensure fair

  • Carisa breaks a Guinness World Record

    Updated: 2012-10-22 20:17:55
    After months of not being able to make the announcement (since the TV show featuring her record breaking attempt had yet to air), Carisa and I are finally able to announce to the world that she is now the proud recipient of a Guinness World Record for longest flaming torch tooth-hold (click on the link [...]

  • TGA Podcast: Episode 195

    Updated: 2012-10-22 16:51:28
    This week, my guest is fellow podcaster Geroge Hrab of the Geologic Podcast. We discuss the pros and cons of Internet stardom, Why Iron Man is better than Batman, and how we can change our image among believers. Come and get your fix!

  • Atheism Plus: Ignore It or Challenge It?

    Updated: 2012-10-22 11:54:00
    : Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 22, 2012 Atheism Plus : Ignore It or Challenge It Among those who reject the manner in which the most vocal proponents of atheism plus have behaved I have heard two different opinions on how or if we should respond . One group suggests that we should simply ignore them . The rationale appears to be that they are primarily seeking attention e.g . blog traffic and that ignoring them will hasten the demise of atheism plus and the freethought bullies Another group suggests that we should respond to them in much the same way we respond to other examples of irrational thought or destructive behavior in other contexts . Their argument

  • Halloween is Almost Here

    Updated: 2012-10-21 14:14:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 21, 2012 Halloween is Almost Here Something wonderful happens every October . The awful Mississippi heat finally subsides a bit , the bad horror films I love fill the TV , and the local Southern Baptists go into hiding worried that their children might succumb to demonic influences . Is it any wonder that this is my favorite time of year It snuck up on me this year . I've been so busy at work that I barely had a chance to notice that October was here . In fact , it didn't finally hit me until yesterday when I was outside cleaning up fallen leaves and doing other yard . work I always find myself feeling better this time of year . I

  • Flu Vaccine vs. Superstition

    Updated: 2012-10-20 13:32:00
    . Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 20, 2012 Flu Vaccine vs . Superstition I got a flu shot yesterday . It seems kind of early in the season , but this is when flu vaccine is widely available around here . I've been getting a flu shot every year for at least the past 10 years . Getting the flu is no fun , and I'm exposed to it fairly often at work . Better safe than . sorry I assume that my Southern Baptist neighbors who insist that the earth is only 6,000 years old and that evolution is a Satanic deception of some sort are not interested in flu vaccines . If the influenza virus doesn't evolve because evolution is a myth they'd never need more than one vaccination

  • Trigger Warning

    Updated: 2012-10-19 11:45:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 19, 2012 Trigger Warning Help me understand something . What is going on with what seems to be a growing trend where atheist bloggers , as well as others communicating online , attempt to warn their audience of certain kinds of material with the phrase trigger warning , often in caps or set off in some way I feel like I'm seeing it quite a bit lately , particularly on blogs focusing on gender issues . I am well aware that such warnings have a history in certain feminist circles , usually to warn emotionally vulnerable individuals e.g . rape victims of content that is likely to be upsetting . I get that , but it seems like this

  • Keeping Your Cool While Trying to Change the World

    Updated: 2012-10-18 10:11:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 18, 2012 Keeping Your Cool While Trying to Change the World If activism was easy , it wouldn't be necessary . The things we seek to change are , by their nature , quite resistant to change . Meaningful change is rarely easy , but that does not make it any less necessary And so we . persist Those of us who engage in any sort of activism are almost certain to experience feelings of burnout , disillusionment , or disappointment related to our efforts . We will often feel like giving up , and some among us will undoubtedly do so . JLLOW over at No Meritocracy has a great post for the activists and aspiring activists among us : The

  • Super mega mail-bag time

    Updated: 2012-10-18 00:41:08
    We haven’t done a mailbag in a long time, so I thought it might be a good idea if we did a crazy huge one for The Essentials DVD. Now, to make it more interesting, I want fans to send questions for each individual host as well. Carisa, Jeff, and Ryan are going to be in [...]

  • TGA Podcast: Episode 194

    Updated: 2012-10-17 21:05:48
    This week, part 2 of our Bible Stories Book of Samuel, featuring David, his bromance with Jonathan, the fight with Goliath, and King Saul tries to kill him. Come and get your fix!

  • Circumcision

    Updated: 2012-10-17 11:46:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 17, 2012 Circumcision Should it remain legal for parents in the U.S . to have their infant sons circumcised for reasons other than medical necessity Should atheist parents ever consider having their sons circumcised , and if so , why I recognize that some in the atheist community have strong feelings about these questions . I have seen several people referring male circumcision as mutilation and characterizing parents who opt for the procedure as abusive . I don't believe I've written about this controversial subject yet , for what may strike some of you as a fairly strange reason . You see , I am not sure what to think about it .

  • TGA Podcast: Episode 193

    Updated: 2012-10-16 00:45:48
    This week, we confront my ‘Ageism’ and discuss ‘generational theory’ and why the world is as crappy as it is. Plus, more on the Tea Party and who comprises their ranks. It’s a must for any political junkie. SHOW NOTES Introduction: Lecture on Tea Party by Prof. Theda Skocpol lecture at Oxford:[5] 1980-2000 – Millennials [...]

  • Feeling Disillusioned With the Atheist Movement

    Updated: 2012-10-15 10:14:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 15, 2012 Feeling Disillusioned With the Atheist Movement For the past few months , I've gradually recognized a subtle change in my attitudes toward the atheist movement . It has happened so slowly that it kind of crept up on me , but I think it is fair to say that I've been feeling somewhat disillusioned with some aspects of the atheist movement . I'm not really sure why . I'm hoping that my thoughts may become a bit clearer as I write this post . This is one of those that I begin with no idea where it will lead . me To set the stage , I should note that doubts and feelings of disillusionment are nothing new for me . In looking

  • Blowing Up Churches is Not the Answer

    Updated: 2012-10-13 15:44:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 13, 2012 Blowing Up Churches is Not the Answer I missed the story of a 23 year-old man being arrested and charged with planning to blow up 48 Oklahoma churches earlier in the week . I'm not sure what motives this man may have had , but it sounds like authorities suspect he may have been seeking to eliminate churches through violence . I have no idea if the man who has been accused of these crimes is an atheist . However , I'd like to be clear that I condemn the use of violence in the struggle against organized religion . If we are going to reduce the influence of religion in the U.S . it is going to happen gradually through

  • The Company One Keeps

    Updated: 2012-10-13 12:02:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 13, 2012 The Company One Keeps Al Stefanelli makes some great points in this post about a number of the controversies related to atheism plus and Freethought Blogs . Here's an : example Skepticism should be the prime directive of any freethinker , and simply asking a question about anything , even those subjects that are controversial , should not elicit anything other than conversation . It is my hope that those involved with Atheism come to understand this , and embrace an environment that is more conducive to critical . thinking Al is fully aware that some atheists are beginning to distance themselves from a few of the more

  • What Religious Leaders Think of the "Nones"

    Updated: 2012-10-12 11:41:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 12, 2012 What Religious Leaders Think of the Nones While many atheists celebrate the recent poll from the Pew Forum on Religion Public Life showing a record number of respondents in the U.S . report no religious affiliation , religious leaders are struggling to make sense of the numbers Is organized religion really on the decline , and if so , why For such a complicated phenomenon , there are almost certainly many causes . Still , I suspect that one is more important than the rest . If I had to pick one reason I suspect we are seeing a decline in religious affiliation , it would be the culture war being waged by fundamentalist

  • Is Rep. Paul Broun Fit to Serve in Congress?

    Updated: 2012-10-12 05:03:00
    . Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 12, 2012 Is Rep . Paul Broun Fit to Serve in Congress We all understand that in a nation where the overwhelming majority of the population identifies themselves as Christian , we are going to end up with quite a few Christians in Congress . That is how politics works , especially when many Christian voters indicate that they would never seriously consider voting for someone who was not Christian . But every now and then , we have one of these Christian politicians say something so absurd , offensive , or just plain wrong that we have to ask whether we should be working harder to elect atheists to Congress . Rep . Paul Broun R-GA

  • “The Essentials” DVD Poll: Your Top 5 Interview Choices

    Updated: 2012-10-12 02:43:33
    Vote for your favorite interviews, and which people you think best represent the show. What Interviews stories touched you? Which episodes made you laugh, and more importantly, made you think?

  • We Will Come After You As Well

    Updated: 2012-10-11 19:22:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 11, 2012 We Will Come After You As Well Before leaving the subject of Justin Vacula and whether there are any lessons here for the atheist community behind for now , I thought I'd share this screen capture Katie Atheist Morality : snagged I suspect this is a joke account and not someone being serious . I've seen many of those . Unfortunately , it does not seem that far off from the real thing . It appears that some people are taking a very different lesson from what happened to Justin than the ones I was hoping for . Yes , we certainly do realize the power of the atheism plus crusaders to intimidate those who disagree with them .

  • TGA Podcast: Episode 192

    Updated: 2012-10-11 18:12:06
    This week, Carisa joins me as we review the movie Prometheus. If you haven’t seen the movie, we recommend you do (unless you don’t want to waste 2 hours of your precious time).

  • Fundy Road Trip!

    Updated: 2012-10-10 19:37:49
    What do you get when you take a bunch of religious fundamentalists and take them on a tour of America while challenging their faith? Well, you get people even more determined to believe in silly bullshit while accusing everyone else of fabricating evidence of things they don’t understand. Worth a watch if you’ve got the [...]

  • New Age is a one-way ticket to hell

    Updated: 2012-10-09 17:35:46
    Fools! don’t you realize that it was Nimrod, the oh-so-historical founder of the Babylonian empire (which one again?) that started all this New Age stuff…and he was so evil, even mentioning his name makes you sound as though you’re talking in a gigantic cavern or something. Here’s an idea: maybe someone should call him and [...]

  • This is what you get for mixing religion and politics…

    Updated: 2012-10-09 17:30:47
    One of the most aneurysm-inducing quotes of 2012 had to be faux-atheist S.E. Cupp’s comment that she would never vote for an atheist president. Believing she had a point by saying she couldn’t trust anyone who didn’t have God as a moral compass, what Cupp and her similarly minded ilk fail to realize, however, is [...]

  • Unitarians Seeking Those With No Religious Affiliation

    Updated: 2012-10-09 10:15:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 9, 2012 Unitarians Seeking Those With No Religious Affiliation I attended church regularly for the first 14-15 years of my life . In addition to attending the same church with my family , I've been to several others . Sometimes it was with my family after they were invited to try out the church their friends attended other times it was with friends who invited me to join their family at church . I've been to Methodist churches , Presbyterian churches , Lutheran churches , Catholic churches , and at least a couple others I cannot specifically . recall As soon as I was old enough in my parents' eyes , I stopped going to church

  • Pope’s butler gets 18 months in jail for leaked memos

    Updated: 2012-10-08 22:55:40
    So, what do you get for exposing the corruption of an organization like the Vatican? Well, how about an 18 month prison term handed down by the very institution you were trying to expose? Oh, and you can add the cost of the trial to the list of his expenses: The pope’s former butler, Paolo [...]

  • Red Mass

    Updated: 2012-10-08 09:49:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 8, 2012 Red Mass Here in the U.S . we recognize that our elected officials are going to attend various worship services . For the most part , even we proponents of church-state separation are content to look the other way . We understand that politicians have to have some personal religious freedom and some downtime in which to exercise it . But there are times when a politician's religious involvement requires some attention on our part . The annual Red Mass tradition is one such . time From Marie Griffith's excellent editorial for Religion Politics Last Sunday , September 30, witnessed one of the most vivid and , to many ,

  • Time to Stand Up for Church-State Separation

    Updated: 2012-10-05 20:05:00
    Atheist Revolution Breaking free from irrational belief and opposing Christian extremism in . America Pages About Disclosure Privacy Advertising Contact October 5, 2012 Time to Stand Up for Church-State Separation October 7 is being called Pulpit Freedom Sunday , and this is the day when roughly 1,400 Christian pastors in the U.S . are planning to break the law by endorsing political candidates . Such an act is expressly prohibited by the IRS for tax-exempt organizations and ought to lead to the revocation of the tax-exempt status of those churches that participate . And yet , some observers do not expect any such consequences to be forthcoming It seems that those with the responsibility of enforcing this law rarely do . so The churches have a reason for doing this . They are hoping to

  • Get ready for some free energy!

    Updated: 2012-10-05 17:25:43
    When I was a teen, I bought into the bullshit that is Qi (sometimes spelled ‘chi’). I couldn’t help it: if you’ve ever watched the Shaolin Monks do their thing, you might understand why I thought their impressive physical feats were only made possible because of some superhuman element. Fueled by the mythology of comic [...]

  • Fundy mother kills infant by stuffing Bible verses in her mouth

    Updated: 2012-10-04 17:27:45
    And the mother of the year award goes to… Christian fundamentalist Julia Lovemore, 41, killed daughter Faith by stuffing her mouth with paper then dousing her in white spirit and jumping up and down on her body. She also poured wine all over her young daughter as well, before her husband finally showed up at [...]

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