Jesuit Sex Scandal Rocks Germany
Jesuit Sex Scandal Widens (Simon Sturdee/News24.com/SAPA; Feb 3)
BERLIN: A scandal over sexual abuse by Jesuit priests in Germany in the 1970s and 80s snowballed on Wednesday as a third teacher confessed. More victims were coming forward and further schools were implicated.
The elite Canisius school in Berlin last week admitted systematic sexual abuse of children by [...]
Fools For Christ – And Suckers For Franklin Frisby
Church’s Dues-Paying Members Lose Patience With Promises Of Billions (Gregg Jones/The Dallas Morning News; Jan 31)
Franklin Frisby says God has entrusted him with hundreds of billions of dollars. And soon, the pastor told a Fort Worth audience last year, he will hand that money out to dues-paying members of his Ambassador for Christ Convention Churches [...]
Faith-Healing Parents Convicted Of Murder
Jeffrey, Marci Beagley Found Guilty In Oregon City Faith-Healing Trial (Steven Mayes/The Oregonian; Feb 2)
OREGON CITY, Oregon: A Clackamas County jury sent a clear signal Tuesday that parents who rely solely on faith healing to treat their children face prison if a child dies.
Jeffrey and Marci Beagley were found guilty Tuesday of criminally negligent homicide [...]
A Modest Petition
I generally don’t like petitions but this one seems to be a good and easy way to express our support for reason and science:
Please Sign Our Petition Urging President Obama To Recognize Darwin Day (International Darwin Day Foundation)
We need our elected leaders to speak out about the importance of scientific knowledge and its contribution [...]
Follow ALL The Money (2)
Here’s another recent example of how Christians spend their money:
Change Marks 10th Anniversary Of Rector (Cate Lecuyer/The Salem News; Jan 29)
BEVERLY, Massachusetts: If a new altar isn’t enough to mark the 10th anniversary of the Rev. Manny Faria, rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, a visit from the bishop — for the first time [...]
Follow ALL The Money
If you’re like me you’ve heard about some of the things churches are said to be doing to help Haiti recover from the recent earthquake.
My local newspaper, for example, ran a glowing report on Jan 22 about the alleged generosity of local congregations.
Such stories perpetuate the notion that churches are great social service organizations even [...]
Michael Emack Gets 7 Years To Reflect
FLDS Member Going To Prison For Child Sex Assault (The Associated Press; Jan 22)
SAN ANGELO, Texas: A West Texas polygamist sect member was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl Friday.
Michael Emack, 59, of Eldorado, entered the plea in district court to sexual [...]
Religion Kills Again
2 Religious Group Members Arrested For Murder After Failing To Seek Medical Care For Son (The Mainichi Daily News; Jan 14)
FUKUOKA, Japan: Two members of a religious organization, who allowed their baby son to die after refusing to seek medical treatment for him, have been arrested for murder.
Hideo Takatsuki, 32, and his wife Kuniko, 30, [...]
Shriram Lagoo Speaks Out!
Belief In God Is Superstition: Lagoo (Sakaal Times; Jan 2)
PUNE, India: “Believing existence of the God is itself a kind of superstition. Young people should not waste power of reasoning and thinking under such belief,” said veteran actor and known atheist Shriram Lagoo.
He was speaking at ‘Viveki Yuva-Shakti Sankalp Parishad,’ organised by Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti [...]
Scott Roeder Found Guilty Of Murder
Jury Finds Scott Roeder Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Abortion Provider George Tiller (Stephanie Simon/The Wall Street Journal/The Australian; Jan 30)
A jury in Wichita, Kansas, took less than 40 minutes yesterday to find Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of abortion provider George Tiller in a church in May, 2009.
Roeder sat motionless, [...]
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