God Gives Bad Advice AGAIN
Dallas Woman Says “Signs From God” Led Her To Shoot, Kill Co-Worker (Wendy Hundley/The Dallas Morning News; Aug 27)
A Dallas woman told police that God told her to shoot her longtime co-worker Wednesday morning at a Carrollton pest control business.
Theresa Gail Robbins, 48, was arrested on suspicion of killing Greg Brasch, a McKinney husband and [...]
Maybe I Came Back Too Soon….
I mean, really – how long DO I have to stay away before stories like these become very rare things – or at least stop being a continuing daily plague?
Albino Girl Beheaded In Swaziland “For Witchcraft” (NineMSN; Aug 23)
An albino girl from Swaziland has been shot dead and then beheaded for the sake of [...]
Five Scandals You May Have Missed
God’s Wheeler Dealer And The Mystery Millions (John Cooney/The Irish Independent; July 3)
It’s been some week for Pope Benedict. It began with his indignant protests against the seizure of secret church files on paedophile priests by Belgian police, then the US Supreme Court ruled that the Vatican no longer had diplomatic immunity and would have [...]
The Continuing Witch Hunts
200 Women Killed Every Year In India After Being Branded “Witches” (The Hindustan Times/The Press Trust Of India; July 25)
Nearly 200 to 150 women are killed every year in India after being tagged as ‘witches’, a Dehra Dun based NGO has said citing National Crime Bureau statistics.
Jharkhand tops the list with 50-60 witchcraft-related [...]
Silly Religious Ritual Claims Yet Another Victim
Baby Drowned During Baptism (The Sun; July 26)
A priest has been accused of drowning a baby as he baptised the tiny tot.
The holy man is being quizzed after the baby’s parents claimed he accidentally drowned their son at the ceremony.
Witnesses claim Father Valentin did not cover the six-week-old tot’s mouth before immersing him in the [...]
More Good News You Might Have Missed
Irish Senator Calls For A Secular Constitution (The National Secular Society; July 23)
An Irish Senator has called for the country to adopt a secular constitution. Labour Party Senator Ivana Bacik told the AGM [Annual General Meeting?] of Atheist Ireland last weekend that there was now an appetite for constitutional reform in Ireland now [...]
Five Stories Worthy Of The Devil…
… but all about gOd’s holy followers instead:
Pakistan’s Karachi Wracked By Sectarian Violence (Ashraf Khan/The Associated Press; June 27)
KARACHI: Asif Raza and his brother were killed days apart and in the same manner: gunned down on the streets of Pakistan’s largest city. Their relatives insist the pair was targeted by Sunni extremists only [...]
Does God Want You On The Pill?
Of course not.
God (i.e., gOd) doesn’t exist.
But if you happen to be one of those people who believes he *does* exist…
… and if you also happen to be one of those people who suspect AIDS is his punishment for homosexual behavior and cancer is his way of punishing Christopher Hitchens for being an uppity atheist…
… [...]
Quest For Eternal Life Proves Deadly Yet Again
Traditional Healer And Follower Feared Drowned (News24.com; April 18)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: Two people were swept out to sea while conducting a baptism ritual on a Wilderness beach, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on Sunday.
The incident unfolded 100m from where a 35-year-old fisherman was swept off the rocks and into the sea a few hours [...]
Can Theists Be Trusted With Children?
I suppose many theists can be.
Given the many stories I’ve come across over the years detailing the horrendous suffering that children have experienced at the hands of those who believe in gOd and other supernatural forces, however, I’d personally have to think long and hard before entrusting my own children to the care of any [...]
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