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Looted artifacts for the Bible Museum?

The deeply-devout Green family, founders of the American Hobby Lobby corporation, is  under federal investigation for the illicit importation of cultural artifacts from Iraq. According to an exclusive...

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God sinks boat to punish Canada

Six people died on Sunday when a whale-watching vessel sank off the coast of Tofino, BC – and the tragedy, according to lunatic evangelist Anita Fuentes, above, was the work of a vengeful god furious...

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Rapture’s coming; no need for edukashin

The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court will decide whether homeschooling families must impart educational basics to their children or be allowed to keep them in ignorance until second coming of Jesus...

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Brits deaf to ‘good news’ about Jesus

A new Church of England study claims that people in the UK react negatively when confronted with talk of Jesus by Bible-thumpers. According to this report, research findings being presented to members...

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Oh dear, Opal Covey has lost yet again

Voters in Toledo, Ohio, will have only themselves to blame if an angry God wreaks havoc on the city for failing to make self-styled prophetess, evangelist and exorcist Opal Covey its mayor. Covey, who...

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Carson confirms barmy pyramid theory

Republican US presidential hopeful Dr Ben Carson confirmed this week that he believes Egypt’s pyramids were built to store grain and were not, as archaeologists insist, tombs for pharaohs. The retired...

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South African church probe is branded ‘anti-Christian’

A government investigation into the practices of churches operating in South Africa has been slammed by evangelist Mervin Reddy, above, and other religious leaders who fear that the authorities intend...

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Ron Luce’s Texas Teen Mania Ministry goes down the toilet

Ron Luce, above, co-founder and President of Teen Mania Ministries located in Garden Valley, Texas, has announced the closure of his free-spending, multi-million dollar evangelical empire. The closure...

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Will there still be a need for the Freethinker in years to come?

As the first day of  2016 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have emailed me and sent messages via social media and the Freethinker site wishing me all the...

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From silly kid to cool sceptic dude

ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) is an American brainwashing programme designed to turn children into biblical literalists, mindless little morons who are taught that if science contradicts the...

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Reactionary forces in Northern Ireland block abortion reform

An alliance of evangelical Protestants, the Catholic church and a majority of Northern Ireland’s  Assembly’s politicians has prevented the UK Abortion Act of 1967 from being extended to the region....

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Muslims and Christians grovel to the same god. Or do they?

An evangelical college near Chicago found itself at the centre of a row after it took steps in the new year to sack staff member Dr Larycia Hawkins, above, for saying in a Facebook post that the God...

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‘Anti-Christian culture’ is killing the C of E, says Archbishop

Plunging church attendances at Church of England services have been blamed on an increasingly “anti-Christian” culture in the UK. Attendances, according to this report, are in free fall and are are now...

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Two things you need to hold political office: piety & a penis

Gary Cass, above, of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, last week released a new video aimed at helping his fellow conservative Christians to understand ‘the biblical qualifications for...

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Scottish Humanists: ‘Rid us of these unelected religious reps’

A report published by the Humanist Society of Scotland reveals that 88 religious representatives have been appointed to education committees without a vote, and the HSS has launched a campaign calling...

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More young folk in Singapore are proving resistant to religion

The Catholic Church, along with other denominations, have apparently hit a brick wall in Singapore, where increasing numbers of savvy young people are shunning religion. According to a this report, a...

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Meet hypocrite of the Week: Governor Robert Bentley

If there aren’t any red faces among members of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, then there damn well ought to be, for a man they gave a Statesmanship Award back in 2009 is now battling to keep his...

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Christian lunacy: baptisms at beach endangered kids’ lives

Easter Monday saw 10-ft high waves crashing on beaches at the UK seaside resort of Brighton, but this did not deter an idiotic bunch of evangelical Christians who gathered on a section of the beach to...

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Indiana state trooper sacked for handing out doses of Jesus

Back in 2014 we reported on the antics of Indiana State Police trooper Brian Hamilton, inset, who sparked a lawsuit when he gave Ellen Bogan a dose of Jesus when he stopped her for a traffic violation....

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A Dane in Spain is casting out demons that cause autism

People in Barcelona have been warned to steer well clear of a lunatic evangelical group founded in Denmark by Torben Sondergaard, above, which is staging several ‘spirituality seminars’ this weekend in...

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