Interesting article about garish Christian church architecture in Kerala, southern India. I think this is my favorite (note the apparent swastikas, traditionally associated with Hinduism rather than Christianity).
I couldn't find any other threads about this, so thought I'd mention it here. I've just learned that the British scholar George Wells died back in January at the age of 90. He was noted (and detested by some!) for his controversial series of books which argued that Jesus was entirely, or at...
ARGENTINA: A teenager was brutally gang-raped then had her eyes gouged out by her sister in a brutal exorcism ritual that the rapists claim was ordered by a local pastor.
New Zealand neighbours at war over giant religious statue
This is almost as entertaining as the time when the locals complained about another Hindu family painting a big swastika on the roof of their house.
A suspended Catholic priest who allegedly dealt methamphetamine, owned a sex shop, and occasionally engaged in sex acts with men while cross-dressed has asked a judge for leniency when he is sentenced next week.
Hmm, how many biblical commandments have been broken here?
Prevalance of STD's across the USA and Europe
This research was reported on by Britain's Daily Mail as: "Americans more likely to have an STD than Europeans" :picking_a_fight:
Australian priest apologises for derogatory comments about Jill Meagher
This reminds me of the idiot Scottish journalist who was sacked for saying that the Soham murder victims would be alive if they'd been observing the Sabbath.
Interesting article in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The authors conclude that the Communion cup is probably the least dangerous of these. Praise Jeezus!
Just looked at www.PositiveAtheism.org for the first time in a couple of years and was sad to see a message that its webmaster, Cliff Walker, died in 2013 after many years of poor health. I had limited correspondence with him some years ago. Does anyone know what happened to him? A Google search...
Westcity Bible Baptist pastor admits praying for suicide of gay author
These guys must have named themselves after the Westboro Baptist Church (of GodHatesFags.com notoriety).
EDITED TO ADD: He's on a roll - Pastor tells gay News Reporter to commit suicide
The Shortest Route to God
I think my favorite comment on the article is "I see nothing but upside here. The pilgrims get to go to heaven, and us heathens have a few less delusional people to deal with."
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