Monthly Archives: May 2009

Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Church

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Daniel Florien

George Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions, was shot and killed today while serving as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas: Dr. Tiller, who had performed abortions since the 1970s, had long been a lightning rod for … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Christianity, Current Events, Fundamentalism, Hypocrisy | 334 Comments

He Tells It Like It Is

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Daniel Florien

A victim’s response to the Ryan Commission Report:

Posted in Catholicism, Hypocrisy, Sexuality, Videos | 80 Comments

Strange Monkey Man

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Daniel Florien

And you think your job is bad:

Posted in Humor, Videos, Weird | 10 Comments

Wikipedia Bans the Church of Scientology

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Daniel Florien

The Church of Scientology has been banned from making edits on wikipedia, because they were pushing their agenda too much: In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Fundamentalism, Religion | 27 Comments

African Witch Children

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

If people stopped believing all that mystical nonsense about demons and devils and angels and gods, would anything like this still exist? Update: If you didn’t watch until the end, I encourage you to skip to ~9:00 and see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fundamentalism, Oh the Stupidity!, Religion, Superstition, Videos, Weird | 52 Comments

Catholic Church Shamed By Irish Abuse Report

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

A 2,600-page report from a 9 year investigation of the Catholic Church and child abuse has been published, detailing “decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for Ireland’s castaway children.” More than 2,000 people told the commission they were abused physically or … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Hypocrisy | 58 Comments

Catholic Presents "Evidence" for Eucharist Transformation, Fails

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Dyan Puma thinks her faith is reasonable. So reasonable, in fact, that it should convince atheists that there is a God and Catholicism is the One True Religion. Unlike most people of “faith,” she says she has actual evidence for … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Miracles, Superstition | 193 Comments

The Bible Is True (Ricky Gervais)

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Ricky Gervais explains that the Bible is true and that evolution is wrong:

Posted in Christianity, Creationism / ID, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Science, Videos | 28 Comments

Jesus Returns — In Marmite!

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Jesus has made good on his promise and returned again, this time on a lid of jelly: Claire Allen, 36, said she was the first to notice the image on the underside of the lid as she was putting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, God, Humor, Superstition, Weird | 68 Comments

Completing the Revolution

Posted on May 28, 2009 by vorjack

by VorJack “Great revolutions in science have a common denominator: They knock human arrogance off one pedestal after another of our conviction about our own self-importance.” —Sigmund Freud (attributed) Supposedly Freud spoke of three such revolutions: the Copernican Revolution, Darwinian … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Atheism, Science | 46 Comments