HAT’S off to Troy Jenkinson, head teacher at a primary school in Leicestershire, who has no intention of cancelling a planned Halloween disco at his school – despite a dire warning that: Celebrating Halloween means we are siding along with the Devil and all his works. The warning to the inhabitant of nine villages which [...]
A BUNCH of Catholic prelates attending the Second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa in the Vatican yesterday made it clear that they had no intention of deviating from the Church’s strong opposition to the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS. The bishops warned that “the problem cannot be overcome [...]
A REPENTANT robber fell to his knees and prayed with the clerk at an Indianapolis store during a hold-up – but 23-year-old Gregory Smith nevertheless nicked 20 dollars from the cash register. According to this report, Smith initially entered the cheque-cashing establishment seeking a loan but left, purportedly to get an ID card that was [...]
Continue reading about Godly robber paused hold-up to pray – then legged it with $20 and a phone
A GOD-ADDLED Vancouver man who circumcised his four-year-old son at home with a razor blade, then used blood coagulant meant for horses, has been found guilty of negligence causing bodily harm. The man, identified in a court ruling only  as DJW, admitted that in 2007 he circumcised his son, DJ, who was born at 2.5 [...]
Continue reading about Religious nutjob botches his own circumcision, then damages his son’s penis
TWO atheist websites in Australia which were knocked off-line in a major cyber attack on Tuesday are both up and running again. Visitors to both the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention got a “distributed denial of service” message when they tried to access the sites immediately after the attack. The attacks, [...]
Continue reading about Atheist websites in Australia knocked off-line in a major cyber attack
GUEST commentary by Edinburgh-based writer and skeptic Steuart Campbell, whose books include The Rise and Fall of Jesus. On Sunday, October 4, 2009, two young girls leaped to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge over the River Clyde. They were Neve Lafferty (15) and Georgia Rowe (14), both in care at the Catholic Good Shepherd [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
