It was the Christian character of the YWCA that made it great. It is a shame that it is turning its back on those values. Those were the glum words of Mike Judge of the Christian Institute after he learned that The Young Women’s Christian Association has dropped its historic title after 156 years because [...]
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A BILLBOARD which claims that all religions are scams has been erected in Huntsville, Alabama – and is likely “make a lot of people mad”. But Blair Scott, communications director for American Atheists, which created the ad, explained: Our target is not the Christians, but all the atheists and agnostics still in the closet who [...]
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THE influential governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, died today after being shot by one of his bodyguards in the capital, Islamabad. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the guard had told police that he killed Mr Taseer because of the governor’s opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Malik said: The police guard who killed him [...]
US Army veteran Marie Exley is on a mission – to tell the world that the countdown to Jesus’ return has begun, and that we have fewer than 137 days left before the mythical Son of God makes an apocalyptic reappearance. And Exley warns us not to use the time left to party. The numpty, [...]
REMEMBER Fr Albert Cutié? He’s the handsome priest who sent shudders through the Catholic Church in 2009 when he abandoned Catholicism and married his sweetheart, Ruhama Canellis. Well, tomorrow Cutié – now an Episcopalian priest – has book out, and more hand-wringing is expected from the Roman Catholic Church, for it is reported here that [...]
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ODIOUS Christian hate-monger Martin Ssempa, a pastor who presents himself as “a key player in the development and execution of national policy to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS” is reported to be in hiding after he was charged at the end of 2010 with blackmail for allegedly paying a man to falsely accuse another pastor [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
