FOR the past week I have been dogged by a skinny, chain-smoking Moroccan man who has been gazing at me, cowed-eyed, from atop a tall bar stool in a local bar. I think he may have fallen in love with me. Last night I allowed myself to be drawn into conversation with him, and learned [...]
DERANGED members of the world’s loopiest Christian sect – The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas – are threatening to travel to Norway to disrupt the funerals of those who killed by right-wing lunatic Anders Behring Breivik. The WBC claims in a press release that Breivik had been appointed by God to punish Norwegians for [...]
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WELL, here’s a bit of encouraging news: Holland has Protestant Church minister who tells his congregation to make the most of life here on earth as there is no such thing as a post-mortem existence, and that the Bible’s account of Jesus’s life should be regarded as a mythological story about a man who may [...]
AT a staggering cost of around €50-million (£43-m) Spain is about to play host to Pope Ratzinger later this month – and even religious groups have expressed opposition to this latest World Youth Day junket. Ostensibly, the cost of the visit will be borne by corporate sponsorship, but according to this report donors will be [...]
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A BOY aged nine was among numerous victims of paedophile Robert Best, an Australian Christian Brother teacher. Best – who taught at schools throughout Victoria – raped the child in his office. After the assault the boy thought he was going to die, and blacked out. Now it’s been revealed that at least 26 victims [...]
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THE Mos – short for teenage morons Mohammed Hasnath and Muhammed Tahir – have earned themselves convictions for criminal damage after they did a cover-up job on scantily-clad models featured in poster ads. According to this report, the two 18-year-old Muslims from east London were caught defacing advertisements when members of the public called police. [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
