IF Tiger Woods is feeling a trifle less randy this morning, it could be ’cos his libido has been zapped by that notorious passion-killer, Jehovah. On Wednesday, you see, a band of Christian fundies – who could think of nothing more worthwhile to do in the run-up to Christmas – gathered at Baltimore’s Miracle Temple [...]
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WATCH this amazing interview with Pastor Steven L Anderson, founder of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. At the end of his rant on the Michelangelo Signorile radio show in the US, Anderson says he would prayer for the interviewer to die of brain cancer. Nice! If you’ve the stomach for it, you [...]
PRESIDENT Obama’s decision this week to reverse George W Bush’s 2001 veto on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has, predictably, drawn fire from the Vatican. Monsignor Rino Fisichella, described as a “top Vatican official for bioethics” in this report yesterday slammed Obama’s decision to fund broader research into stem cells. He said Obama’s [...]
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THE Rev Donald E Wildmon, head of the of the American Family Association, hates porn. So much so that he cannot even bring himself to spell out the word, as this headline proves. The headline appears above an “action alert” calling this week on all True Christians to demand that senators reject President Obama’s nomination [...]
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RELIGIOUS right-wingers unhappily anticipated a bumpy ride when Barack Obama won the keys to the White House, but it’s unlikely that they would have guessed just how soon they would need to buckle their safety belts. In just under a week in office, Obama has infuriated conservatives in three areas – by reversing the imbecile [...]
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THE American Humanist Association yesterday placed an ad in both editions of a special inauguration issue of the Washington Post, praising the non-religious upbringing of Barack Obama. The ad is headed: President Obama: Living Proof that Family Values Without Religion Build Character. It goes on to quote from Obama’s own account of his upbringing in [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
