A DEMENTED bunch of outraged Christian students at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, are demanding the banning of Terrence McNally’s controversial Corpus Christi, which portrays Christ and his twelve sidekicks as homosexuals. Christianwire.com reports that the “lewd” and “blasphemous” production – recently cancelled at Tarleton State University in Texas after a “peaceful protest” – is [...]
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WE’VE just had an email from Brian Gilmore of Ranker.com who wrote: With Easter in full swing, I thought this would make a great weekend post for you guys. Here’s a list of the 20 most ridiculous “Jesus Sightings” of all time. These are absolutely hilarious. Top of the list is “Bacon Jesus”, which we [...]
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HEARD the one about a Jew, a Catholic, a Lutheran and a Muslim who won an inter-faith cultural award in Germany? “Oi vey, this is indeed a great honour,” said the Jew. “Holy Mary, Mother of God,” said the Catholic. “Praise be to Jesus,” said the Lutheran. “Allāhu Akbar,” said the Muslim – but grumpily [...]
POSING as a penitent, Australia’s John Safran – infamous for his radical attempts at religious satire – talked villagers in the Phillippines into nailing him to a cross on Good Friday. After discovering that the comedian was in fact an atheist carrying out a stunt for a satirical TV show, devout Christians in the rural [...]
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ASTON Villa drew 3-3 against Everton at Villa Park this afternoon, and Manchester City went down 1-3 against Fulham at the City of Manchester Stadium. We only mention these scores because Christian leaders are furious – not with the results of the two Premier League matches, but because they were played on the Day of [...]
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A CONTESTANT on Israel’s version of the hit reality show Survivor has sparked outrage among the country’s Arab population for naming his shoe “Mohammed” while mocking a former contestant. The incident, according to this report, comes a few days after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a public apology for a skit on another of the [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
