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 [...]
A ROW has broken out in Minnesota after the Rev Dennis Campbell, of Granite City Baptist Church in St Cloud, invoked the name of Jesus Christ three times and made other overt references to Christianity while delivering a state Senate prayer this week. This prompted Democrat Terri Bonoff to request that all future Senate prayers [...]
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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’VEÂ 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. “AllÄhu 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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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
