FIFTY-TWO people have reportedly died in Tanzania while queuing for a “magical” potion being flogged by a local quack. According to the BBC, the elderly charlatan – Rev Ambilikile “Babu” Mwasapile, 76 – is selling a concoction made from herbs and water for 500 Tanzanian shillings (five cents; 3p). But so great have the crowds [...]
FROM 2014 Americans will have to purchase health insurance, or pay a penalty. This, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Centre for Law and Justice, a fundie organisation founded by loopy evangelist Pat Robertson, “violates the religious freedom of those who rely on God to protect them”. But yesterday in Washington US District [...]
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THE publishers of Chased by an Elephant, the Gospel Truth about Today’s Stampeding Sexuality, missed an obvious trick when they commissioned the cover artwork: the pachyderm portrayed really ought to be pink. And the author – US Christian fundie Janice Barrett Graham – really ought to learn how create snappier titles. Mind you, Elephant is [...]
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A SMOOTH-TALKING , charismatic “holy man” who claimed to possess healing powers and an “organic penis” has been found guilty of rape and indecent assault. “Guru” Michael Lyons aka Monan Singh, 51, wore flowing robes, drove expensive cars and flew around the world boasting of links to the Dalai Lama, a court in London heard. [...]
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AMERICA’S best-known hirer of male hookers – George (“I’m not gay”) Rekers – yesterday resigned from the board of NARTH, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. NARTH is a group run by lunatic Christian fundies who promote the idea that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can, and should, be cured. Following [...]
JAMES Randi, who has spent a large part his life exposing quackery and humbuggery in all its various guises, said that believers in the occult and paranormal – in his words, the “woo woos” – may try and detract from his work now that they know he’s gay. The founder of the James Randi Educational [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
