September 3, 2010

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ on telephone pole | Dangerous Minds

August 30, 2010

Charlie Brooker on the myth of the "Ground Zero Mosque"

George Dubya Bush's influence clearly survives in the world of t-shirt design...

"The planned "ultra-mosque" will be a staggering 5,600ft tall – more than five times higher than the tallest building on Earth – and will be capped with an immense dome of highly-polished solid gold, carefully positioned to bounce sunlight directly toward the pavement, where it will blind pedestrians and fry small dogs. The main structure will be delimited by 600 minarets, each shaped like an upraised middle finger, and housing a powerful amplifier: when synchronised, their combined sonic might will be capable of relaying the muezzin's call to prayer at such deafening volume, it will be clearly audible in the Afghan mountains, where thousands of terrorists are poised to celebrate by running around with scarves over their faces, firing AK-47s into the sky and yelling whatever the foreign word for "victory" is."

Read the full article at The Guardian.

August 30, 2010

Americans protest church at Hiroshima | NewsBiscuit

American campaigners are mounting a campaign to urge Japanese officials to reject plans to build a church close to the site where an atomic bomb was dropped in the city of Hiroshima in 1945.

‘We can’t believe that anyone could be so insensitive’ complained campaigner Aimee Duke. ‘That bomb was dropped by a Christian country and killed more than 160,000 people. Wanting to build a Christian church in the city is just an insult to the victims’ she said.

President Obama has however defended the plans, saying that not all Christians should be blamed for dropping nuclear bombs on Japanese civilians. Some campaigners have however attempted to distance themselves from accusations of religious intolerance.

‘We’re not being anti-Christian’ said Duke, ‘we just think that these Christians should go and build their churches somewhere else. If they don’t like it they can go back home.’

via newsbiscuit.com

August 2, 2010

Worried your child might access harmful religious material online? GodBlock has the answer!

You owe it to your children to keep them safe online. Predatory religions have quickly learned to exploit the internet, spreading their 'message' like a virus across the whole web - often hidden in apparently harmless websites and posing a hidden threat to your child. That is where GodBlock can help:

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Find out more and download GodBlock at www.godblock.com.

July 17, 2010

Indian court rules that Hindu gods can't trade in stocks and shares

Following attempts by a private religious trust to set up trading accounts for several Hindu gods including the elephant-headed god Ganesha, an Indian court has now ruled that gods can't deal in stocks and shares. But not before income tax cards had been issued, and saving accounts set up in the gods' names!

Whilst it's certainly bizarre that in the 21st century a court is spending time and money debating an issue like this, we can at least be a little reassured that they reached the right decision!

There's a wonderful quote from the judges who ruled in the case: "Trading in shares on the stock market requires certain skills and expertise and to expect this from deities would not be proper"...

July 16, 2010

The Catholic church believes ordaining women priests is as grave a crime as child rape

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (or the Inquisition, as they used to be called) have decided, in their document the Substantive Norms, that attempting to ordain a woman as a priest is every bit as terrible a crime as a priest abusing their position to sexually assault a child.

Clearly this is offensive, misogynist nonsense and is designed to protect the patriarchal power structures of the church. And as you would expect, sane people the world over are outraged by the proclamation.

Of course, if you happen to live in the UK, your taxes are going to fund the Pope's state visit to Britain later this year to spread more superstition and intolerance - you might want to check out the link below.