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Catholic officials warn ex-seminarians over sex claims
Chicago Tribune

Catholic officials in Italy have threatened former altar boys of the pope...

Are there spirits?

For the rest, click here

Fascinating investigative journalism:

THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY and companies run by its members spent $103 million over the past three years...

Papal advisers say Francis will know right moment to act on women deacons
Crux Now

Members of Pope Francis’s study commission on women deacons...

Is it too late to undo what the Pill has done?
Angelus News (Roman Catholic outfit)

The unintended consequence of widespread birth control — on...

The universe may be 2 billion years younger than we think (AP)

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New calculations suggest the universe could be a couple billion years younger...

Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer

LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) - Evangelical leader and...

Judgment Day - May 21, 2011
4 Months and 20 Days Remaining

Link to tract that explains the line of reasoning: Judgment Day! May 21, 2011

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I hope they don't just treat this as an isolated case. They should prosecute the whole leadership of Scientology (under RICO SUAVE!!!1!!) not just...

Enough time has gone by for a review of where you lot stand ...

Yes

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Lets just see, shall we?

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This is so stupid I almost didn't post it but .... just take a look.

Fuck

Really, no shit ..

I read about it here

I think we are doomed.

Jesus bought this': Delighted televangelist Kenneth Copeland giggles with glee as he unveils new $3million private jet paid for by donations from his...

Or at least holding out some hope that maybe ... :)

Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. Matt 16:28

This is...

Two young ladies knocked--loudly--on the front door. Greeted me cheerfully. Started babbling about what the hell ever.

Asked me if I had been a...

But only Jehovah's Witnesses have doctrines with definite expiration dates.

found here

Definition of a Cult

Noted psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton developed the following definition of a cult. This definition is...

Ya Allah! :MuhammadBoom:

He just wanted to tell the tribe about Jesus.

American missionary killed by remote tribe leaves behind diary: 'I hope this isn't one of my last...

Shunning practiced in any case, but corporate ass coverage also apparently an issue.

An ex-Muslim I've posted here before, but now he breaks anonymity and tells his life story.

I seem to remember reading Carl Sagan writing about the power of coincidence in religious thinking. Just a few minutes ago I was reminded about how...

These are the best and worst countries in the world to be an atheist
the Journal (Ireland)

Synopsis:
USA not number one, but in the top ten.
The...

Existential Comics: The Frankfurt Four

(the rest of the images at the full link)

I think Derrida carries a modulo among his gear :D

Mormon Church president tells women to get off social media for 10 days
Penn Live

For over a year since the #MeToo movement began, women have...

Higher criticism ex-Muslim style. 8)

Plus or minus armageddon.

Suburban cricketers in Melbourne were left stumped at the weekend as the wicket appeared to defy the law of gravity....

:Muhammad:

Climate change is making pigs skinnier, which could mean more expensive pork
National Post (Canada)

Pork is the most widely consumed...

Shocking video shows pastor beating followers of South Korean cult

Shocking footage showing a South Korean pastor beating her followers and...

Rejection by C of E has driven LGBT people to suicide, bishop says
Teh Gruniad

A senior Church of England bishop has said some LGBT people have...

Woman refused Communion after ordination to diaconate
National Catholic Register

When Kathleen O'Connell Sauline came forward for Communion at...

Africa’s “reverse missionaries” are bringing Christianity back to the United Kingdom
Interface Institute

And they are savages you know. :mrgreen:

Lithuanians seek identity in their pagan roots

The last nation in Europe to be converted to Christianity at the end of the 14th century, many...

Southern Baptists Call Off the Culture War

I'm linking to the Freeper thread rather than directly to the story in The Atlantic because the...

From the Ministry of Truth (very 1984, that):

Suggested list of things to remove from our homes and churches

AFRICAN MASKS (see my document on...

Feast of Irreproducibility
Wherein, annually on the traditional day (May 23) the masses gather and gaze at this irrefutable proof of my God Hood....

All 34 Chilean bishops offer resignation over sex abuse scandal

Every Chilean bishop offered to resign Friday over a sex abuse and coverup scandal,...

Vatican advises nuns not to overindulge in social media
Teh Gruniad

The Vatican has advised cloistered nuns not to overindulge in social media...

It's a surprisingly interesting and well-made documentary in my opinion.

It's sort of unique in that this cult had a rise and a fall, but most...

OK. Every religion looks weird if you're not used to it, and every religion changes from time to time.

And then there's this.

Video by a former...

So long as their man does what the evangelicals want, they truly do not give a fuck about character . Case in point .

Betty Bowers has a good shot...

Good grief , what an unbelievably stupid person! The man was *old*. It's to be expected that he'd die soon!

Now if he got killed in some...

Demand for exorcisms rising ‘exponentially’ in Ireland, priest warns
Catholic Herald (UK)

Ireland urgently needs more exorcists to deal with...