F^%$&@# Idiot

Oh the Cognitive Dissonance!

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, officially Preacher of the Papal Household (Tyson lifts left eyebrow, scratches head), thinks the atheist bus ads released last year have helped to serve God’s cause.”
Ok, that’s cool, I can see how something of the sort might cause a backlash and energize the faithful–makes sense to me. But then he says this:
Suffering is [...]

Will the Holocaust Denying “Bishop” Deny his Denial?

Bishop Richard Williams, the fake British Bishop that Pope Benedict recently readmitted into the Catholic fold, is going to have to eat some crow it seems:
In a statement issued Wednesday, the Vatican Secretariat of State said that Bishop Williamson “must absolutely, unequivocally and publicly distance himself from his positions on the Shoah,” or Holocaust, or else [...]

Stuff God Hates: #59 Pigeons

OMG, this is some funny, funny, funny shit…
http://stuffgodhates.com/
Plus, I finally learned what “snarge” means!

Church to Ensure Virgin Sightings Are Not Demonic Hallucinations… Seriously!

The Independent is reporting that new guidelines to be issued by the Vatican will ensure that henceforth only “real” miraculous sightings of the Virgin Mary will be made public. I suppose they are tired of all those non-miraculous sightings. My favorite part of the story was this line:
If the visionary is considered credible they will ultimately be [...]

Advertising Board to Rule on the Existence of God

Ooooo… this is getting good!
It seems that some folks have launched complaints about the Atheist “Ads” on British buses. At least one complainant is objecting to the ads on “factual” grounds:
Stephen Green, the Christian campaigner who led the protests against the BBC’s broadcast of Jerry Springer – The Opera, is claiming they should be taken [...]

News of the Obvious: Teens like getting it on

The Washington Post reports: Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective.
Despite the demise of bands like Warrant and Poison, teens like getting it on, no matter who they promise they won’t — and they’re not always safe about it:
The new analysis of data from a large federal survey found that more than half of youths became sexually [...]

Old Soldiers: The Favre/McCain Connection

Long ago I promised you a piece on the similar stylings of Brett Favre and John McCain. Out of deference to Favre I had to wait until the NFL season finished and Favre’s blimp of a career set the horizon on fire in Hindenberg fashion — although my inner football fan wanted to write this [...]