Jesus was a Hindu book upsets Christians, who call for a ban
A book first published in 1946 has been re-released in India, much to the annoyance of Christians. According to this report, Ganesh Savarkar’s Christ Parichay – translated into English as Jesus was a...
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UK scientist helps Christian cult to promote creationism
The Jehovah’s Witness bagged themselves a Big One when they got Professor Raj Kalaria, above, to speak about his belief in creationism in a new video posted online by the cult. Keralia is currently a...
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Charlatan appointed Trump’s Christian policy advisor
Frank Amedia, of Touch Heaven Ministries in Ohio, above, is a self-proclaimed faith-healing prophet who believes he can perform ‘miracles’, including controlling the weather. According to this report,...
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Danish editor sparks free speech row in South Africa
Flemming Rose, above, of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, was due to deliver an academic freedom lecture in August to students at the University of Cape Town, but, because the university’s...
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Violent protests scupper an atheist convention in India
A two-day atheism convention that was to commence in Mathura yesterday was called off after violent protests by local religious leaders and the public. The conference had been organised by Swami...
View ArticleForget garlic, it’s cow pee you need to keep Dracula at bay
A government agency in India established to protect cows has claimed that that the sprinkling of the animals’ urine can protect people from ‘evil forces like Dracula and Satan’. According to The Times...
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Indian ‘god woman’ arrested after fatal wedding shooting
Flamboyant Indian ‘god woman’ and nationalist politician Sadhvi Deva Thakur has surrendered after a shooting incident at a wedding in which one person died and four others injured. According to this...
View ArticleShiva party poster censored in the wake of Hindu fury
A grovelling apology has been issued to the Hindus in the UK after outrage was expressed over a poster advertising a Bollywood event in Manchester. The poster, for a party in February called...
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Fuck modesty for International Women’s Day on March 8!
Wherever Islamism gains power and influence, it comes for women first. And it’s always a sign of worse to come, hence the saying: ‘the freedom of society is measured by the freedom of women.’ Islamism...
View ArticleApostates need support. Help rescue them from religion.
HumanistGlobal.org – the new website of the Brighter Brains Institute that launched the world’s first atheist orphanage in Uganda – is setting up an Apostate Support service. Humanist Global promotes...
View ArticleSo, which religion is right?
Eighty-four percent of the world’s population (5.8 billion out of 6.9 billion in 2010) are affiliated to one religion in some form. Seventy-seven percent identify themselves as a member of one of the...
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Catholic priest resigns after Ganesh is paraded in a church
Catholic priest Juan José Mateos Castro has been forced to resign after he allowed the Hindu god Ganesh to enter a Catholic Church in Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla, two autonomous Spanish communities...
View ArticleJesus turns wine into water – Catholics in India are appalled
An amusing ad for Australian meat was attacked today by the the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) in India for, among other things, showing Jesus turning wine into water for a ‘designated driver’ attending...
View ArticleHindu woman abducted and forced to marry a Muslim
Arti Kumari Sharma, 20, was allegedly abducted at gunpoint at the weekend in the Khairpur District in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province and forced to marry a Muslim. According to this report, the...
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Seeking publicity in the name of absurd religious sentiments
Gaurav Tyagi, a new contributor to the Freethinker, reflects on the recent row over an Australian advertisement for meat. India has lodged a diplomatic protest with Australia over the ad. The Catholic...
View ArticleMeat ad moaners told to get lost by advertising watchdog
Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has dismissed complaints filed by Hindu groups against a controversial advertisement which featured Lord Ganesha at a nosh-up attended by a collection of...
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Rape arrest: another Indian ‘godman’ falls foul of the law
Falahari Maharaj , 70, a popular ‘spiritual’ guru, has been arrested in India for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman. According to the BBC, Maharaj is accused of raping the law student at his...
View ArticleSuperstition is not the answer to India’s mounting problems
India’s Junior Education Minister Satyapal Singh, above, recently stated that engineering students should be taught about ancient Indian scientific discoveries. He said that the first airplane was...
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BBC’s Godslot: ‘Deeply boring’ but popular with listeners
A poll being run by the BBC that asks ‘Does Thought for The Day still have a place on the Today programme?’ today shows that more than 46 percent of listeners want it kept ‘exactly as it is.’ The poll...
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Jesus was the key cause of a nasty family breakup in India
Pictured above are the wife and four children of a Hindu man in India who disowned them after they found Jesus and converted to Christianity. In February of this year, according to this report, Ramesh...
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