I'm on the road for work. I've spent so many night in hotels that I rarely have a problem sleeping. True to form, last night I fell asleep early and deeply. At around 2:00 am a loud noise startled me from my sleep. I woke up confused and disoriented. I sat up in my bed in the dark looked around the ...

We must keep our eyes open for the Christian fundie's tendency to militarism and violence. I know it seems incongruous, but it’s real. Take The Merciful Death Penalty, an article on The Trumpet.com. The article is a long defense of the death penalty. Apparently the death penalty is a good example ...

Being Jesus is tough, just ask the homeless man who claimed to be Jesus Christ. Suspected street-gang members attacked a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk out of annoyance that he calls himself Jesus Christ, San Diego police said. I wonder if he would have got thumped if he claimed to be Budda? ...

I've started tracking fraud in religious charities. My first story is troubling. It is alleged that some Christians feed the poor in order to grow rich. Why  would a “real Christianâ€� do that? A Walton County, Ga., judge will decide Friday whether to bar the leaders of a multimillion dollar ...

Joe is selling Christian salt, blessed by an Episcopal Priest. I mean… what the hell? Retired barber Joe Godlewski of Cresaptown, Md., says he got tired of hearing television chefs recommend kosher salt, so he did something about it. By next week, his trademarked Blessed Christians Salt will be av...

Friar Zero reported that the version of the Atheist Blogroll that is limited to 25 blogs in a rolling list is not working. Instead, it is displaying all 864 blogs. I reported the problem via Twitter and then checked the tech support site, they are aware of the problem and promise a fix within a few ...

I had marked the story of bat wielding pastor Darryl L. George for submission to Hypocrisy Watch. I guess I forgot. He’s in the news again… Back on January 9th, Pastor George and his 19 year old son are alleged to have arrived at Milburn High School with a baseball bat looking to confront studen...

Pastors are capable of acting like jerks when scorned by ex-lovers just like normal people. I guess the whole Christian concept of a moral code being written on your heart does not apply to matters of the heart. What possess a pastor to send a picture of his penis to an ex-lover? Reverend Bates of R...

So... the world is full of nutballs. Take Bishop Anthony Towns of Bakersfield, Ca. He likes paddle his parishioners when they are disobedient. He paddles children and adults alike, the children he paddles without permission from their parents. "He'd spank me like a couple times, like six, and t...

I needed to decompress after a day of desk labor in the salt mines, so I read a few Reddit headlines. Here are a few gems. A video of a nutball Christian woman in a coffee shop. Sen. Sam Brownback questions the faith of his fellow Senators. A bunch of girls faint and their teach is accused of being ...