religion

Reverend Michael Scruggs likes to get people talking about “real life situations” in his sermons in White Oak, Ohio. None of this, let me preach to you about stuff in the Bible and you sit and listen. No, this Reverend wants people to address things that effect today’s society and...

Well, those waiting for Rapture will have to wait a little longer, according to the evangelical preacher who’s behind the whole thing… at least he’s behind the publicizing of the whole thing. Harold Camper, founder of the independent Family Church, says he got the date wrong when he predicted...

Although a large part of this author really hopes that a bunch of people raised enough money to raise this billboard somewhere near Harold Camping’s Oakland headquarters – something tells me it is just a quick and easy Photoshop effort. For the record, the Gimp traces in the file...

Parishioners at Luleå Cathedral Christmas Day service was slightly different this year from other years. The pastor overslept and only made it in time for the coffee. The pews were packed on Saturday morning but began to get restless as it became apparent that something was amiss. Duty pastor, Stefan Widman, had slept...

A disagreement between four Russians over the existence of good ended in a stabbing that left two of them dead. A woman, her son, a male roommate and a male relative decided to get philosophical and discuss god after consuming a liter of pure alcohol (which they downed with...

I’m not one to judge people based on their religious beliefs, no matter how outlandish they seem to me.  But this time, claiming your religion to be “Festivus” in order to get your fill of kosher meals, well I’m calling shenanigans on this one. When Malcolm Alarmo King was...

Well, its nearly Halloween, and I often wonder if we really understand what the effect it has on the young. In an article called “The Truth About Popular Celebrations”, written in 2001, a school inspector from France with more than 20 years of experience in teaching was asked about the influence of Halloween...

The red-suited, white-bearded Santa Claus who most people are familiar with was first depicted by American author Washington Irving, who drew an image of a jolly Dutchman. This was then modified by a German immigrant called Thomas Nast, who drew a plump Santa with red clothing for Harper’s Weekly....

Mr Aleksey Fedorin was charged and tried in Rostov, Russia, for “mass distribution of extremist materials,” despite his being 85 years of age and legally classified as disabled. In a court in Tselina, Judge Viktoria Samokhina ruled to fine him 1,000 rubles, which sounds like a lot but is actually...