Irish priest blames mothers for priests sexually abusing their children
A Wexford priest has said that the wives and mothers of those sexually abused by clergy men implicated the cover up of cleric al abuse in Ireland. Wives and mothers had “failed miserably to deal with the abuse of their children,” he said. In an article in the Irish Catholic Newspaper, Fr Paddy Banville of Ferns Diocese wrote [...]
Woman beats son for refusing to go to church
A Woodstock woman was arrested by police after being called to a home by her 17-year-old son over the weekend. Police in Woodstock said the 17-year-old boy called Saturday morning, saying his mother was beating him with a belt and would not stop, because he wouldn’t go to church. When they arrived at the home, [...]
Catholic church child protection chief caught with 4,000 child porn pictures
A child protection official for the Catholic Church has been caught with 4,000 pictures of child porn. Father-of-four Christopher Jarvis was arrested after uploading pictures of children being abused to a website. Married Jarvis, 49, a former social worker, was employed by the church following sex scandals about pervert priests. His job was to monitor [...]
‘Faith-Healing’ Parents Sentenced to Prison
The parents of Alayna May Wyland had a sentencing hearing this morning in Oregon City. In case you don’t remember, Rebecca and Timothy Wyland are the people who, when their daughter had an “abnormal growth of blood vessels that covered her left eye,” decided to pray for her instead of taking her to the nearest [...]
Christian Morality
A question is asked about the Ryan Commission report on child abuse within institutions run by the religious orders in Ireland. After the panel had spoken the questioner responded and his response. No doubt they’ll tell you these weren’t ‘real Christians’ either. Remember, if you’re a closet Atheist living in a Christian community and afraid to [...]
How To Identify An Atheist
Via: http://deliverustoevil.tumblr.com/post/6332625092/how-to-identify-an-atheist
Kids who spot bullshit and the adults who get upset about it
Brain Gym is a schools program I’ve been writing on since 2003. It’s a series of elaborate physical movements with silly pseudoscientific justifications: you wiggle your head back and forth because that gets more blood into your frontal lobes for clearer thinking; you contort your fingers together to improve some unnamed “energy flow”; they’re keen on [...]
A Hindu couple harrassed and arrested for adopting a Muslim girl
When Hyderabad, India was reeling from bomb blasts in 2007, Papalal who was working nearby found a little girl, then four-years-old, at the Gokul Chat Centre blast site. Papalal, a painter of Hindu Gods and Goddesses for temple walls, and his wife, Jayshree, figured out that the child was a Muslim and had been orphaned. [...]
Obey – An alternative to thinking
Instead of thinking, obey! Trust me, it’s good for you. Get ‘em while they’re young. Via: http://religionpoisons.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/an-alternative-to-thinking/
Christian Group Uses Natural Disasters to Evangelize to Children
When natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes and flooding occur, children often wonder why bad things happen. A Christian outreach is taking advantage of this by spreading thousands of pamphlets aimed at healing children’s emotional trauma by converting them to the Christian faith. The Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) says that food and shelter is not enough [...]
