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Christian Pastor Freaks Out Over Church Members Who Want to Live in the Countryside

Today’s episode of “The Pastor Steven Anderson Show” features our main character having what can only be described as an aneurysm as he yells at members of his congregation who want to move out to the countryside and become farmers.

Because the city is where all the unsaved people live and, unless you go to them, they’re all gonna burn to Hell.

In short, stop wasting your time growing organic produce, dammit!

The best parts of the clip?

0:47: Where the audience laughs at Anderson’s freak-out

1:03:...

Let Us Celebrate the Birth of the Demon Spawn

This baptism announcement was actually printed in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet this week:

Take a look at it, and it’s not hard to see the 666 in her hair, the fact that her name is short for Lucifer, and the email address which is “Satan’s Mother” backwards.

It’s all part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Elmsta 3000 Horror Fest, a film festival. And the newspaper’s editors didn’t catch it at all:

I have never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, we failed in our procedures…...

A Compilation of Steven Pinker’s Best Arguments and Comebacks

Sweet! Here’s a compilation of Steven Pinker‘s best arguments and comebacks. (Likely the first of many such videos.)

(via Agatan Fnd)

She Should’ve Just Said Her Name Was Nancy

This is pleasant.

It’s a church play explaining how much God loves you… by condemning a good woman to burn in Hell for all of eternity.

She must have told him she didn’t like his fried chicken.

(via Honeydew Wilkins)

Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers: What’s the Meaning of Life?

Esquire has created a fun series of videos titled Mysteries of the Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

In this episode, Tyson is asked, “What’s the meaning of life?”

“The most fulfilled people I know are not those who searched for it and found it. They’re those who created it.”

His full response is warm and fuzzy and sure to resonate with the Humanist crowd.

TV Watchdog Group Condemns Family Guy for Molestation Jokes a Week After Promoting 19 Kids and Counting

The Parents Television Council is one of those activist groups that complains about television shows that don’t meet their specific set of standards. It’s the same group responsible for generating the biggest freakout following Janet Jackson‘s exposed nipple during the 2004 Super Bowl. (Because kids who are accidentally exposed to a half-second nip-slip will be scarred for life.)

PTC just released a report decrying some jokes made on Family Guy:

Rape, incest, pedophilia, sex trafficking, sexual...

U.S. Air Force Leader Preached Christianity at Prayer Event, So Why Hasn’t He Been Punished Yet?

On May 7, Air Force Major General Craig Olson spoke at a National Day of Prayer Task Force event in Washington, D.C. This would be fine as a private citizen, but he did it in uniform, violating his own branch’s regulations.

Specifically, Olson violated U.S. Air Force Standard 2.12, which reads:

Leaders at all levels must balance constitutional protections for their own free exercise of religion, including individual expressions of religious beliefs, and the constitutional prohibition against go...

The Clinic Josh Duggar Attended Was Started by a Man Accused of Sexually Harrassing Dozens of Women

***Update***: A CNN article says that Josh Duggar did not, in fact, stay at this clinic, contrary to the police report:

Jim Bob Duggar initially said upon finding out about his actions, they sent their son to a “Christian ministry” for some “hard physical work and counseling,” but Michelle Duggar later revealed they simply sent him to stay with a family friend for a period of time.

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This story just keeps getting worse, doesn’t it?

As you may recall, when it was discovered that Josh Duggar had be...

Christian Blogger: Josh Duggar’s Critics Are Hypocrites Who Didn’t Care When Lena Dunham Touched Her Sister

Matt Walsh, a conservative Christian blogger at The Blaze, doesn’t think this whole Josh Duggar thing is a big deal.

Josh Duggar

Sure, he molested his sisters, but c’mon. People are making a way bigger deal about this than they should be.

In fact, Walsh says, it’s progressives who are the real hypocrites here:

Speaking of hypocrites, I’m going to be very frank with you: I simply don’t believe most progressives actually care that Josh Duggar touched his sisters when he was 14. I don’t believe they...

Rape and Incest Exemptions to Abortion Are Just “Political” Concessions, Says Anti-Choice Leader

“Personal responsibility” is language that often gets thrown around in the abortion debate by those who would limit women’s reproductive choices. “Abortion is selfish. Abortion is the ultimate rejection of personal responsibility,” is a familiar refrain. If a woman consents to sex, she consents to pregnancy, and should “take responsibility,” the thinking goes, by carrying through the pregnancy.

Now, there are quite a few flaws with that thinking (consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy bein...