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An anti-equality faith healer is trying to build a mega-complex in San Diego

Morris Cerullo, an 84-year-old evangelical mega-church pastor and self-proclaimed faith healer and miracle worker, is proposing an 18.1-acre mega-church complex in the city of San Diego, California.Cerullo, who was convicted for falsifying tax documents between 1998 and 2000, a conviction overturned on a technicality in 2007, has been flying under the radar in the city with this proposal that would include a religious retreat, underground catacombs, a Jerusalem-style Wailing Wall, an outdoor...

New Ark Encounter commercial features real animals, something the park does not

In a hilarious new commercial for the Ark Encounter, people are seen staring in awe at animals walking around in pairs as though this is a groundbreaking concept.Well, aside from the fact you can do this around the world on Safaris and inside zoos, it is also worth pointing out the one place you can't do this is actually at the Ark Encounter which will only feature stuffed animals.

Roseanne Barr’s atheist bashing (and our chitchat) betrays a common ignorance of atheism

Roseanne Barr, the star of the well-loved television showRoseanne, has been slandering atheistsen masse this week without apology and certainly without fatigue. The 63-year-old failed Presidential candidate has been clacking away ceaselessly on her Twitter account (easier to do for lack of proper grammar and spelling) condemning “many” atheists as anti-Semitic and calling those who [Read More...]

Creationist Kent Hovind says biblical contradictions are to ‘weed out atheists’

Kent Hovind, the creationist who was recently released from prison on federal tax crimes and mail fraud, said this week that God put contradiction in the Bible in order to weed out the non-believers.

Charlie Hebdo is releasing a special issue one-year after attack

Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine said it would print nearly one-million copies of a special double issue of their magazine to mark the one-year anniversary of the Islamic attack against their office that left 12 dead.

Fox News blames Bill Cosby’s rape victim for her own rape

Fox News host Gregg Jarrett said on Wednesday that a victim of Bill Cosby was a "problem" because she willingly took drugs.“The problem with the alleged victim here is, she willingly took the pills,” Jarrett said. “She willingly took the wine. Does she bear some responsibility, and does that undercut the criminal charges against Bill Cosby?”

Uproar Against Dawkins Is Sign of New Atheism Retrogression

(Images: Twitter Screenshot, and Wikipedia Commons) Once again, Dawkins is facing scrutiny online. This time, however, it is not for a badly interpreted Tweet or a potentially off-color remark. It is, unbelievably, for behaving precisely as atheists have justifiably been behaving for some time. In an interview with Emad Ahmed ofThe New Statesmen, it is [Read More...]

Prosecutor will not file charges in fatal shooting of Tamir Rice

A grand jury in Cleveland has reached a decision in the case against and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced today no charges will be filed against Officer Timothy Loehmann who shot the 12-year-old Nov. 22, 2014, after a call about someone with a gun in the park.

5 Ways Democratic Socialism Isn’t What You Think

This is an excerpt for my piece over at Huffington Post about Bernie Sanders and Democratic Socialism.

Sarah Silverman told she should be put in the oven after mocking Jesus

Comedian Sarah Silverman sent out a social media post on Christmas day that sent conservatives on an anti-Semitic rampage because they are the utmost of moral people on this planet. If, of course, the moral thing to do is to threaten a Jewish person with the "oven."Christian conservatives believe they are at the top of the moral ladder, but their moral ladder comes crumbling down when someone dares poke fun at their favorite myth: Jesus Christ.