The Power of Prayer

From my favourite cartoon site……

Oh, The Irony!

Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi of Lecce has condemned Italy’s record lottery as idolatry. He said that the excitement over the €131.5million….
…….has for many people become a form of idolatry and should be stopped as soon as possible.”
Domenico Sigalini, the bishop of Palestrina, added that….
This is a form of idolatry, where we turn not to God [...]

How To Fight Swine Flu.

Who needs a vaccine when all you need to do is chant a prayer and blow on the horn of a ram to protect yourself against the H1N1 virus.

On Monday morning a group of rabbis and kabbalists flew over Israel chanting prayers and blowing on the shofar because they wanted to stop the spread of [...]

The Last Mighty Man Conference?

I once described myself as annoyingly inquisitive – you know – one of those people who never stops asking questions and who never seems satisfied with the answers given. I don’t do it all the time, I wouldn’t have any friends if I did. It’s only when I come across people who claim to have [...]

Militant Atheism

 
I’ve noticed that the term “militant atheist” is being used more frequently lately, particularly after reading through the threads about the review of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future at Pharyngula and at The Intersection.
The term “militant atheist/atheism” is a rather stupid one because it implies that atheists are violent, which they are not – [...]

More Abuse Uncovered In The Catholic Church

Nothing pains me more than having to read about how children or animals are abused at the hands of adults who should know better. Nothing angers me more than discovering that those adults are priests and nuns; people who have supposedly given their life to god and who are supposed to be examples of gods love here [...]

2012 – The End Of The World.

I’m going to be doing a series of posts on various end of the world predictions; many of which claim that the world will end in 2012. So, seeing as 2012 is not that far off, I thought that it would be a great topic to look into and to try and explain some of the [...]

The Pope Gets It Wrong Again

According to AVERT, the international AIDS charity, global estimates for 2007 showed that there were 33 Million people living with AIDS, that includes men, women, and children.  There were 2.7 Million newly infected people in 2007. Other statistics on their website show that……
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.
Africa has 11.6 [...]

Is God On Holiday?

The prayer for rain gathering did not escape my notice. At the beginning of February, potato farmer turned evangelist, Angus Buchan and 3000 of his followers gathered in the Eastern Cape to pray for rain.  The Eastern Cape  is facing the worst drought in more than 40 years, so one can understand that  the farmers are [...]

Shame On The Catholic Church!

I wanted to calm down a bit before I wrote this post, but the more I think about it, the more pissed off I get.
The Catholic Church has gone too far this time. It has condemned the abortion carried out on a nine year old child  in Brazil, who was pregnant with twins after she was allegedly raped [...]