I’ve seen my share of ridiculous church signs but we have to create a new dumbass award for whoever came up with this one I found on reddit. The person who posted the picture says the area code is 716, in case you’d like to call in and answer their question. I wonder if there are any prizes to be won!

If Evolution is true, why help the poor?

Jesus had two dads - why can't I?

Indeed, why not? Why all the anger against homosexuals from the Christian camp?

I mean, come on! You say that Jesus – the same guy who rounded up twelve men who were willing to leave their wives behind to follow him – hates gays?

Read your Bible and you’ll see that the Jesus portrayed in its pages would have empathized with gays in the same way that he did with all other social outcasts, from lepers to prostitutes to tax collectors. So go out and love your neighbors – even the gay ones!

The ossuary of no one in particular

The whole St. Paul’s bones issue has left me wondering. What would it take to convince the Pope Benedict and the Vatican that a number of first century bones were those of Jesus, and that he was not in fact physically resurrected?

If you recall, a few years back, the famous case of the James the brother of Jesus ossuary was debunked as a forgery, and for very good reason.

Now imagine that archaeologists actually find an ossuary and authenticate an inscription that says it contains the bones of Jesus himself. Imagine this inscription is conclusively shown to have been made by first century Gnostics, who believed that Jesus was not resurrected. Surely an authenticated inscription is a level above the two millennia of oral tradition that have been used to argue the case for the St. Paul bones, and just because the Gnostics did not benefit from a friendly Roman Emperor to help them spread and grow like the Catholics did, it does not automatically make their beliefs any less valid. Imagine also that the bones in the ossuary are dated and found to exactly match the time of Jesus’ death with any margin of error being well within the limits (unlike the St. Paul case).

Would this be enough evidence to convince Pope Benedict XVI and Christians in general that Jesus was not bodily resurrected into Heaven like they believe? Will the Pope hang up his pointy hat and announce that the central belief of Christianity – salvation through the resurrection of Jesus – has been disproven?

I guess not! So what kind of scientific evidence and how much of it would it take to convince them that Jesus died and stayed dead?

Comments please!

"The thigh bone connected to the back bone, The back bone connected to the neck bone, The neck bone connected to the head bone, Oh, hear the word of the Lord!"

Suddenly, Pope Benedict XVI seems to be thinking that science is his best friend.

Actually, the Pope has just shown the world that he has no idea how science works. And apparently, he even lacks a grasp of basic logic.

You see, the Pope gleefully announced that some old bones in a sarcophagus have been scientifically tested and shown to be those of St Paul, as the Catholic Church has maintained all along.


As Catholic Online reports:

In his homily, broadcast live on Italian television, the Pope told the faithful that the tomb had been “…subject to a scientific investigation. A small hole was drilled in the sarcophagus, unopened for centuries, and a probe was introduced. It found traces of a valuable purple fabric, in linen and gold layer-laminated, and a blue fabric with linen threads. Red incense grains and substances containing proteins and limestone were also discovered. Small fragments of bone were found and radiocarbon dated by experts who did not know their place of origin. Results indicate that they belong to someone who lived between the 1st and 2nd century A.D. This seems to confirm the unanimous and undisputed tradition according to which these are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul. All this fills our soul with deep emotion.”

What Pope Benedict XVI is actually saying is, “Hey! Check out these old bones that we think belong to St. Paul. We’ve scientifically shown that they could be enough to be St. Paul’s, so, of course, they must be his.”

Of course, experts are skeptical about this claim.

First of all, the bones were dated to the first or second century CE, meaning any time between 1CE and 200 CE. Given that St. Paul is said to have been beheaded around 65CE, there is a greater chance than not that the person those bones belong to died after St. Paul. Secondly, unless St. Paul was the only person alive at the time, how can we be sure that the bones in the sarcophagus are definitely his?

Wishful thinking. That’s how!

Now, you might even think that it’s only reasonable for poor old Pope Benedict to get carried away and fabricate fact where there is none. After all, he has a vested interest in this ‘discovery’ of St. Paul’s bones.  But the mental acrobatics needed to arrive at such a conclusion are astounding, to say the least.

And since when have the Pope and the Vatican rushed to uphold a scientific claim, anyway?

Prepare to believe in a Photoshopped world

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The civilized world is still reeling from the sad and shocking contents of the report published this week by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, that was established in 2000 to investigate allegations of abuse at Catholic-run children’s institutions in Ireland.

Meanwhile…

Hidden inside a catholic confessional...

Looks like this guy is sacrificing his weekends to get this WARNING out, so the least you can do is listen up! God’s judgment is coming! Now you know.

(More comments below the image.)

WARNING: God's judgment is coming!

As you can see, the warning is quite clear. Pay attention you:

• sex addicts (Both practising and non-practising ones. God hates you all.)
• baby killers (And sperm wasters too, says God.)
• sports nuts (Whether you live healthy lives working out all the time or just chuck beers in front of NBA, NFL or Super Bowl.)
• racists (Not bigots, mind you. God seems to love those!)
• atheists (Yikes!)
• rebellious women (Rebellious men are exempted.)
• lewd women (Phew! I thought he was going to say lewd men for a minute.)
• f se religions (Looks like God asked him to write ‘false religions’ but some doubting Christian took offence and tried to deface it.)
• money lovers (Ooops! Told you God was a commie.)
• liar (Which one? The one with the sign. DUH!)
• drunkards (So your wife left you, you lost all your money gambling, and you had to drown your sorrows? Not God’s problem.)
• two faced people (No! Not Zaphod Beeblebrox as well!)
• child molesting homosexuals (At least normal homosexuals will be spared.)
• thieves (That includes YOU who are reading this at work and thus robbing your employer.)
• witches (Wizards, warlocks and all male practitioners of the occult, you can breathe a sigh of relief.)
• pencil necked, weak kneed, gutless men (Yes, you who don’t reign in your rebellious and lewd women!)
• pot smoking little devils (Only big devils and angels are allowed to smoke pot.)
• AND MORMONS (Sorry guys! You really had it coming.)

God’s judgment is coming, and you’re going to be the first in line. Repent now, or prepare for an eternity of hellfire and gnashing of teeth.

I’d really love to have a video of this kid preaching out there. Should be funny as hell!

Clowns for Christ: We are fools for Christ's sake

Who ever said that religion is all about control, oppression and generally making you feel guilty for just being the way you are?

Clowns for Christ seem to have taken it upon themselves to make sure that your conversion to Christianity is as much fun as possible. They claim to be, ‘the oldest full time Gospel, preaching, soul winning clown Ministry, in America.’ You surely don’t mean there are more nutjobs like you on the loose!

With 1 Corinthians 4:10, ‘We are fools for Christ’s sake,’ as their motto, you have to at least admit that they got that bit right.

Still, I’d love to see the faces of their audience when they get to the fire and brimstone part of the show!

God’s now got his own airforce, and it’s not a bunch of cute, harmless disembodied cherubs, either.

We’re talking actual Top Gun here! Move over Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis, and enter God’s Top Gun of Deliverance. Dr. Shine and Dee Dee from the Seed Faith International Church (I could have sworn it was ‘Speed Faith’) are going to swoop down like eagles from the sky and blast away any opposition they face.

Some preachers may be hiring their own jets, but Dr.Shine becomes one in this hilarious vid. And yes, it’s taken from an official Seed Faith International Church video, not some religion-mocking Top Gun mashup. So fire up your afterburners and get ready for a good laugh!

Ah well! Some evangelists are just wackier than others, I guess.