As the sun sets for us at Patheos, a new dawn will begin on OnlySky
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
THIS will be my last post on Patheos. Together with such well-known blogs as The Friendly Atheist, Daylight Atheism, The Secular Cinephile and Laughing in Disbelief, I am in the process of moving over to OnlySky which will be officially launched in early January, 2022. OnlySky has been created as an explicitly secular media outlet ..read more
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Gothic novelist Anne Rice, who quit being a Christian, dies aged 80
The Freethinker
by Barry Duke
2y ago
BACK in 2010, Anne Rice who gained international fame with her first novel, Interview With The Vampire, revealed in an interview with NPR that she was through with Christianity. Rice, who died on Saturday, said: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian ..read more
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Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
SHORTLY before Darwin Day 2021 (February 12) the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Chicago chapter unveiled the striking billboard above in Chicago. At the time FFRF Co-President Dan Barker said that that science works and must be trusted during pandemics such as Covid. He added: It was a natural selection given the continuing pushback ..read more
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Plumber gets $20,000 for finding money stashed in a church wall
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
THE discovery last month of $600,000 behind a toilet wall in a Texas church run by mega-rich televangelist Joel Osteen, above, raised several questions. First off, people began asking why Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, was hoarding so much money in a safe, which got robbed back in 2014. Next came the question “will ..read more
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Virginia library’s festive holiday display sparks a devil of a row
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
A LIBRARY  in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been forced to remove a festive holiday reading display after local residents branded it “offensive” – even though it included a Bible. One angry prodnose, Stacy Langton, said “it’s so outrageously offensive” – then made sure that millions, who would never have seen the display, got to view ..read more
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Lunacy: $10-million given to a church to open a drugs ‘rehab’ facility
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
WHAT does the Greater Hope International Church in Lumberton, North Carolina – headed by pastor Ron Barnes, above – know about treating people with drug problems? According to NC Health News, sweet bugger all: There’s no evidence on the six-year-old church’s website to suggest it has experience in treating addiction disorders, and the church failed ..read more
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Nature joins the War on Christmas; smites giant ‘Christ tree’
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
THERE a two reasons why the city of Enid in Oklahoma should never have erected a 140-tall “Christ tree” decked out with baubles weighing 4,200 lbs. First, the area is subject to extremely high winds. According to this report: Wind is always an issue in Western Oklahoma … insanely, crazy winds. Second, and most important ..read more
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Know your mythology before you mock it
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
“If you’re going to make fun of Catholic dogma, make damn sure that you get your facts right first!” Those words were barked at me down a crackly telephone line by Barbara Smoker, above, best described as Britain’s answer to Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Smoker, apart from being President of the UK’s National Secular Society, was ..read more
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Drag queen for a day pastor Craig Duke is now out of a job
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
THE moment I posted a piece last month about a pastor donning drag for an HBO show called We’re Here I just knew that local Christians in Newburgh, Indiana, would soon be baying for his blood. And that’s exactly what happened. Craig Duke, lead pastor at the Newburgh United Methodist Church, has been relieved of ..read more
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Islam: where madness, misogyny and murderous messages assemble
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by Barry Duke
2y ago
A COUPLE of weeks ago an Islamic scholar, Hussain Salafi from Kerala in India, issued a stark warning to women: stay away from shopping malls because (a) Allah doesn’t like them and (b) they attract people who are “children of the Devil.” That was pretty mild in comparison to a sermon delivered earlier by Maulana ..read more
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