Priests And Monks Brawl

Afghan Girl Found Tortured

Warren Jeffs Prophesies Of Doom

"Right now, Warren is prophesying that the end is nigh, that the world's coming to an end at any moment," said Sam Brower, a Cedar City private investigator who has spent years probing the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "They're trying to live up to Warren's predictions and prophesies and trying to prove to him that they're obedient and that they're going to follow his instructions, do whatever he tells them."

Mormon Ponzi Scheme

Utah: FBI agents closed a prominent real estate management business here Thursday and began removing documents pertaining to the investigation of what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission calls a “$220 million Ponzi scheme.”

The SEC claims Wendell and Allen Jacobson used their LDS Church membership to gain the trust of investors.

A statement by the SEC says Jacobson, and his son Allen, 33, “offer investors the opportunity to share ownership of large apartment communities in eight states," but instead "are merely pooling the money raised from investors into large bank accounts from which they are siphoning money to pay family expenses and the operating expenses of their various companies.”

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The father and son “raised more than $220 million from approximately 225 investors through a complex web of entities under the umbrella of Management Solutions, Inc.,” the SEC alleges.

Tebowing High School Students Suspended

Lowe's Caves To Douchebag Pressure

These douchebags...Florida Family Association

Rampant Bestiality In The Military

A great article from our friends @ defshepherd
Last week, the US Senate voted to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The repeal was part of a larger piece of legislation, the National Defense Authorization Act. Article 125 is an archaic statute which bars troops from engaging in consensual sodomy, and its repeal was tacked on to the defense act. However, since the article defines sodomy as "unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal," the nutjobs read this as the military condoning bestiality. Here's a reporter asking White House press secretary Jay Carney if the president approves or disapproves of sex with animals:



Then, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck watched that video together on Beck's show.


And of course Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association, had to add his two cents:

Afghan Rape Victim Freed

Saudi Woman Beheaded For Sorcery

The Proper Way To Spank A Child

This is from Pastor Michael Pearl author of 'To Train Up A Child' a book that was found in the homes of three children who died from alleged abuse

Church Enforcer

California: A California couple enlisted a brutish local enforcer to dish out a beating on their teenage son because they suspected the boy was smoking, authorities say.

Paul Kim 39, of Chino Hills, is facing felony child cruelty charges after cops say he hammered the unidentified high schooler about a dozen times with an inch-thick pipe at the boy's parents request.

Read More: Paul Kim

Kim and the boy's parents attend the same Lutheran church in La Habra, and authorities believe he has doled out beatings for other parents.

Public School Holds Christian Rally

A public school in South Carolina flagrantly violated the Constitution recently by holding a christian themed assembly for students, on school property, during school hours.

On Sept. 1 this year, New Heights Middle School officials held an evangelical revival assembly intended to 'save' students by encouraging them to accept Jesus Christ into their hearts. The school-day assembly featured a minister who delivered a sermon, a Christian rapper (known as 'B-SHOC'), and church members who prayed with students. Students were urged to sign a pledge dedicating themselves to Christ.

Read More: New Heights Middle School

On his own behalf and for his son, Jonathan Anderson sued the Chesterfield County School District and School Board, Superintendent John Williams and New Heights Middle School Principal Larry Stinson, in Federal Court.

Here's footage of the event, believed to be taken by the event's organizers.

Obama Is The Leopard

William Tapley, the 3rd eagle of the apocalypse, reveals Obama's true character through numerology, dreams and the prophecies of Daniel.

Food Stamps Cause Obesity

Speaking in Le Mars, Iowa on Monday, Rick Santorum promised to significantly reduce federal funding for food stamps, arguing that the nation’s increasing obesity rates render the program unnecessary.

Mormons And Muslims Have Been Deceived

Bryan Fischer says both Mormons and Muslims preach false teachings about Jesus and they are being deceived by Satan.

Bishop Eddie Long's Fall From Grace

Can Christians Vote For a Mormon?

The Politichicks offer unprecedented insight on who christians should vote for.

Obama's War On Religion

Rick Perry will end Obama’s war on religion, and fight against liberal attacks against our religious heritage.

Fox Business Blasts The Muppets

Not exactly religious douchebaggery but there is a biblical reference at the end.

God Saves Couple After Poisoning Them

Utah: A Bountiful couple says their chance, improbable rescue from a near- fatal carbon monoxide poisoning in their home is due to sheer will power with a big assist from divine intervention.

Read More: Divine Intervention

David and April Weeks can't explain how they were able to low-crawl 30 feet to their front door — which is normally locked at 5:30 in the morning — and lay in the threshold of the doorway, in pitch black and be spotted by a passer-by.

Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Couples

Yes, I said interracial.

From our friends @ Christian Nightmares

Woman Imprisoned On Scientology Cruise Ship

Valeska Paris says the Church of Scientology sent her to the ship when she was 18, to prevent her mother taking her away from Scientology.

Ms Paris says she ended up being on the ship for over a decade.

Is Tim Tebow Performing Miracles?

By Stephen Prothero
As anyone who has visited Dallas or Atlanta on any recent weekend can attest, America’s two great religions are Christianity and football. In recent weeks, these two great faiths have come together in Tim Tebow, the new starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos and America’s latest merger of faith in Jesus and faith in the Almighty Touchdown.

In his book “Faith and Belief,” the Religious Studies scholar Wilfred Cantwell Smith describes how the notion of “faith” changed over the centuries from something like “trust” to its modern-day meaning of “belief in the unbelievable.”

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And that, it seems to me, is what we are witnessing with Tebow.

It is simply not believable that a quarterback who cannot throw would turn a team from a 1-4 also-ran to a 6-5 playoff contender. But Tebow has done that, in part by running and in part, well, by faith.

Craigslist Killers

Ohio: Richard Beasley, 52, who worked as an unpaid chaplain, was arrested on Nov. 16, along with Brogan Rafferty, 16, for allegedly luring victims through a job advertisement that was posted on Craigslist seeking extra help working on an Ohio cattle farm.

Victims were told to bring all of their belongings, as they would also be living on the farm, which does not exist.

Read More: Richard Beasley

Police said they believe robbery was the motive in the three murders and one attempted murder.

No Need For HIV Meds

At least six people with HIV stopped taking their medication and died after churches claimed God could cure them, an investigation has found.

Read More: God Heals

Undercover reporters who posed as worshippers infected with HIV in south London were told that pastors could heal them. Pastors at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Southwark boasted that they had a '100 per cent success rate', said Sky News which carried out the investigation.

Gay Marriage Leads To Eiffel Tower Marriage

Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign chair Tamara Scott tells Bob Vander Plaats that legalizing gay marriage will lead to legalizing marriage with inanimate objects, like the Eiffel Tower.


From our friends @ cynical-c

Herman Cain Hates Foreigners

and anyone who's not christian.

Rape Victim Remains In Jail

A 21-year-old rape victim was jailed for adultery. She has been given the option of marrying her attacker to get out of jail and legitimize her infant daughter. The child is imprisoned with her at Badambagh Prison on the outskirts of Kabul.

Couple Denied Wedding Cake

Would The World Be Better Without Religion?

59 percent of the audience agreed the world would be better off without religion, while 31 percent disagreed.



More on the debate

Thanksgiving Family Forum

This scares me...

Jesus Music

Homosexuals Commit 50% Of Murders

Pastor Tom Vineyard of Western Heights Baptist Church, Oklahoma City

From our friends @ Christian Nightmares

What's The Matter With Kansas?

Based on the Thomas Frank's best-seller, What's the Matter with Kansas? shows how Kansas transformed from an outpost of radicalism to a bastion of conservatism.

Masturbating Teacher

Illinois: A teacher at a suburban Christian school has been charged with a felony, after he was fired for allegedly masturbating behind a podium while teaching class.

As CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports, Schaumburg police said he might have been doing it for the past 10 years or more.

Read More: Paul LaDuke

Paul LaDuke, 75, has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child. LaDuke has been a math teacher at the school for 26 years.

From our friends @ JesusNeeds NewPR

Troll post removed...Thanks for the heads-up.

Warren Jeffs Predicts Death And Destruction

Pastor Accused Of Sex With Minor

California: Matthias Anderson, 41, lead pastor of New Wine Ministries International in Oceanside, is accused of having unlawful sex with a minor Murrieta girl over a two-year period, police said today.

Anderson was arrested at 7:45 a.m. today near the victim's Murrieta residence as he allegedly arrived to pick up the victim.

Read More: Matthias Anderson

Based on the investigation, detectives suspect there is a possibility of additional victims in the Oceanside area. A bio page on the church website says Anderson is married and the father of six.

Lou's Gonna Save Your Soul

Lou Engle, along with Rick Joyner and Jerry Boykin, is leading a rally in Detroit, Michigan this week aimed at converting American Muslims to Christianity.

Islamophobia

In this scene from "Islamophobia," Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League takes "Vanguard" correspondent on a tour of the neighborhood where he grew up, which he says has been taken over by radical Islamists.

Pick An Agency, Any Agency

The WBC In Las Vegas

Youth Pastor Guilty Of Murder

Georgia: A former youth pastor was found guilty Monday of murdering two former friends in 2004.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting Joshua Kevin Drucker, 33, of McDonough of two counts of malice murder and two counts of felony murder in the shootings of David Andrew Robertson, 40, and Lora Nikolova, 25.

Drucker also was convicted of two counts of armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and credit card fraud.

Read More: Joshua Kevin Drucker

Drucker served as a youth minister at the Global Outreach Church his father pastored in Stockbridge.

Pastor Charged With 21 Counts

Kansas: A Salina pastor arrested on suspicion of sexual crimes against a child was officially charged in court on Monday.

Birger Draget, 54, was charged with 21 different counts which include indecent liberties with a child, rape and sodomy.

Read More: Birger Draget

Officials say Draget, the pastor at Salina's Seventh Day Adventist Church, was arrested after a teenage victim came forward tellling officials she had been assaulted for years.

Pastor Accused Of Cashing Bad Checks

New York: A Bronx landlord was busted for allegedly cashing dozens of hefty pension checks addressed to his tenant -- even though she’s been dead for more than a decade, a city probe found.

The Rev. Victor Rosa reportedly reaped more than $241,000 in pension and welfare-fund checks intended for former city public-school teacher Maria Sicardo, the city’s special commissioner of investigation found.

Read More: Victor Rosa

It wasn’t until a city worker reached out to Rosa last year that he suddenly reported Sicardo deceased -- although he claimed she had died only recently in Puerto Rico, the city probe found. Rosa was arrested last week at his home in Orlando, Florida.

Pastor Arrested For Burglary

Tennessee: A Smyrna pastor has been arrested for attempting to burglarize a church member after the victim set up a video camera when he noticed medications were missing from his home.

Rickey Alan Reed, 55, a pastor of the 1st Free Methodist Church in Smyrna is charged with attempted burglary. Police claim this video shows him trying to burglarize the home of the church member.

French Paper Attacked

A firebomb attack has caused serious damage to the headquarters of French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, that "invited" the Prophet Muhammad to be a guest editor and printed an image of him on its cover.

And here is their cover for next week...title says "Love stronger than hate".

Mississippi Personhood Amendment

The controversial measure, known as "Personhood," will ask Mississippians to amend the state constitution to define life as beginning at conception, which would eliminate abortion, including in the cases of women who are the victims of rape and incest. The law would also outlaw certain forms of birth control and the destruction of embryos in laboratories -- which puts in vitro fertilization procedures in question because it results in unused fertilized eggs.

Jesus, Nice Paint Job

Voyeuristic Evangelist

Mississippi: A traveling evangelist charged with spying on women with a hidden camera faced a judge Tuesday morning in Olive Branch.

Sammy Nuckolls arrived at the Olive Branch courthouse with a supporter and his lawyer Ronald Michael, who proclaimed his innocence. Nuckolls is charged with secretly recording an Olive Branch woman without her permission.

Read More: Sammy Nuckolls

Nuckolls case in Olive Branch follows his recent arrest in Gosnell, Arkansas on similar charges that he secretly recorded a woman without her permission.

University Institutes Biblical Lifestyle Policy

God Let Animals Escape

Ohio: Last month 56 exotic animals escaped from a farm in Zanesville, Ohio. Authorities say Terry Thompson, the owner of the farm, opened the cage doors and cut the wires on the cages, then killed himself. But Pat Robertson isn't buying that explanation.

Robertson said that “God allowed those wild animals to escape because he wanted them to find gay people and bite them.”

Read More: Lions and Tigers and Bears

Rev. Robertson, who made his remark during a regular broadcast of his 700 Club television program, said that the Book of Revelation made explicit reference to “escaped lions, tigers and bears running around Ohio biting gay people” as a prelude to the Rapture.

King James Bible Singles

This site is for independent fundamental Baptist King-James-Bible-believing Christians who would like a husband or wife, but haven't found the right person in their local church and hence wish to connect with singles from other likeminded churches.

Rick Santorum's Law

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum explains to an Iowa audience how god's law supercedes US law. If Santorum is elected, say goodbye to shellfish and clothes of mixed fabrics.

Matt's Safe School Law

A new anti-bullying law passed this week by the Michigan Senate makes an exception for religious and moral beliefs.

"Matt's Safe School Law", named for 14-year-old Matt Epling, includes a provision specifically noting that the law doesn't prohibit expression of religious or moral viewpoints.

"This section does not prohibit a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil's parent or guardian"


Senator Gretchen Whitmer spoke out against the bill.

In God We Trust

Congressional Republicans believe that the only thing more important than focusing on jobs is sending Barack Obama a petty, unrelated message on official house stationery.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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FLDS Man Sent To Prison

Texas:  A judge has sentenced a follower of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to seven years in prison for bigamy and child sex assault.

Leroy Johnson Steed pleaded no contest Tuesday to two counts of bigamy and one of child sex assault in state district court in Robert Lee, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported.

Read More: Leroy Johnson Steed

Steed is the 10th of 12 men in the Jeffs-led Fundamentalist LDS Church to be prosecuted with evidence from an April 2008 raid on the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Schleicher County.

Youth Pastor Arrested

Oklahoma: A youth minister in Rogers County has been arrested for sex crimes against children.

Joe Cheater Jr., 39, is charged with seven counts of lewd molestation and four counts of rape. All the victims are young girls under 14 years old.

Read More: Joe Cheater Jr.

The case all stems from allegations going back to 2005. Investigators in Rogers County say Joe Cheater Jr. molested at least 5 young girls who were friends of his family.

Loose Women Conference

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Predators In Plain Sight

Gary Tuchman reports on allegedly abusive Catholic priests who are living, unsuspected, in communities across the country on CNN Presents, Saturday at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET on CNN.

Divine Intervention

Last nights World Series game was one of the best ever. In both the 9th and 10th innings the St. Louis Cardinals were 1 strike away from losing the series.

After the Cardinals rallied and tied the score in bottom of the 9th inning, Josh Hamilton hit a huge homer to put the Rangers up by two in the 10th.

Apparently all the excitement caught the attention of upper management, as Josh Hamilton explained after the game...

“I would tell y’all something, but y’all wouldn’t believe me … The Lord told me it was going to happen before it happened. You hadn’t hit a home run in a while. You’re about to right now.’”

Listen here

Even with the help the Rangers couldn't overcome the determination of the Cardinals. They ended up winning the game in the 11th inning on a David Freese walkoff homer.

Highway To Hell

Runaway truck driver explains why he didn't stop.

Get Down

If you think Planking is cool...you're going to love Tebowing.

40 Day Fast For God

Day 1



Day 40

Homicide In The Name Of God?

Dr. Phil Kidd - You Might Be A Liberal

This video was sent to us by a former member of the "Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult". Dr. Phil here is one of their leaders. Thanks for the tip...we are looking forward to future contributions.

Newt Gingrich - No Faith, No Judgment

How can I trust you with power if you don't pray?



Gingrich has been married three times. In 1962, he married Jackie Battley. In the spring of 1980, Gingrich left Battley after having an affair with Marianne Ginther. Gingrich wed Marianne Ginther in 1981. In the mid-1990s, Gingrich began an affair with House of Representatives staffer Callista Bisek, who is 23 years his junior. In 2000, Gingrich married Bisek shortly after his divorce from second wife Ginther.

Ralph Reed Of The Faith And Freedom Coalition

Ralph Reed says that allowing the government to create programs to help senior citizens or those in need takes away our liberties.

This is the same Ralph Reed who was involved in Jack Abramoff's Indian lobbying scandal

Four Of The GOP Candidates Hearing Voices

Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum -- have said they had a sense that God was leading them to run.

Spain’s Stolen Babies

A new BBC Documentary 'Spain's Stolen Babies' airs Tues Oct 18, 2011. Between 1960 and 1989 as many as 300,000 newborn infants may have been trafficked by the Catholic Church.

Spain's courts are certainly taking the claims seriously

Bishop Indicted On Child Endangerment Charge

Missouri: Catholic Bishop Robert W. Finn and the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph have been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of failure to report suspected child abuse by a priest, prosecutors said Friday in Missouri.

The class A misdemeanor carries a potential sentence of up to a year in jail and a fine up to $1,000 for Finn, 58, and a fine for the diocese, said Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters-Baker. Both pleaded not guilty Friday.

Read More: Bishop Robert W. Finn

The prosecution alleges that, between December 16 and May 11 of this year, Finn "had reasonable cause to suspect a child may be subjected to abuse" by Father Shawn Ratigan, a priest from Independence, Missouri, who was indicted in August on 13 counts related to child pornography. Finn "had reasonable cause to suspect a child may be subjected to abuse due to previous knowledge of concerns about Father Ratigan and children," Peters-Baker told reporters. That reasonable cause included the discovery of hundreds of photographs on the priest's laptop, "including a child's naked vagina, upskirt images and images focused on the crotch area and violations of restrictions that were placed on Father Ratigan."

Exposing The Kingdom Of Darkness

Exposing the Kingdom of Darkness is based on the true meaning of Halloween and how Satan uses this holiday to steal your child's life through the many festivities of Halloween.

Celebrate JesusWeen

12 year-old Kidnapped, Raped And Forcibly Converted

Pakistan: A 12 year-old Christian girl is gang raped for eight months, forcibly converted and then 'married' to her Muslim attacker.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that A 12-year-old Christian girl was abducted and raped for eight months. The rapists have not been arrested because of their affiliation with a militant Muslim organization. The police are also refusing to order a medical checkup. The Judicial Magistrate of the area took her statement under section 164 Cr Pc (Criminal Procedure Code) but has not made any orders for her security. One of the rapist claims that he has married the girl but she denies that any marriage took place during her abduction and captivity.

Read More: Asian Human Rights Commission

The police have warned the Christian parents that it would be better to hand over the girl to her 'legal' husband (the rapist) otherwise a criminal case will be filed against them.

Monsignor Steals Over $650,000

Nevada: One of the most senior churchmen in Las Vegas has admitted stealing over $650,000 from his parishioners to feed his gambling habit.

Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe faces up to 60 years in jail after confessing to raiding church funds to feed his addiction to video poker.

The 58-year-old, the second most senior churchman in Las Vegas Roman Catholic Diocese, kept his gambling secret from church leaders and his parishioners.

Read More: Kevin McAuliffe

McAuliffe has agreed to pay back the stolen money but faces up to 60 years in jail and a fine of $750,000.

Christians Protest Mike Daisey Performance

Mike Daisey was performing his monologue Invincible Summer at American Repertory Theatre on April 19th when the show was disrupted by eighty seven members of a Christian group who walked out of the show en masse to protest the content.

Hitler Inspired 9/11

Daniel Lapin tells Pat Robertson that the Bible warned us of 9/11 and that Hitler inspired the attacks.

Pastor, Deacons Accused Of Assaulting Gay Couple

Mitt Romney Questioned On His Faith

In this interview he denies personal and modern prophetic revelation - key tenets to his religion.

Woman To Be Lashed For Driving

Saudi Arabia: A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers. The woman, identified as Shaima Ghassaniya, was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in July.

News of the sentencing comes two days after Saudi King Abdullah announced that the kingdom’s women would have the right to vote and run in local elections — for the first time — in 2015

Read More: 10 Lashes

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world to prevent women — Saudi and foreign alike — from driving. Though there is no written law keeping women from driving, religious rulings enforced by the police have the same effect as a ban. Women tend to rely on live-in drivers or male relatives for transportation.

Christian Heckler

A heckler called President Obama “the Antichrist” at a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Monday night before security dragged the man out.

“The end of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is the signature achievement of our time,” master of ceremonies Jesse Tyler Ferguson told the president and the crowd.

That’s when a bearded man standing in the front row near the stage began shouting.

The Rescheduled Rapture Is Approaching

Harold Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven on May 21st, said that he felt so terrible when his doomsday message did not come true that he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife. His independent ministry, Family Radio International, spent millions — some of it from donations made by followers — on more than 5,000 billboards and 20 recreational vehicles plastered with the Judgment Day message.

Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy, saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.

Mark your calendars and make arrangements for your pets. The end is near.

Girl Found Dead After Exorcism

Japan: A 13-year-old girl suffocated after she was strapped down and doused with water by her father and a monk who were trying to expel an "evil spirit", according to Japanese police and media reports.

The two men - 56-year-old monk Kazuaki Kinoshita and the girl's 50-year-old father Atsushi Maishigi - were arrested on charges of inflicting injury resulting in the death of Tomomi Maishigi in Kumamoto in the country's south.

Read More: The Exorcist

"They allegedly strapped the victim to a chair with belts and doused her face with water," he said.
She was confirmed dead early the next day when her mother called an ambulance after the girl fell unconscious. "The cause of death is suffocation," the police official said.

Vote Christian In 2012

It's so much easier than researching candidates, with all the reading and listening to people talk and stuff.

Bless You

Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll

Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll blasts the media, scientists and the Da Vinci Code while speaking at a Faith and Freedom Coalition rally.

Go To Church Or Go To Jail

The Rain That Never Fell

Rick Perry appeared at Liberty University on September 14 and discussed the ways in which he feels his god has communicated with him.

"On the fifth day of August 1978 it rained 30 inches in 24 hours"

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the total precipitation that day for Abilene, one hour away from Paint Creek and the closest recording point, was 0.01 inches. In fact, the record rainfall for one day in Abilene is just 6.30 inches, and 37.22 inches is the record for an entire year.



The fires currently burning in Texas must be a message to "get out now...and go to Washington".

Foo Fighters - Keepin It Clean In KC

On Aug. 30th, 2011 Westboro Baptist Church called for a picket of the Foo Fighters show in Kansas City.

Dan Fanelli For Congress

Tea Party congressional candidate Dan Fanelli will protect you from brown people.

Secular Humanism Is A Pagan God

John Hagee, who was a member of Rick Perry’s prayer rally team, identifies secular humanism as the cause of all problems in America today.

This is the same guy who said God killed the millions of Jews during the holocaust and that God tried to destroy New Orleans with a flood because he hates gays and lesbians.

Brazil Charges Church Leaders With Embezzlement

Brazil: Three leading members of one of Brazil's most powerful churches have been accused of laundering millions in church donations and using worshippers' money for personal gain.

The charges, unveiled on Monday by São Paulo's public prosecutor, relate to 404m reals (£150m) allegedly obtained from mostly impoverished churchgoers by leaders at Brazil's Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

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Among those charged is Bishop Edir Macedo, a controversial televangelist who founded the church in 1977, and his financial director, Alba Maria Silva da Costa.

Divorce Your Spouse If They Have Alzheimers

Happy Birthday To Us

Religious Douchebags is 2-years-old today. We will be celebrating in Mom's basement with a case of Bud Light Lime, a pack of Lucky Strikes and 7-11 nachos...thanks for the support.

Joe Smith

Native American Curse Lifted From Texas

And the land rejoiced, by bursting into flames.

The Compassion Of The Tea Party

Tea Party crowd cheers letting an uninsured person die.



And Rick Perry's record setting number of executions.

True Tolerance

Promo video for a Christian 'tolerance' website.

Bachmann: Don't Pass Obama's Plan

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said she felt "deeply disappointed" by the president's jobs speech Thursday and called on Congress to avoid passing his plan. Bachmann accused the President of "not listening" to the American people.

The Congresswoman then explained that she had not been able to attend the President's speech in person because of bad road conditions.

"I listened to it on the radio coming in and then I caught the tail end of it in my office."

The Wicked Wizard Of Oz

Pastor David Grice explains the satanic messages in the movie "The Wizard of Oz"

Virgin Mary Saves House From Wildfire

Priest Charged With Stealing $143,000

Pennsylvania: The Allegheny County district attorney's office today charged a Swissvale priest with pocketing more than $143,000 in church funds over the course of more than a decade.

The Rev. Francis J. Drabiska, 50, of the Word of God Parish told investigators that between 1999 and 2009, he stole as much as $180,000 in loose cash from the church collections, which he said he used "to live a lifestyle beyond his means," according to a criminal complaint.

Read More: Francis J. Drabiska

The district attorney's office charged Rev. Drabiska with felony theft. Drabiska resigned in November.

God Is A Packers Fan

Packers rookie Randall Cobb tied an NFL record Thursday night with a 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints, helping give his team an edge in Green Bay's 42-34 win at Lambeau Field.

Cobb went against coach Mike McCarthy's orders by returning a kick from that deep in his own end zone, but he claimed to receive divine instruction.

Read More: Randall Cobb

"I was just trusting in God," Cobb told USA Today. "He told me to bring it out. I'm not supposed to bring that out. Some things are logical and some things are just the power of God."

The GOP Candidates On Climate Change And Evolution

Jon Huntsman's recent tweet on science might not stand out in some crowds: "I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy," the former Utah governor wrote on Aug. 18. But among his fellow contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, Huntsman's declaration in support of both evolution and human-caused global warming made him an outlier. We compiled the Republican candidates' recent statements on climate change and evolution, and for comparison, included the consensus view among mainstream scientists and educators.

Here's what they had to say

Galileo Got Outvoted For A Spell

South Bend Land Deal Blocked

The city paid $1.2 million for the property and then sold it to the Diocese for $1.

 

Banning All Religion

Youth Pastor Arrested

California: A youth pastor at a Solano County church has been arrested on suspicion of committing lewd acts with one of his underage female Bible study students, a Benicia police lieutenant said.

John Edward Gamboa, 38, of American Canyon, was booked into Solano County Jail Tuesday for committing lewd acts with a child under age 14, contacting a minor to engage in lewd behavior, and burglary.

Read More: John Edward Gamboa

The girl is under 14 years old and, to protect her identity, police are not identifying the church, Lt. Mike Daley said.

4-Year-Old Preacher

America's Last Days

Are We Witnessing America's Last Days? from First Dallas on Vimeo.

Gay Marriage Responsible For Earthquake

But wasn't the earthquake in VA?

Christian Warrior Arrested

Oregon: The 24-year-old man being held in last year’s firebombing of an Oregon mosque ranted about Muslims and referred to himself as a “Christian warrior”.

Cody Crawford was arrested Wednesday night in the Nov. 28 firebombing in Corvallis. He was indicted on charges of damaging religious property for racial reasons, which is a hate crime, and using fire to commit a felony.

Court documents show that three weeks after the mosque firebombing, in unrelated encounters with police, Crawford ranted about Muslims, said Christians are capable of jihad and told an officer he resembled President Barack Obama.

Read More: Cody Crawford

“You look like Obama. You are a Muslim like him. Jihad goes both ways. Christians can jihad too,” a court document quotes Crawford as telling a McMinnville officer.

The End Is Near

Zeus Smites Church In Alabama

Love Jesus?...Prove it

Pastor Accused Of Molesting Two Boys

Pat Robertson Spews Again

I thought Obama was the anti-christ.

Perry Claims That Climate Change Is A Conspiracy

And that scientists have manipulated data.



This is the same man who thought the solution to Texas' drought was to pray for rain.

Bachmann Promises $2 Gas

Cleric Breaks 7-Year-Old’s Leg

Pakistan: According to residents of Vehari’s Ghara Mor village, a local prayer leader tortured a seven-year-old student for forgetting the words to a surah.
 
Busti Sheikhan Wali resident Muhammad Mumtaz’s son Muhammad Adnan, 7, was memorizing the Quran at a mosque. On Friday, several of Adnan’s class mates said that he kept forgetting one verse of a surah and cleric Muhammad Latif beat him with a stick. “He then hung the boy upside down from a tree and beat him while screaming at him to recite the verses properly,” said Mansoor Shah, who was also present at the mosque.

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Adnan’s father was informed of the incident and came to the Vehari DHQ hospital, where doctors told him that Adnan’s leg was broken. “The boy has suffered severe bruises and some internal injuries. His left leg has been broken and we cannot re-set the bones,” said Dr Altaf Momin.

Pint-Sized Preachers

On Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, the National Geographic Channel will air “pint-sized-preachers” a documentary looking inside the controversial world of child evangelists and the families who watch over them.

The hour long documentary tells the stories of three young boys who have gained notoriety for their explosive sermons and, in one case, a self-proclaimed power to heal the sick with a single touch.

Rick Perry's College Transcripts

Rick Perry's Texas A&M Transcript is now available online. He was a pre-vet student in college? This is a fellow wobbling between a C- and a C+ average from term to term...2.83 cumulative, according to my calculations...and pulled a D in "Principles of Economics".

Check it out

Mennonite Serial Rape Trial

Bolivia: Katarina Wall remembers little about the worst night of her life. She recalls waking up in her bed, seeing a man on top of her and feeling her arms too heavy to lift in resistance. The next thing she knew, it was morning — but her pajamas were torn.

But the nightmare appears to be all too real. Wall is among 130 women and girls of the Mennonite colony in Manitoba Colony, who claim that from 2005 to '09, the same cloudy horror visited them. In a criminal trial now under way in nearby Santa Cruz, Peter Weiber, 48, a Mennonite veterinarian, is accused of transforming a chemical meant to anesthetize cows into a spray to be used on humans. For four years, Weiber and eight other Mennonite men allegedly sprayed the chemical through bedroom windows in Manitoba at night, sedating entire families and raping the females.

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The formal indictments list victims ages 8 to 60 years old, including one who is mentally retarded and another who was pregnant and sent into premature labor after allegedly being raped by one of the men — her brother.

Perry Claims Texas Schools Teach Creationism

New Hampshire: Texas Gov. Rick Perry told a child questioner today that Texas public schools teach creationism alongside evolution — a statement that state education experts are refuting in varying degrees.

“No, it is not true," said Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network. "Texas science standards do not call for teaching creationism in the classroom."

David Bradley, a social conservative member of the State Board of Education, said he hadn't heard the governor's comments. But when asked if Texas schools teach creationism alongside evolution, Bradley responded: "Not specifically."

Pastor Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud

California: On Tuesday, a jury found Pastor Christopher Iruke, his wife and an employee who worked for the couple guilty of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in a scheme that involved more than $14 million in illegitimate Medicare claims.

Authorities said Iruke and associates often supplied power wheelchairs to Medicare patients perfectly capable of walking on their own —including one who did jumping jacks to show agents he never needed one. Also among the patients Iruke and his associates filed reimbursement claims for were two people who were deceased, according to court papers.

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After purchasing the wheelchairs at about $900 wholesale and paying for the prescriptions, he pocketed the remainder of about $6,000 in taxpayer money he received as Medicare reimbursements, according to court documents. In all, Iruke's companies filed for $14.2 million in claims and received about $6.6 million in reimbursements.

Priest Offered Sex To 13-Year-Old

A popular Berlin priest admitted to police that he initiated lurid conversations with a 13-year-old boy on Facebook and by text message over several months, according to a warrant for his arrest released Tuesday.

The Rev. Michael Miller also told investigators he offered twice to commit sex acts with the boy who he met at St. Paul’s Church in Berlin, where the priest has served  since 2006, and had other conversations of a sexual nature with the boy.
 
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According to the warrant, Miller repeatedly engaged the young teen in sexually explicit conversations on the social networking site and via texting that included graphic descriptions of the acts he’d like to commit with the boy and other men. The priest also allegedly admitted to the boy he was bisexual in high school and was “addicted to porn” .

Can You Tell The GOP Candidates Apart?

Match the quote to the candidate...from our friends at def shepherd.

Nearly all of the 2012 hopefuls are desperately courting the religious right, and as such their stances on social issues are virtually indistinguishable.

On to the quiz...