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Yahoo Answers Tackles Religion, Atheism

And the award for the year's best analogy goes to some rando on Yahoo Answers. continue

Jay Leno Sued For Telling Sikh Religion Joke, Lawsuit Likely To Be Thrown Out Of Court

Jay Leno has used his platform as the host of The Tonight Show on NBC to poke fun at just about every religion, politician, celebrity and public figure known to man but apparently a joke regarding the ... continue

Katy Perry’s Father in Anti-Semitic Rant

Katy Perry's father Keith Hudson, an evangelist preacher based in Ohio, has been accused of delivering an anti-semitic rant to his congregation. Papa Perry apparently offended Jews in a recent sermon at the Church on the Rise in ... continue

Katy Perry’s Parents Call Her Divorce A Message From God

Katy Perry's parents this week chose to do what any good church pastor does and use the suffering of their daughter to fill the seats of their congregation. At their first service Perry's mom, who is a pastor ... continue

Sweden’s New Recognized Religion Is ‘File Sharing’

While the practice of file sharing may not be condoned by the Sweden government they have allowed a group of more than 3,000 file-sharer to start a religion based around the practice. In a humor turn of events ... continue

77 Percent Of American’s Believe In Angels [Polling]

With Christmas just two day's away a new Associated Press-GfK poll reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe in Angels, 77 percent of adults to be exact. The survey did find that the belief in Angels is deeply ... continue

Atheist Promoter Christopher Hitchens Dead At 62

Well known Atheist, author and intellectual Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62, Hitchens had been in a long fight with esophageal cancer. A British-born writer Hitchens moved to Washington DC in 1982 where he was ... continue

Mormon University Battles Students Over Skinny Jeans

The Brigham Young University's Idaho affiliate has taken on a war against attire, specifically a war against students who choose to wear the form fitting pants known as "skinny jeans." The Mormon campus recently launched a campaign against ... continue

Religious Believers Find Atheists As Untrustworthy As Rapists [Study]

In yet another social commentary on the hatred religion has the potential to breed a recent study out of the University of British Columbia has revealed that religious followers find atheists to be nearly as untrustworthy as ... continue

Face of Devil Discovered in Giotto Fresco

Forget Jesus in your toast - an art historian is claiming to have found the face of the devil in a Giotto fresco. The fresco in question is on display in a basilica in Umbria, Italy, and was ... continue

Alzheimer’s Justifies Divorce, Pat Robertson Says

Perhaps one of the biggest critiques of the Evangelical Right in the US is a tendency to creatively interpret Scripture to support or prohibit activities deemed desirable or less so by the party citing the Bible or ... continue

The Pope is cool with Social Media

Who woulda thunk it it eh; but it seems that the Pope, yes that Pope, is all cool and down with this thing called Social Media. Even though he warns against becoming obsessed or addicted to all ... continue

Here we go again: Christian paper blasts “satanic” videogames

A Philadelphia newspaper has warned its readers that videogames are becoming more and more "satanic." According to The Bulletin, there has been "a rise in the number of satanically-themed video games that target God and Christianity, invite ... continue

Read the Bible on your Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 Indie Games channel comes up trumps again. Just weeks after the appearance of INDIE GAMES CLASSIC Don’t B Nervous Talking 2 Girls, someone's put the entire damn Bible on the service, in a 'game' ... continue

[VIDEO] Sorry, God: A Super Mario Jesus flipbook

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Hit "play" below to watch the Son of God kick the entire Mushroom Kingdom's ass before delicately punting the Princess. P.S: Really am dreadfully sorry, God. Please spare soul. KTHX. [YouTube, ... continue

[VIDEO] I don’t even know: religious nutjob brands Pokémon “satanic”

You know Pokémon, right? Nintendo franchise. Lots of games. Lucrative. Cute, cuddly, scrappy little monsters, adored by teh kiddiez (and me)? Well, get this: they are SATAN'S OWN SPAWN. This footage of a preacher ranting about the evils of ... continue

[VIDEO] Worship the Lord while playing videogames [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: Aaand suspicions about fakery are confirmed: Joystiq has exposed this as an amusing spot of viral marketing for EA's Dante's Inferno.] Game developer Prayer Works Interactive just released a press release and debut trailer for Mass: We ... continue

American nuns too modern for the Vatican

It would seem that the Vatican is carrying out two investigations of American nuns and whether their drive to live in the modern world is being carried too far. At a time when ... continue

Connecticut Bill proposes to take the Vatican out of Church finances

A proposed bill in Connecticut would strip Vatican control over the finances of local Catholic Churches, a suggestion that not surprisingly has Catholic clergy up in arms. CT Bill 1098 would replace an existing law that defines Catholic ... continue