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Top actor is ruining the reputation of Gandalf the Godly

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

IF J R R Tolkien were alive today, he would be spinning in his grave.
So thinks Hilary White, of the hilarious fundie website, LifeSiteNews:
Blathers White:
In the original Lord of the Rings books, the fatherly and honourable character of Gandalf was described by J R R Tolkien as an ‘incarnate’ angelic being sent by God to [...]

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Adnan Oktar offers 8 trillion dollars for a fossil

Monday, September 29, 2008

The Freethinker’s favourite creationist clown, Adnan Oktar (aka Harun Yahya, see here, and here, and here) has really surpassed himself this time. According to The Independent, the man who describes himself as “a prominent Turkish intellectual” has offered 10 trillion Turkish lira (that’s about £4.4 trillion or $8 trillion) to
anyone who produces a [...]

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Stealth Christians infiltrate Lancashire schools

Sunday, September 28, 2008

A letter writer in this week’s NSS Newsline reveals that several schools in her hometown in Lancashire have been allowing evangelical Christians to take over lessons for a week - apparently without the consent or knowledge of the pupils’ parents.
Freethinker subscriber Nicola Holt was first made aware of this clandestine evangelising campaign when her partner’s [...]

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Jesus’ penis complainer never saw the exhibit

Friday, September 26, 2008

Emily Mapfuwa, the Christian who was so offended by a statue of Jesus with a penis that she decided to take the art gallery to court, never actually visited the exhibition in which it was displayed, a local radio station has confirmed.
Mapfuwa’s lawyer, Michael Phillips of the Christian Legal Centre, was interviewed on BBC Radio [...]

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Do they teach honesty at St Monica’s?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

The news that a Catholic high school in Prestwich is refusing to allow its girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer is all over the mainstream media, so it is unlikely to be news to Freethinker readers.
But the extraordinary thing about this case is not the fact that members of the governing board of Saint [...]

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You know they’re worried when…

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

…the Diocese of London runs a special day-long seminar for the clergy entitled, “Beyond The God Delusion: Theological resources for a sceptical age” (.rtf download).
According to Ecumenical News International, a certain atheistic best-seller by a certain Oxford professor has got the Anglican clergy in such a tizzy that emergency measures are being taken:
The Anglican [...]

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