Pastor Stabs Family, Sets Home on Fire

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You have to wonder what the criteria is for becoming a pastor. Considering how many times we’ve reported on these sickos raping and abusing kids, it almost feels as though the only people interested in becoming priests are moral degenerates. That’s certainly the case for Mathew Lee Richards, a 41 year old man who was the pastor at Crossroads Christian Church in Shawnee. Richards and his family were in financial dire straights, and fearing eviction, he felt that the only way to solve the problem was by killing his family and setting the house on fire. You know, normal stuff…

When firefighters arrived, they found the home’s basement on fire and were able to quickly extinguish it, while officers found three people outside the home with stab wounds.
According to court documents, one of them was a child who suffered stab injuries to the upper right chest, as well as a significant cut across his abdomen that exposed internal organs. A second child suffered multiple stab wounds to his colon, liver, neck and back.

The good news is that Richards is an incompetent boob, and everyone survived his pathetic assault. They helped to testify against him, and Richards pled guilty to two counts of attempted murder. He will be sentenced in a month.

You really have to shake your head at situations like this. Religious morons are always quick to accuse other groups of all kinds of heinous acts, and yet are oddly silent every time one of their own commits horrible acts. In a sense, I can understand why. If Christians ever had to do any soul searching every single time that a pastor harmed or abused anyone, they would barely have time to do anything else. It’s better to just ignore the countless crimes they commit and accuse others of doing the same thing you’re doing. It’s been working for 2000 years, so why would they stop?

Indonesia Forbids Atheism on Official Documents

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Every day, religious folks complain about being oppressed. In America, this pathetic complaint is usually the result of them not being able to force their religion down other people’s throats. This, they call “Anti-Christian Bias”. While it’s true that in some parts of the world, it can be dangerous to profess a faith that it different from the norm, there is way more danger in being labelled an atheist than other beliefs. Not only are we in danger of being attacked for simply rejecting the ridiculous claims of their religions, in places like Indonesia, they can’t even admit that we exist at all.

Last month, two activists attempted to petition the Constitutional Court to allow non-believers the right to include their lack of faith on government documents. The Court refused, saying that religions are “a necessity”, and that this is mandated by their constitution.

Let’s not forget that this is a country that has strict blasphemy laws. Even sharing atheist content there could get you jail time. It’s yet another pathetic example of how believers have to do everything in their power to deny our existence. The idea that faith is a necessity is something only religious fools believe. Their own fragile understanding of the Universe may be contingent on a big sky daddy, but the rest of us are unimpressed. I feel for my brothers and sisters in a country that wants to jail them for lacking a belief in the ridiculous. Until they are free to profess their lack of belief, the world will continue to be a dangerous place for non-believers.

Hey religious folks that think they are being oppressed: what do you think of the way we’re treated? 10 bucks says you think we deserve it…

37% of Americans are Creationists

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We live in a world of incredible technology. In an instant, I can call someone half a world away, and speak with them as though they were next to me. We have decoded the human genome, and put people on the moon. We have reached a level of technological sophistication never reached before, and yet, in the United States, over 37% of their people are convinced that evolution is a lie, and that a magical super-being created it all only a few thousand years ago.

The reason for this tragedy is obvious: religious groups have been working diligently to gut education, out of the legitimate fear that learning more about the world has corrosive effect on faith. How else could you explain that more than half of the population can’t read at a 6th grade level? With such pathetic numbers, it’s actually surprising that creationism isn’t more popular than it already is.

Now, with Trump in power, the religious right is having a renaissance. They are gutting governments of anyone who isn’t loyal, and their plan is to destroy secular education, only to replace it with their useless Christian education. We are at war with these morons, and unfortunately, they are winning big. What percentage of Americans will deny evolution in a few years? We could see this number climb as more and more religious schools start popping up.

It’s a depressing time to be a non believer, that’s for sure.

4 Pakistani Men Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

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Pakistan has been on a tear recently. In 2023, the country had over 50 people locked up on blasphemy accusations, and those numbers seem to be growing. In most cases, the courts barely get involved: the names of the accused are published, and then a violent mob follows, wanting revenge.

In this instance, it’s 4 men who are accused of writing something critical of Islam online. It seems as though the religion of peace turns into violent murderers as soon as their religious feelings are hurt. The posts, which have not been released, were apparently meriting of a death penalty, according to the Pakistani government.

These laws, primarily enshrined in Sections 295-298 of the Pakistan Penal Code, criminalize acts such as insulting the Prophet Muhammad, desecration the Koran, or offending religious sentiments.

Offending religious sentiments? This is just code for hurting the little feelings of people who think that they are correct on how the world operated. In reality, these feckless morons are easily hurt, since there is nothing that proves their ridiculous assertions. If you point out that no, Muhammad did not “ascend” to heaven on a winged horse, you risk having a mob of people stone you to death.

When people tell you that not all cultures are equal, this is what they are referring to: medieval traditions that have continued on into the modern age have no place in our societies. If Pakistan wants to prove to the world how intolerant and dangerous Islam is, they’ve succeeded. Anyone who has any doubt how fucked up this religion is should take a trip to the country, and scream at the top of your lungs that the Koran is a bunch of stupid bullshit. We’ll see how big of a fan you are of the “culture” then.

Man Kills Sister, Says He Followed “God’s Law”

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What do you get when you combine the solipsism and psychopathy? You get religious wackos like Anthony Louis Lopez, who recently made a bizarre confession during his initial court appearance a few days ago. Lopez is accused of murdering his sister, Lisa Rosenzweig on November of last year, after he struck her in the head with an unidentified object. When court proceedings began, he waived off his council, claiming that he would be representing himself. He then followed this up by yelling in court that he was simply following “God’s Law” before being escorted out.

On December 6, police revealed that 39-year-old Anthony Lopez was a suspect in the case. Lopez was apprehended by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police in North Carolina on a fugitive warrant. Following his extradition to South Carolina to respond to the murder charge, Lopez faced the judge on Friday.

Neighbors expressed their disbelief and hoped it was a tragic mishap. “She didn’t deserve that. She didn’t,” said Betty Taylor, Rosenzweig’s next-door neighbor, referring to the abuse she suffered.

Now the question is, how long has Lopez been a danger to society, and how much of his mental illness was hidden behind a mask of piety? It’s likely impossible to tell, which should really be all you need to know about religion in general. In my estimation, belief in God is merely a displaced sense of supreme authority, externalized to make it appear less psychotic. How many times have you heard a religious person claim that God is on their side? This is merely their own belief in the themselves, masquerading as obedience towards a higher power.

Lopez thought that he was the ultimate authority over the life of his sister. Now, as reality comes crashing down around him, he will soon face the consequence of his psychotic belief. Unfortunately, a woman is now dead because the signs of this man’s mania were hidden under the guise of religious fealty.

 

Bangladeshi Muslims Attack Christians and Hindus

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If you ever see people of different faiths getting along, you can be sure that this is only happening in the West. Because of our tradition of secularism, faiths that are deeply incompatible with one another are able to live in relative peace. In countries where sectarianism rules, however, is a different story. Religious minorities are often victims of pogroms over perceived incidents of “blasphemy”. The latest news comes out of Bangladesh, where Christians and Hindus were attacked during a protest they organized wanting equal treatment. The response from the Muslim majority was violent and swift. Within minutes the groups were attacked in broad daylight.

The catalyst for this was a pogrom that occurred in mid December. a young man was accused of posting negative things about the Koran on social media, and word quickly spread around the community, who gathered weapons and began destroying the homes of religious minorities.

A young Hindu man, Akash Das, had allegedly posted an insulting comment about the Quran on Facebook. The comment quickly spread across social media, igniting protests and escalating tensions, particularly in the predominantly Muslim community of Dowarabazar, about 270km (168 miles) from the national capital Dhaka.

Religious representatives were quick to downplay the violence, claiming that randomly attacking innocent people is really no big deal:

…Meher Nigar Tanu, the top bureaucrat for the subdistrict in which Monglargaon falls, downplayed the scale of the violence, arguing that “only a few homes and shops had been slightly damaged”.

Don’t worry folks, it was just a run of the mill mob attack. Nothing to see here, folks! What a load of horseshit! It didn’t take much for people to turn to violence, and then pretend that it was just a silly misunderstanding. This is what happens when you allow religious assholes to have power: they abuse it, and then pretend that they have God on their side. It’s the kind of shit straight out of the Inquisition, and it’s happening on a constant basis in religious countries.

This did little to reassure these religious minorities, who went to the streets to protest how they are being treated. The response? Another Muslim mob formed, and began to attack peaceful protesters in the open. There are videos of the attacks circulating, and it’s not a pretty sight. It’s just yet another example of the religion of peace demonstrating the kind of tolerance that awaits anyone who dares to question them. If you aren’t disgusted and convinced that this faith is a bane on mankind, then I just have to ask: what would it take for you to see the light?

Catholic Church Spent over 5 Billion on Abuse Allegations

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It must be nice being disgustingly rich. It seems that when you have enough money, there’s little you can’t get away with. How else could you explain how an organization can continue to exist when over 18 thousand credible abuse charges which led to settlements totaling well over 3 billion dollars? According to a new study, that’s what the Catholic Church has shelled out over the last 2 decades in compensation for their demented employees having destroyed the lives of countless individuals.

What I find particularly disturbing is the part of the study that found over 86% of the perpetrators died before ever facing justice. It burns me inside that these monsters not only got away with their crimes, but that the organization they worked for did everything in their power to ensure this was the case. Let’s not forget that Pope Benedict XVI had issued a decree (while a Cardinal of the newly renamed Inquisition) that any priest discussing abuse with police would face excommunication for doing so. Keep in mind none of the people ever found guilty were punished so.

Considering that the church makes roughly 1 billion a year in donations and various business ventures, the money represents only a small fraction of their true wealth. The Church should have been stripped of their special status long ago. How the Vatican, a construct of a fascist Italian dictator, is allowed to maintain it’s sovereign status is beyond me. They are guilty of all manner of crimes, from money laundering to child abuse, and yet they act as though they are a legitimate government. Ridiculous. They day we tear up that agreement will be a victory for humanity.

Why Religions Are Winning

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Before I try and explain why I think that religions are currently kicking our butts, I’d like to make one thing abundantly clear: one does not need to be right to win an argument. It’s becoming evident that facts are dead, and the only thing that matters now is how loudly you can say something. Is there anyone that yells more loudly than religion?

Take the insane situation in England. There is a significant Muslim population that lives there. Like all Western nations, the birthrates are in massive decline, which means that they must look to immigration for help. The influx of large groups of foreigners has fundamentally shifted the population, which means that any politician that wishes to keep their jobs have to appeal to a demographic that has its own customs, and more importantly, its own beliefs about how the country should be run. It’s why when the scandal of rape gangs broke out, the response was to try and broom it under the rug, lest the facts “offend” a religious community. This will have serious future implications for the country. Once I am not sure most Brits are ready for.

We’ve all seen this kind of thing before. It used to be the Catholic Church burying information regarding their chronic abuses. They were a sheltered group once. Now, the protected minorities are those of a religious denomination that views the secular world as its enemy, primarily because their adherents have a darker shade of skin color. Their allies are naïve young people willing to fight racism in any form, real or perceived. They react as though revealing the truth about how Islam views women is an abhorrent act. To call this kind of behavior suicidal would be an understatement.

The tradition of liberalism is now at risk, because the experiment of tolerance is now being truly tested. Once, it had the advantage of a relative homogenous society. The paradox of toleration wasn’t apparent until now. What is to be done when newcomers to their nations do not share the values of the society that harbors them? What makes matters even worse is the fact that religious fundamentalists use laws meant for victims of oppression as a shield to spew hatred and lies, and they do so with increasing belligerence. They push the very limits of our own values of free speech without consequence. Then, as soon as there is any pushback to what they say, accusations of racism and hurt feelings quickly arise, which instantly attracts soft minded people, who want to believe in the good intentions of everyone, to their defense. It is a losing battle we are ill prepared to fight.

The inability to see the truth of how Islam is undermining our societies because of political biases is what has given the Christian right so much power. Most people are apolitical, and I would argue areligious as well. They are swayed by whatever side offers them reassurance and safety. The left has proven itself unable to properly deal with the threat that Islam poses to the West and its institutions. Christianity has declared itself as the only panacea against the threat, while the remnants of the tradition of the Enlightenment argue about whether something is racist or not.

This is not dissimilar to the fight Germany had between Communists and Fascists in the 1930’s. Fascists offered themselves as the only solution to Communism, and the Center folded to the Right thinking they were the lesser of two evils. The same thing is occurring now. The Left, having used up all of it’s political capital trying to argue about the definition of a woman, the center is now ready to fold to the right and their supposed “solutions”. To say this is a disaster for reason is an understatement. This is the death of truth, which will soon be ushering a new Dark Age, where facts are hidden under a mountain of falsehoods, and truths are indiscernible from lies.

Malala Yousafzai is Confused About Islam

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If you don’t remember Malala Yousafzai, she was the young woman who was shot in the head by a Taliban extremist while she was on her way to school. She survived, and was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism in promoting education for young women.

Now, there’s no doubt that she is brave: she continually receives threats on her life, and despite this, she continues to fight for what she believes in. The problem, however, is that she is lacking in self awareness, as many religious adherents are. While she rightly criticizes the Taliban for its treatment of women, she is in complete denial that the second class status of the fairer sex is not an aberration of her faith, but rather the expression of it. Just listen to her latest criticism of what’s going on in Afghanistan:

“In Afghanistan, an entire generation of girls will be robbed of its future,” she said. “As Muslim leaders, now is the time to raise your voice, use your power.”

They are using their voices, and the message is clear: if you’re a woman, get your asses home, and shut your fucking mouths. It seems as though barefoot and preggers is the only future they see for the opposite sex.

It’s not only the Taliban that hates to see little girls learning to read. Just look at countries like Iran, or Yemen, where every day women are losing more and more rights. The solutiuon is not to ask Muslim leaders to step up. They already have, and the results are not good. Gender apartheid is a not simply a religious problem of extremists. It is symptomatic of the entire faith. Malala is unknowingly promoting the very thing she despises. She’s simply too caught up in her faith to realize that it’s the fundamental issue at hand.

Pastor Defrauds Congregation with Crypto Scam

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You have to shake your head sometimes over the fact that religious folks are constantly abused by their own church leaders. We atheists love to joke around and call them sheep, but it would be more accurate to describe them as pigs at a slaughterhouse. The way they are bled and hung up to dry, you would swear that their spiritual leaders were all trying to make sausage out of them.

The latest slaughter comes from the wacko state of Florida, where a 51 year old man named Francier Obando Pinillo is being indicted on 26 counts of fraud for his involvement in a crypto scam he pushed on this 1500 church members. Pinillo claimed to have had a dream about a coin he called Solano Fi (not to be confused with Solano), and that his God had promised returns of nearly 35 percent, claiming it would yield monthly compounded interest. Pinillo and his accomplices then created fake ledgers showing the victims the supposed gains they were making, although everyone was forbidden from withdrawing their money while the perpetrators did a rug pull.

This isn’t the first scammy pastor to use crypto to defraud his flock. TGA reported of another pastor who had done this a few months ago. These kinds of things are bound to happen more often. Christians are easy pickings. All you need to do is pretend that you have some special connection to God, and religious idiots will fall over themselves throwing money at whatever bullshit scam your peddling. They are already primed to believe in lies. You need only alter the falsehood enough to capitalize, and voila.

Now this moron is facing 20 years in jail. It wasn’t enough that he was taking their money for spewing nonsense. He just had to get greedy and in so doing, he killed his golden goose. You see, that is why you should always familiarize yourself with Mother Goose fairy tales: they are filled with life lessons that don’t get your ass sent to prison.

The Neuroscience of Religious Delusion

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I’ve always found that the belief in god is merely an externalization of our own solipsism. Deep down, we all believe that we are gods, but some people merely transfer those feelings on to the outside world. Why else would anyone assume not only to know there is a god, but that he is in complete agreement with you?

Texas Church Hires Registered Sex Offender

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Do you remember the show “America’s Most Wanted”? It’s a show that began in 1988, running for 24 seasons. Hosted by John Walsh, a man who lost his son to a serial killer, the show brought attention to criminals that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. His quest for victim’s rights made his show a hallmark of American television. It would feature profiles of criminals on the run, asking viewers to contact their hotline if they had any contact with the individuals featured on the program.

One episode featured a man named Chuck Adair, a dangerous sexual predator that had kidnapped an underaged parishioner. He was eventually caught, and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was released in 2006, and not long after, he began to be involved in church activities. He has since been hired by the Grace Place Church of Christ, acting as a minister, despite his sordid past.

As I’ve said in the past, Christians will fall over themselves to forgive a sexual predator, believing them when they claim to have “repented”.

“Mr. Adair has no legal restrictions preventing him from any of the activities which occur at either Grace Place Properties or the Grace Place Church,” the church said. “Both the Grace Place Church and Grace Place Properties families believe in these principles and are active in forgiving and encouraging those who seek restoration.”

The problem is that “repentance” is not really a thing. It’s just a way of pretending to change, all the while claiming that an all powerful entity has given them the power to stop their problematic behavior. It never works. Instead, this is how sexual abuse continues in these institutions: sexual convicts are ushered back into the fold, only to eventually offend again. When the inevitable happens, they will blame external forces for the “slip”, and yet more lives will be destroyed because moronic religious folks are easily fooled.

I share in the same sentiment that many feel: the parishioners would do well to leave this pathetic organization that puts their children in danger. Of course, if everyone left every organization that’s placed their kids in the sights of these rapists, there would be no one left in the pews.

Pervert Pastor Hides Cameras in Bathrooms

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What does it take to be a pastor these days? It would appear that the criteria is quite low, since every day I have the displeasure of reporting on the countless perversions from men of the cloth. Today, it’s a depraved old man named Arturo Laguna, who sounds more like a drug dealer than someone who should be in charge of people’s spiritual lives.

Laguna had installed a number of cameras in the women’s bathroom, one of which was discovered by a woman who was changing her child’s diaper. Because of how crude the setup was, the device was easily found because it fell from it’s concealed location. The woman then sought out the police, who recovered the device and found the culprit who installed them using the footage on the cameras. Laguna is now in custody awaiting his first court appearance in a few days.

The religious analogy of sheep is fitting. The faithful are lead by wolves who pray on them, feasting at will. It is only because they are so numerous that they feel safe. These poor fools fail to understand that the powers of the institutions they create are a breeding ground for abuse, and so many continue to be victimized, while those who are spared either ignore what is happening around them, or make excuses for their predators. Who is willing to bet that after a period of “repentance”, this same congregation would be willing to take him back on “promises” of better behavior?

“I promise to become a vegetarian” said the wolf in front of the flock, his mouth salivating at the sight of so much food. “I prayed for my love of meat to leave me, and the good Lord made it so.”

Abuse Isn’t Just For The Boys

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With all the countless articles TGA has reported on over the decades (ouch, it feels weird saying that), one could easily be forgiven for thinking that the abuse of children is strictly a male phenomenon. The reason for this is quite simple; it’s only the minority of faiths that allow women to hold any form of power, and thus, fewer women can abuse of said power.

Well, the glass ceiling of child rape is being smashed, let me tell you! In Mississippi, a woman by the name of Lindsey Whiteside is facing 30 years in jail for the sexual abuse of a young girl that was under her tutelage. Whiteside was a former Division I basketball player turned coach, who wanted to “teach” people about Jesus the same way she learned:

In her since-removed profile on Getwell Church’s website, Whiteside, who lost her father Robert “Shan” Whiteside in 2006, said she was committed to getting everyone to experience Jesus the way she did.

Seems these days a lot of kids are learning about this supposed god the hard way: that no matter how many times you pray, it won’t stop his representatives from raping you.

Naturally, the church Whiteside belongs to is keeping silent. What could they say anyways? Sorry that our organization attracts sociopaths? It’s worth a shot. Perhaps they could try to say sorry for how a culture of control and power makes this kind of thing inevitable. At least then, when yet another incident occurs, none of their parishioners will be surprised. I know we aren’t.

The Vatican’s New Mascot Is Pathetic

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Desperation is a stinky cologne. It’s also responsible for their pathetic attempt to try and appeal to young people with an anime-like character they call “Luce”, which is Italian for “Light”.

Archbishop Fisichella said on Monday that Luce was chosen because the Church wants “to live even within the pop culture so beloved by our youth” and she represents “a symbol of the hope of the heart.”

Who do they think they appeal to anyways? Do they really think that people who like anime are going to be enticed by this obviously ripped off character? Is this supposed to make us forget that they are perhaps one of the most evil organizations in the world? Does a cute face erase the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of sexually and physically abused children? Or does a little cross make you forget the billions of dollars of money laundered for organized crime?