Verdict! Christians convict pastor for ‘giving out Bibles’
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 | 9 comments
$300 fine, 1 year probation, ordered to stay 1,000 feet away from scene of his ‘offense’
Three minutes, two teleprompters
Monday, August 29th, 2011 | One comment
Obama announces that he will appoint Alan Krueger to replace Austan Goolsbee as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Photo by Hayley Peterson.
President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers.
Posted by John under: Strong Delusion
Perfect Storm of Hype: US politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was
Monday, August 29th, 2011 | 4 comments
A New York City taxi is stranded in deep water on Manhattan’s West Side Photo: AP
For the television reporter, clad in his red cagoule emblazoned with the CNN logo, it was a dramatic on-air moment, broadcasting live from Long Island, New York during a hurricane that threatened Manhattan.
Posted by John under: Corruption,Days of Noah,Strong Delusion
Green Bay Bishop David Ricken leads Mass as Lifest ends in Oshkosh
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 | 10 comments
OSHKOSH — Bishop David Ricken always wanted to go to Lifest. But since taking over as head of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in 2008, something else always came up.
Posted by John under: Strong Delusion,The Falling Away
Church Touts Homosexuality as a Gift, Not a Sin
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 | 4 comments
Central United Methodist Church launched a campaign this week, advertising “Being Gay Is a Gift From God.”
That’s the message that Central United Methodist Church is spreading throughout their community via a digital billboard, launched on Monday.
Posted by John under: Days of Lot,Strong Delusion
Aliens ‘tried to warn US and Russia they were playing with fire during Cold War’
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 | Post a comment
A Minuteman missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base in the 1960s Photo: AP/USAF
Aliens may have interfered with US and Soviet nuclear weapons during the Cold War in an attempt to send “a sign to Washington and Moscow that we are playing with fireâ€, according to a UFO researcher.
Posted by John under: Strong Delusion
US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 | Post a comment
This illustration released in 2009 by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows the planet Gliese 581e (blue). US astronomers said Wednesday…..
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US astronomers said Wednesday they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that they think might be habitable, orbiting a nearby star, and believe there could be many more planets like it in space.
Posted by John under: Strong Delusion
Pope’s astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 | 2 comments
Guy Consolmagno, one of the pope’s astronomers, said he would be ‘delighted’ if intelligent life was found among the stars. Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian
An alien – ‘no matter how many tentacles it has’ – could have a soul, says pope’s astronomer
Posted by John under: False Prophets,Strong Delusion
Billboards shun religion, promote separation of church and state
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 | 2 comments
The Freedom from Religion Foundation plans to put messages on 50 billboards in metro Atlanta this week as part of a blitz through the Bible Belt shunning religion and advocating separation of church and state.
Posted by John under: Strong Delusion
Church Tries to Be More Inclusive
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 | Post a comment
This could be called the church of “The Powerless Cross-less Christianity.”
—ITD Editor
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