A Girl Called Hope: A Leopard Can’t Change It’s Spots

Mercy Ministries has changed it’s name in New Zealand to A Girl Called Hope but it’s still the same old Mercy. I can’t see any reason they would do this other than to try and hide from the negative publicity now associated with the name Mercy Ministries in Australia. As the official A Girl Called [...]

Britain Really Doesn’t Like Being Reminded God Is A Fantasy

Firstly I’d like to apologise for the lack of updates recently. Various situations in my family life have interfered with the time I usually give to my blog. The Guardian today reported that the Advertising Standards Authority recently saw a 10% rise in complaints. Near the top of their complaints list were the advertising campaigns [...]

Is Benny Hinn The Most Successful Con-Artist Of All Time? (with the exception of Jesus)

To many Christians Benny Hinn is an ‘annointed’ healer with the ability to perform miracles. To those capable of logical thinking he is a fraudster and a cheat. Above: Toufik Benedictus “Benny” Hinn Many people in history have defrauded the innocent. Recently we were shocked by the extent at which Bernard Madoff defrauded so many [...]

Christian Counsellor Shown The Boot, & About Bloody Time Too

Today saw a major victory for common sense and about bloody time. Gary McFarlane was told in no uncertain terms that he could not appeal any further in his fight to have his sacking overturned. Gary is a Christian who, not surprisingly, thinks it’s evil to be gay. He was a counsellor for Relate until [...]

Why I’m Pretty Damned Sure God Does Not Exist – Part 4

Today’s post is part 4 of a series on the arguments for the existence of God. The First Cause I’ve often heard the religious bring up the subject of cause and effect. Everything that moves is moved by something, they say. Everything that happens is the effect of an earlier cause. In its simplest logical [...]

Why I’m Pretty Damned Sure God Does Not Exist – Part 3

Over the past couple of days I have been sharing my opinion on the arguments for the existence of God and today I continue by looking at religious experiences. “I Experienced God So He Must Exist” This is perhaps one of the most convincing arguments for the existence of God. There are many people who [...]

Why I’m Pretty Damned Sure God Does Not Exist – Part 2

Yesterday I began this article on why I believe there is no God. I looked at the argument from design and gave my opinion on why the Universe appears to be designed. Today I continue by looking at morality and whether it comes from God. Without God We Have No Morals Morality is concerned with [...]

Why I’m Pretty Damned Sure God Does Not Exist – Part 1

Either there is or there isn’t a God. It is a yes or no question. Something cannot half exist, it must exist or not. The answer to the question has huge ramifications on everything we know and it is a question humans have probably been asking since we learned to talk. Almost everyone I know [...]

Freedom Has Been Hijacked By The Religious

Recently there has been a lot of chatter in the news about the age old issue of religious discrimination. This week a Christian relationship counsellor is in court after losing his job for refusing to counsel gay couples. He is claiming it is discriminating to force him to give advice in contradiction to his beliefs. [...]

Bible Belt Dad Tries To Ban Science Textbook For Calling Creation A Myth

A bible addict in Tennessee (might have guessed it was in Tennessee) has taken it upon himself to try and get an honours level Biology textbook banned because it says creation is “the biblical myth that the universe was created by the Judeo-Christian God in 7 days”. Let’s take a minute to look at the [...]