CHRISTMAS APPROACHETH. And how's the War Upon faring? Well, not too good lately: one study says almost half of Americans are A-OK with Christian paraphernalia on government property. Also, 73 percent believe in the virgin birth. And yet Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas still can't catch a break.
A Baptist preacher in New Zealand has admitted to sending a hate-filled diatribe by email to a prominent gay Christian author. The preacher admits that in his email he prayed for the author to kill himself.
Forget the so-called "hot pastor" from Kim and Kanye's wedding. Here are the camera-ready faithful who really deserve a reality TV show: Floridians Cristy and Dean Parave, who are outspoken Christians, as well as swingers, as well as bodybuilders. They are very busy, one assumes.
Exciting news from the fan fiction world! A writer who claims to be an Evangelical stay-at-home mom named Grace Ann has taken it upon herself to remove all the witchcraft devil-worship from Harry Potter and replace it with a more Christian-friendly message. Looks like someone has finally thought of the children — by…
A church in Wilkes-Barre, PA is putting some sex positive words in God's mouth. The Restored Church recently paid for a billboard along Route 309 emblazoned with the words: "'I love sex.' -God." Oh God, doesn't everyone?
Let me tell you guys my idea of a perfect Christmas. You wake up like it's any other day—it might not feel like December 25, it might even feel like, say, August 27—you go to work, you eat your sandwich, you shoulder life's banality with the resignation of a much older woman, and then...someone sends you a link. You…
Did you watch the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer and think "hmm. There's certainly enough soft core porn-y looking shots of people not having sex. But it definitely needs more Jesus"? Good, because there is a movie company that wants to fulfill your needs—not in that way though.
You might remember swaggering, misogynist evangedouche/human Affliction tee Mark Driscoll from being terrible on Glenn Beck, being terrible on Fox and Friends, or being terrible any time he does anything ever, which is all the time. But he's really ramped up the action in the last month or so! It seems like dude can't…
God doesn’t want Julianna Battenfield to pay her law school student loans because Faith so she’s asking the Internet to pay for her degree instead. The Lord works in mysterious ways, am I right?
File this under: "the worst thing you've ever goddamn heard." An Oklahoma teenager allegedly raped and molested children at a Kenyan orphanage while volunteering on a mission trip. If true: Worst Human Alive.
Here's a crystal-clear sign just how widespread support for gay marriage has become: Even the Presbyterians are down for it. Ministers can now perform same-sex ceremonies in states where it's legal, and they're moving to redefine marriage in the church constitution so it's between "two people," rather than "a man and…
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christianity has won her freedom. In face of the slew of condemnation hurled at Sudanese authorities by leaders and citizens around the world, under-secretary Abdullahi Alzareg told the BBC that "Sudan guaranteed…
Pinterest just doesn’t have enough Christian influence, or you know, Jesus — so someone decided to create a religious splinter site, the awkwardly-named Godinterest.
With Easter Sunday behind us, let us turn our attention to another holy issue: the trend of dressing down while attending church is reportedly out of control among Americans. Parishioners aren’t thinking about Jesus, just which pair of flip-flops are most comfortable.
Apparently unsatisfied with only Yuletide declarations of being warred upon, Fox News is now trying to convince its perpetually oppressed white, male, elderly, Christian audience that another Christian holiday is Under Attack: Easter. Hey guys, get down from that cross! There's already another guy up there!
The movie Noah has stirred up all kinds of hubbub over whether it's "Biblically accurate" or a godless Hollywood perversion of the almighty word of God. However, The Daily Show makes a good point: It would appear some critics aren't going off the King James or New International versions, but rather their rosy memories…
The US based evangelical Christian charity, World Vision America, changed its employment policies on March 24th to allow Christian married same-sex couples to be employees. After only days of backlash from conservative evangelicals, the organisation reversed its decision.
An eight-year-old girl's grandparents removed her from her Christian elementary school in Virginia after administrators said her hair was too short and her clothes too boyish, explaining that her overall appearance was not in keeping with the school's "biblical standards."
It's pretty common to hear viral tales of restaurant customers unnecessarily invoking Jesus in their tiffs with waitstaff. Well, one pastor has become so embarrassed with his fellow Christians that he started a website just for waiters to complain about the bad behavior of the church crowd.
A pair of sorority sisters, after much time spent in close company, realized their feelings were more romantic than friendly. It sounds like the premise for a cute indie comedy. But as it played out within the Berkeley chapter of Christian Alpha Delta Chi, it morphed into a draining emotional trial.
