Posted on May 5, 2008 by bigrab
Shamelessly stolen from Alastair
THE OFFICIAL GOD FAQ
Question: “Is there a God?”
Answer: “No.”
In the quite unlikely event that you were to discover any omissions or inaccuracies on this page, they may be reported to the international headquarters of The Official God FAQ, at aod@400monkeys.com, where they will be thoroughly investigated, submitted to rigorous scientific testing [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by bigrab
From the religious nutjob department.
Several members of a Russian cult preparing for the imminent destruction of the planet have left their cave after it began to collapse around them.
Followers of Pyotr Kuznetsov, an engineer-turned-prophet who reportedly sleeps in a coffin, were persuaded to leave their man-made bunker after melting snow caused part of its roof [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by bigrab
Just over three years ago, a piece of toast (note the bite taken from the toast before the revelation/miracle was realised) which allegedly contained a picture of the Virgin Mary, fetched $28,000 dollars on Ebay.
The reason why I couldn’t post this morning was my excitement at finding an equally valuable religious artifact which I am [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by bigrab
Posted on March 21, 2008 by bigrab
From Ananova (now added to blogroll) A nice Easter story!
The Philippines government has issued an Easter public heath warning - on the dangers of crucifixion.
Thousands of worshippers in the Philippines will this week practice crucifixion and self flagellation to show their faith. The government is encouraging them to get a tetanus shot first and be [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by bigrab
* Mountblow is an area of Dalmuir which in turn is an area of Clydebank near Glasgow (Ed)
JERUSALEM (AFP) - High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2008 by bigrab
Alastair draws my attention to this one. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s there were many certainties and immovable traditions in life which have gradually been eroded away. We live in a spectacularly different world now, much of it for the worse but some of it undeniably for the better. In two particular parts [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by bigrab
Browsing at Helpless Dancer’s Blog an ad came up for a Muslim dating site!
I must admit I thought at first this was a spoof. If you are a Muslim, surely your desire to go on to a dating website is outweighed by the fact that your father will arrange something for you? But no, with [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by bigrab
It’s the title of this week’s cutting edge programme on channel 4 (UK) The programme synopsis is below:
Samuel Boutwell is a seven-year-old preacher. He takes his vocation to save sinners extremely seriously. Most Saturdays he stands in front of his local abortion clinic in Brookhaven, Mississippi and, Bible in hand, bellows: “Don’t kill your child! [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by bigrab