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Pray4Trig Seeks Miracle to Prove God’s Existence to World

January 20, 2010 5 Comments

Bizarre Fundamentalist website pray4trig.com got kicked in the teeth by the Internet yesterday . . . and immediately changed its tune.

“A Holy Dip During the Solar Eclipse . . . Can Gain Salvation”

January 18, 2010 No Comment

Those are the words of a Hindu priest, explaining how special January 15th’s solar eclipse (visible in southern India and other parts of the Eastern Hemisphere) is. Yes, doing a cannonball into the Ganges River while the moon is located between you and the sun can gain you eternal salvation.

Knock Shrine Apparition Miracle: Solar Retinopathy

December 4, 2009 3 Comments

Recently, 10,000 of the faithful gathered at the Catholic Knock Shrine in County Mayo, Ireland, to stare at the sun because charlatan Joe Coleman told them they’d see an apparition. Some are now seeing a lot less. About fifty percent less.

Halloween: Demons in Candy!

October 29, 2009 2 Comments

Charisma magazine offers a bizarre, paranoid rant about demons in candy by Kimberly Daniels in its “Prophetic Insights” section.

Irish Catholics Stare at Sun; Believe Blindness is Miracle

October 12, 2009 1 Comment

Following a “psychic prediction”, thousands of Irish Catholics, desperate for meaning in their lives, gathered in a churchyard to stare at the sun. Not surprisingly, they experienced visual hallucinations and vertigo, which they declared to be evidence of “a miracle”. Will the church pay for their damaged retinas? Unlikely.

St. Therese of Lisieux: Dismembered Corpse on Parade

September 18, 2009 1 Comment

In yet another bizarre ritual, excited Catholics in the United Kingdom will have the opportunity to fondle the dismembered corpse of Therese of Lisieux.

Called “relics”, Therese’s thigh and foot bones (not sure if they’re left or right) will be paraded about the country, to 28 “centers of prayer”.

Catholic League Quotes Stephen Colbert to Promote Book

September 3, 2009 No Comment

Either the Catholic League has developed a sense of humor, or made a major gaffe . . . listing parodist Stephen Colbert as one of the voices promoting Bill Donohue’s latest diatribe.

Catholic Church Issues Pre-Sex Prayer

September 3, 2009 4 Comments

The Roman Catholic Church, not content with its current methods of encouraging debasement, has issued a prayer couples should recite prior to intimate relations.

Phillip Craig Garrido: Voices of Angels Inside the Kidnapper/Rapist’s Head

August 27, 2009 No Comment

Phillip Craig Garrido is a convicted rapist who kidnapped an 11-year-old girl and forced her to bear him children over 18 years. He’s also a religious nut case who thinks his god gave him the ability to speak in the tongue of angels, so he could save the world. No, really. Read his blog.

Israel Fights Swine Flu with Ram’s Horn

August 18, 2009 No Comment

Fifty Israeli rabbis gathered together a few days ago, dedicated to stopping the swine flu in its tracks. How? The ultimate medical weapon: A ram’s horn.