Archive for December, 2008
I’m just going to start off by quoting the funniest line in this article:
A Christian youth worker told me how he thought the cult was childish. “It’s like a baby playing games,” he insisted. “Those people are holding on to a dream that will never come true,” he said.
Cargo cult lives on in South Pacific
At [...]
Atheist may sue if law on Las Vegas officiants won’t change
In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at least one nuptial taboo: You can’t be married by an atheist.
Michael Jacobson, a 64-year-old retiree who [...]
Bent vows touching girls not sexual
TAOS, N. M. (KRQE) – Cult leader Wayne Bent testified Thursday he could not go against God even though he knew spiritual touching of two young, naked followers would get him in trouble.
Neither could two of his young followers go against their beliefs testifying earlier the contact was purely religious, [...]
Faith Healing Parents Assert Religious Rights
A Clackamas County, Ore., couple accused of letting their infant daughter die by relying on prayer, rather than medicine, today asked that the charges be dropped, arguing that they infringe on their freedom of religion and their right to raise their children in their own way.
Carl Worthington, 28, and his [...]
Answers to Apologetic Claims about DNA and the Book of Mormon
The following are some of the most frequently advanced arguments from the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR) related to DNA and the Book of Mormon—most notably (or at least [...]
