1. "Child-witches" of Nigeria seek refuge
(Religion/General)

...are highly lucrative for the spiritual leaders many of whom enjoy a lifestyle of large homes, expensive cars and designer clothes. Ten years ago there were few cases of children stigmatised by witchc...

2. Car dealership advert tells atheists to 'shut up'
(Religion/General)

An advert calling for non-Christians to "sit down and shut up" is being used to sell Ford cars in the United States. The radio commercial – which attacks people who call for the secu

3. Farmer makes miracles
(Religion/General)

...u-Natal town of Greytown last weekend. In three Boeings from Cape Town, 17 buses from Nelspruit, with cars backed up for nearly 30km on the road from Pietermaritzburg to Greytown, men converged on t...

4. Down’s syndrome bombers kill 91
(Religion/General)

...I ran towards the bird market and saw charred pieces of flesh, small spots of blood and several damaged cars,” Rae Mushin, 21, the owner of a mobile phone shop, said. “I thought that we h...

5. Loneliness Breeds Belief in Supernatural
(Religion/Atheism)

...suggests, they may create social connections by anthropomorphizing nearby gadgets, such as computers or cars, pets, or by believing in supernatural events or religious figures. Pets and religion In t...

6. Heath Ledger Death: Baptist Group To Protest At Memorial
(Religion/General)

...ps-Roper, who described Ledger as "a fornicator", said the group will also be picketing the Oscars. The Westboro Baptist Church has been classified as a "hate group" by the Souther...

7. The Catholic Church's devillish practice of exorcism
(Religion/General)

... explained it to me. That is how she explained it to me. They spoke as if it was all as obvious as her scars. Clarice was a tiny girl wrapped in a big white woollen cardigan. In a church in the middle...

8. 2007 Darwin Awards - winners announced
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...e at a loss to explain what had happened. There were no witnesses, no trace of clothing, and no wrecked cars or motorcycles. Investigators eventually found a clue high on the roof of a nearby buildin...

9. Devolution
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...r process in the development of human technologies. We add new parts like global-positioning systems to cars not because they’re necessary but because they’re nice. But no one would be sur...