Category: "Religion"

WANTED: Arrest Warrants Issued for.. The Pope? The Queen? Really? [UPDATED]

A Canadian Court du jure, operating under British common law, has issued arrest warrants for Pope Benedict XVI, the Queen of England, the Prime Minister of Canada, and dozens of other officials. The ITCCS (International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State) handed down their verdict in February, trying all parties in absentia when no [...]

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Group of Teens Uncover Math Teacher’s Connection to “Sex Cult” Murder

If there was ever a convincing argument to google someone before you hire them, this story might just be it. Tyler Deaton was hired as a math teacher at Lancaster High in February after passing state and federal background checks, but was placed on leave after a group of his students used the internet to [...]

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News Crew Films Priest Pouring Boiling Milk on Sick Child in Ritual

An Indian government official is taking some heat after a news crew catches him attending a bizarre ritual ceremony involving boiling hot milk and a sick child. The religious ritual taking place in Chandauli was attended by the NewsX crew who filmed a priest boiling milk and pouring it over his body in front of a [...]

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Off the High Horse of Science: Is There a Moral to the Paranormal?

“Ordinary theologians have overlooked crabs and periwinkle..” -Charles Fort. A young fish once asked his grandmother, “What is the ocean?” His grandmother replied, “The ocean is all around us.” The little fish asked, “But what’s it like?” The grandma was stumped. What could she say? It’s wet? That hardly means anything when everything…

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Fox in the Hen House! The Ghastly Possession of the Nuns of Loudun

The trial of Urbain Grandier for witchcraft was either a witch hunt in truth, or in the sarcastic way that we use the term today. Either Grandier used black magic to infest the nuns of Loudun with a number of powerful demons, or he was a victim of religious persecution because his beliefs were…

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The Story of Biddy Early: Ireland’s Most Famous Witch and Faery Friend

“There is a country called Tír-na-n-Og, which means the Country of the Young, for age and death have not found it; neither tears nor loud laughter have gone near it… According to many stories, Tír-na-n-Og is the favourite dwelling of the fairies…” – W. B. Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry “Mrs. [...]

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On the Rag: Jesus Appears to Massachusetts Man.. on a Towel

A man from Massachusetts is convinced that he’s been given a sign from on high thanks to the mysterious appearance of Jesus.. on a drop cloth. “My heart went a million miles an hour. I was hyperventilating,” Brian Krantz, told WDH News. “A crown or a halo. Two eyes. Mustache, nose, there’s the chin, jaw line. His [...]

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“Angry Spirit” Forces 8 Year Old Boy to Wed 61 Year Old Woman

An 8 year old Tshwane, South African boy was forced to marry a 61 year old woman this past week after the boy, Sanele Masilela, claimed to be visited by the angry spirit of his deceased grandfather who demanded the child marry 61-year-old Helen Shabangu. The “ceremony” has shocked the local community who expressed concern [...]

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Ask a Wizard: Divination and Why it Works

When you next roll a pair of dice, turn a Tarot card, play the lottery or read the I Chiing, consider this: How do you know that the game in question isn’t rigged? Divination systems work by simply removing the element of the seeker’s consciousness from the equation. We are presented with a randomized collection [...]

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Saved by the Hell: Demonic Possession Closes School

A corporate area high-school in Jamaica was forced to cancel classes this week after a demon possessed a female student and threatened to inhabit the bodies of others.  The demon in question reportedly “made himself known” and warned that if anyone was to pray for the girl he would “…leave the girl’s body and enter [...]

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