Local Wiccan uninvited to give city council invocation due to ‘community fears’ (poll) | WHNT.com

Not my God, once again:

Local Wiccan uninvited to give city council invocation due to ‘community fears’ (poll) | WHNT.com: “I gave the invocation earlier this year, at the time they did not ask me what my faith affiliation was, but when they did this time and I told them ‘Wiccan,’ I was told I was no longer invited to give it,” Blake told WHNT News 19 from his home Thursday night.

Another "If it ain't Christian, it ain't right" from the South, this time Alabama. No matter Mr. Blake had led meetings before with invocations, no matter the constitution, no matter hypocrisy and irony, Mr. Blake has been uninvited due to "community concerns." ACLU, are you going to take this on? They so far have been unresponsive to the case in Bebee, Arkansas of a Pagan whose permits were abruptly yanked when the city found out his store and church were not Christian, but Pagan.

Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts | The Times of Israel

Religious fanatics destroy what they fear:

Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts | The Times of Israel: In an act of cultural genocide strikingly similar to the Taliban’s demolition of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001, the ISIL fighters appear –in pictures recently uploaded by a group working to protect Syria’s rich historical heritage — to smash a 3,000-year-old Neo-Assyrian statue illegally removed from a nearby archaeological site. Another image shows a man placing his foot — an act of disrespect in Arab culture — on the face of the Assyrian statue before its destruction.

Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts | The Times of Israel

Religious fanatics destroy what they fear:

Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts | The Times of Israel: In an act of cultural genocide strikingly similar to the Taliban’s demolition of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001, the ISIL fighters appear –in pictures recently uploaded by a group working to protect Syria’s rich historical heritage — to smash a 3,000-year-old Neo-Assyrian statue illegally removed from a nearby archaeological site. Another image shows a man placing his foot — an act of disrespect in Arab culture — on the face of the Assyrian statue before its destruction.

Update on Beebe: “That man’s God is not my God.” | The Wild Hunt

From the excellent blog The Wild Hunt, this update on Bertram Dahl's situation in Beebe. Dahl is a high priest in his pagan church and applied for zoning permits to have a church and store on his property. As the article points out, surrounding properties have churches. Thing is, they're all Christian churches. Soon as the mayor and local bureaucrats realized Dahl is a pagan, they are willfully breaking laws in their attempts to stop Dahl from opening his church and his store. Furthermore, he is being harassed by one of the churches across the street from him. I'm surprised the ACLU hasn't supported Dahl on this yet.

Update on Beebe: “That man’s God is not my God.” | The Wild Hunt: More details emerge in the conflict between Mayor Mike Robertson of Beebe, Arkansas and a Pagan church. High Priest Bertram Dahl said the city of Beebe welcomed him, his church, and store to relocate to the town with open arms – until they found out the church wasn’t a Christian church. Now the mayor claims Dahl’s Seekers Temple and metaphysical store cannot open due to zoning issues. In our interview with the Dahls they say it has nothing to do with zoning and everything to do with religious discrimination.

Church Cross Latest Attempt at Stealth Cellphone Towers - DailyFinance

Be careful what you're praying there to kiddo:

Church Cross Latest Attempt at Stealth Cellphone Towers - DailyFinance: By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ

DES MOINES, Iowa -- One might be hidden in a cross on a church lawn. Others are disguised as a cactus in the desert, a silo in farm country or a palm tree reaching into a sunny sky.

Whatever the deception, the goal is the same: concealing the tall, slender cellphone towers that most Americans need but few want to see erected in their neighborhoods.

Siberia in the News: Paganism goes formal and a God is found | The Wild Hunt

News on doings in Russia, including "legalizing" a pagan path, from one of my favorite blogs, The Wild Hunt:

Siberia in the News: Paganism goes formal and a God is found | The Wild Hunt: Siberia in the News: Paganism goes formal and a God is found
Cara Schulz May 31, 2014 - Russian Republic Legalizes Neo-Pagan Faith.
Russia, more often making headlines for repression of minority faiths, recently recognized the neo-Pagan faith Aar Aiyy as an official “religious organization” in the Siberian Russian Republic of Sakha. Religions with this special designation receive greater protections and privileges in Russia than those who are merely religious groups. 

More at The Wild Hunt blog.

Theory that Adolf Hitler fled to Argentina and lived to the age of 73 | Mail Online

However, (see post below) there are those that don't buy into the Hitler escaped to Argentina theory at all. Why is such an idea so impossible for some to accept? Theory that Adolf Hitler fled to Argentina and lived to the age of 73 | Mail Online

FBI Quietly Opens Secret Files That Attest HITLER WENT TO ARGENTINA Rather Than Commit Suicide... | RedFlagNews.comOpens Secret Files That Attest HITLER WENT TO ARGENTINA Rather Than Commit Suicide... | RedFlagNews.com

Not surprising, but here's the proof. I love it when a conspiracy theory is no longer theory:

Almost 70 Years Late -- FBI Quietly Opens Secret Files That Attest HITLER WENT TO ARGENTINA Rather Than Commit Suicide... | RedFlagNews.com: Recently released FBI documents are beginning to show that not only was Hitler and Eva Braun’s suicide faked, the infamous pair might have had help from the Swiss Director of the United States OSS himself, Allen Dulles.

In one FBI document from Los Angles, it is revealed that the agency was well aware of a mysterious submarine making its way up the Argentinian coast dropping off high level Nazi officials. What is even more astonishing is the fact that the FBI knew he was in fact living in the foothills of the Andes.

Are Your Children Playing With Lucifer's Testicles?The Truth About Easter Eggs

Beware the nasty and Satanic Easter Eggs:Are Your Children Playing With Lucifer's Testicles? The Truth About Easter Eggs: "It's not that difficult to understand," says Author/Creation Scientist, Dr. Daniel Cameroon. "In the old days, deluded pagans would gather round and hump like bunnies on Easter Sunday because they thought it would make their tomatoes grow faster."

Now, I had to know -- is this a joke, a hoax, a parody? From my little bit of exploring on the intranets I discovered that, bizarrely (as well as frighteningly) this appears to be a serious book by serious Christians about the serious evils of Easter Eggs. Oy.

Muslims Object to Easter Eggs | Todd Starnes

Yep, these Muslims were offended that Easter Eggs, and the Easter Bunny, are afoot in American culture. Apparently not quite understanding the concept of the U.S. Constitution and "freedom of religion" they find it offensive a Christian church would be promoting Easter with eggs and bunnies and such. Sigh. Muslims Object to Easter Eggs | Todd Starnes Although, the point is taken that the church and public school relationship should not have been made. On that, I agree.

Mary Magdalene and the Red Egg

Mary Magdalene and the Red Egg. Also visit this link Mary Magdalene Easter Eggs and this from The Good Heart.

‘Noah’: Twitter conservatives outraged that film deviates from Bible’s original English | The Raw Story

Not surprised; many a Christian is up in arms (figuratively) over Noah, because it "deviates from (the) Bible." Oy.

I don't have a personal interest in the seeing the movie only because it doesn't' seem to be my cup of tea. But now I might have to see it, if only to further tick off the xians; you know, one more for the box office stat. I also hear the animals are pretty cool, all CGI and intentionally made to look not quite like the real thing, adding a surreal fantasy type vibe to the film. So, might see it after all. Also, despite criticism of Crowe in general (so I hear) I do like him.

‘Noah’: Twitter conservatives outraged that film deviates from Bible’s original English | The Raw Story

Bill-asphemy: Does Maher Deserve A Whipping For Slandering God? | BarbWire.com

Tristan Emmanuel wants to bring back public punishment and torture for those who blaspheme the Christan god.  Nice to be reminded that religious psychopaths are found throughout the world, and in every religion:

Bill-asphemy: Does Maher Deserve A Whipping For Slandering God? | BarbWire.com: "I don’t know Maher. And I have no reason to hate him. But I do know God. And Maher’s public vilification of God is the most offensive and slanderous thing I have ever heard. Frankly, if a Christian doesn’t have a gut wrenching reaction about this, I’ve really got to question him." ~ Tristan Emmanuel

(Thanks to the prolific and eloquent Alfred Lehmberg for the link.)

Mystery of glowing Virgin Mary statue visited by hundreds in Belgium is solved | Mail Online

Mystery of glowing Virgin Mary statue visited by hundreds in Belgium is solved | Mail Online: The mystery of the Madonna figure which glowed in the dark, attracting thousands of pilgrims to a sleepy Belgian village, has been solved - and it's not a miracle.

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That's one mystery solved!

VA Christian school bans 8-year-old girl because her tomboy looks aren’t ‘biblical’ | The Raw Story

Eight year girl expelled for not being girl enough:

VA Christian school bans 8-year-old girl because her tomboy looks aren’t ‘biblical’ | The Raw Story: “We believe that unless Sunnie as well as her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained identity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education,” the principal wrote.