Posts Tagged ‘death’
Well if you’re going to use an outdated religious ceremony to save lives, you might as well go all out. In New Zealand, a family has been charged in the death of 22-year old Janet Moses in 2007, who died during a botched exorcism performed according to Maori beliefs. The ceremony, called a “makutu” involves forcibly [...]
Because you can never have too much death caused by superstitious woo, we have this story from India where a grandfather chopped off the head of his granddaughter so he could mix the blood with his crops in hopes that it would make them grow better. My, we’ve come a long way, haven’t we?
Rajesh Hembram, [...]
A Romanian nun was left, bound and gagged to a cross, without food or water, with a rag stuffed in her mouth to stifle the screams, in a small room for three days. Members of the convent in northeast Romania say that Sister Maricica Irina Cornici was possessed by the devil and this crucifixion was [...]
Two shoppers were shot dead today in a Southern California K-Mart. Despite confusing initial reports, it appears it wasn’t sale-related. The incident, at a Palm Desert store, happened around 11:30am and the police responded to the scene in less than a minute. Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said there was a fight but it [...]
I was listening to The Atheist Experience show (link to downloadable here) yesterday and a couple of interesting points came up that I will address in separate posts. However, I did want to say “Good Job!” to Russell Glasser for his first recent foray into hosting the show, he and Jen Peeples did a great [...]
I was recently in a discussion with someone over on the Richard Dawkins forums who was an atheist, but said they could see the utility of religion in the case of an elderly neighbor who had just lost his wife. Without the religious belief that he’ll see her again in heaven, it might be too [...]
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