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POPSAnother Story of Religious Child Abuse More bone headed tales of misguided cult followers believing muttering pleas to their invisible friend will magically cure disease. Unfortunately, in this case, the recipient of the "prayer treatment" died for no reason. And because of religious brainwashing the 16 year old agreed to this non-treatment. Sad indeed.
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POPSThousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles Too many people claim to have "spoken to their god" and used the imagined status from this to cause problems for the world. Hardship for the people. It is as if they feel that they are capable of corrupting the image of that god to sate greed. Sad that something with the potential to do good, is so abused by greedy and corrupt people.
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POPSCry Out To Jesus Help for the hopeless... He'll meet you where you are... To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough when you said goodbye And to all of the people with burdens and pains Keeping you back from your life You believe that there's nothing and there is no one Who can make it right Chorus: There is hope for the helpless Rest for the weary Love for the broken heart There is grace and forgiveness Mercy and healing He'll meet you wherever you are Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on They've lost all of their faith in love They've done all they can to make it right again Still it's not enough For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains You try to give up but you come back again Just remember that you're not alone in your shame And your suffering Chorus: When your lonely And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
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POPSChild Homicide: When Prayer Fails Podcast with Shawn Peters, author of "When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law" Also, Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason". And a host of others. Visit FFRF podcast page to find some very interesting people on freethought topics.
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POPSDiabetic girl dies as parents pray "She said her family believed in the Bible and that healing came from God. But she insisted that they were not "crazy religious people" "Even after her death, her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, who did not belong to any organised faith, prayed over her body in the hope that she might be resurrected."
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POPSTelevangelists Hinn & Dollar Under Senate Investigation "All the ministries preach a form of Word of Faith theology, known as prosperity gospel, which teaches that God wants believers to reap material rewards for their faith." "Grassley has insisted his investigation "has nothing to do with church doctrine" and is strictly concerned with making sure nonprofit groups are following the law."
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POPSPoint of Inquiry podcasts
Point of Inquiry is the premiere podcast of the Center for Inquiry, drawing on CFI’s relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features and commentary focusing on CFI’s issues: religion, human values and the borderlands of science. Point of Inquiry explores CFI’s three research areas: 1. Pseudoscience and the paranormal (Bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.) 2. Alternative medicine (faith healing, homeopathy, “healing touch,” the efficacy of prayer, etc.) 3. Religion and secularism (church-state separation, the effects and proper role of religion in society, the future of secularism and nonbelief, etc.) Contributors to Point of Inquiry include Lauren Becker, Paul Kurtz, Benjamin Radford, Dawkins, Sam Harris, Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, Tom Flynn, David Koepsell, and many m
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POPSQuackwatch # DHEA: Ignore the Hype (updated 10/12/98) # Dietary Supplements, Herbs, and Hormones (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC # Dubious Diagnostic Tests (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC # Ear Candling (updated 6/4/03) # Electrodiagnostic Device Quackery (slow-loading article, updated 10/1/03) FEATURE TOPIC # "Ergogenic Aids" (updated 8/14/00) # Eye-Related Quackery (updated 8/21/03) # Fad Diagnoses (index to 17 articles, updated 7/3/06) FEATURE TOPIC # Fad Diets (to be posted) # Faith Healing (updated 3/3/03) # Genetic Testing Scams (updated 1/22/03) # Glucosamine for Arthritis (updated 4/7/06) # Gamma-hydroxybutyric Acid: A Growing Danger (posted 7/17/98) # Growth Hormone Scams (posted 3/20/02) # Hair Analysis: A Cardinal Sign of Quackery (updated 4/21/06) # Hair Removal Methods: What Works and What Doesn't (updated 8/21/01) # Herbal Practices and Products
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POPSBenny Hinn: A Fraud An excellent 2004 in-depth article on the televangelist Benny Hill - who claims to cure people of cancer and AIDS, among other things. He's become a very wealthy man as a consequence. He's a conman, a charlatan -yet people still flock to his 'Crusades'.
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POPSThe Jesus Project Because the last one was so poorly done, this one was created with the highest scholars from both sides of endeavor to ensure authenticity of results.
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POPSDivorce rate among Christians SIGNIFIGANTLY higher than atheists! Christians piss me off, and this is just hilarious. And true. Inevitably, someone will come in here whining about how this is false or made up, so I made sure to chose an article which is: 1. Adequately (and heavily) Sourced. 2. From a site which believes in Religious Freedom Also, I am an ordained Minister. I have no agenda.
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POPSReality TV A sweet little video exposing charlatans. A bit dated but relevant today considering the resurgence of faith based healings and other magical thinking.
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POPSMagic Healings are In Magic cures. Intercessory prayer. Miracles. Welcome to the 11th Century. With all the fires burning in the west and southeast watch for a spate of news reports of shaman of all types gathering their "sacred" bones and poultices to bring rain. The poor quality of science education is having a marked effect on the way that the majority of people view reality in this country. The absurdity of thinking that begging an imaginary spiritual being will bring health is fine if you're 5 years old. It's not so fine if you're an adult. BTW, no reputable scientific study using reliable data has ever shown prayer to be effective. Quite the contrary. As if this even needs to be pointed out. Remember, spontaneous remissions do occur. Placebo effects do exist. These are results that can be tested and verified. They stand in stark contrast to believing in magic being.
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POPSThe Power of a Hug My son's first babysitter and all day caregiver was an East Indian woman. I would not have had it any other way!
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