Official Tennessee COVID response: No Masks, just Prayer and Fasting

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The title above sounds like satire. Sadly it is ever so real. The Republican Governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, has announced this … That whooshing sound was the concept of a wall of separation between church and state flying off over the horizon. If he is going to do this there there are a couple … Read more

Weird: “Prayer Warriors Provide Prayer Shield for Donald Trump”

Christian Today reports on the truly weird behaviour of some evangelicals … Hundreds of Prayer Warriors Descend on Washington to Provide Prayer Shield for Donald Trump hundreds of “prayer warriors” have descended on Washington D.C. to undertake a crucial mission: protect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump by building a “prayer shield” around him ahead of his Jan. … Read more

Claim: Obama imposes Islam upon House of Representatives

As part of the on-going and utterly bizarre claim that Obama is really a secret Muslim with an Islamic agenda, we have this latest gem doing the rounds (Image above and tweet below) … https://twitter.com/TPoliticmanager/status/769968574651830272 What are the facts here? The pictures (and also an associated video clip) show Imam Hamad Chebli of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey … Read more

Banning Prayer Advertisements in UK Cinemas

There appears to have been a bit of a fuss about the Church of England wanting to deploy an advertisement involving prayer, they claim it was banned and cite free-speech concerns. As reported by the BBC … The Church of England has said it is “disappointed and bewildered” by the refusal of leading UK cinemas … Read more

Will praying to a supernatural entity make any difference at all?

I’ve been running with a bit of a theme for the past couple of weekends on the topic of “prayer” as a concept and asking if it has any real viability as a concept .. On 15th June I was mulling over the concept itself with – If Prayer works, then the UK Royals should be … Read more