5. Richard Dawkins Embarrassed After Death and Subsequent Resurrection

The NewsBiscuit (which manages to publish news before it even happens!) comes in at number five this week with this TheOnion-esque peice on the Jesus-like death of Richard Dawkins.  Further reports are informing me that several different news sources sent out very different press releases, some claiming that only one Mary found Dawkins resurrected, some claiming several, and some even claiming the presence of others.

“Dawkins suffered a shocking but ironic death on Friday having been seized by a mysterious gang of burly men dressed as Roman soldiers. They nailed him to a cross, and left him there until he died some hours later.”

4. Sarah Palin’s War on Science

Oh Hitchens, once again you’ve attacked someone with your impenetrable wit.  Following in the footsteps of Jeffrey Sachs and Sam Harris, the Hitch rants about Palin’s anti-science and anti-elite agenda.  And just for good measure he throws in some pokes at religion.

“With Palin, however, the contempt for science may be something a little more sinister than the bluff, empty-headed plain-man’s philistinism of McCain.”

3. Hell House XVIII, The Revenge: Welcome to Eternity

Light the Whacko-lanterns!  The writers of Atheist Experience attended a Hell House in Cedar Hill, Texas and bring us a frightening tale of utter ignorance and contempt displayed by the Christian community who operate the Hell House.

Part 1

Part 2

2. Where’s Charlton Heston when you need him?

If you wrote a movie script for this incident it would be denied by Hollywood simply because it’s too unbelievable.  Pharyngula gives some of the funniest commentary on this incident.  Never has there been a better story to convey the concept of Poe’s law than Christians praying for the restoration of the economy by crowding around a golden calf!

“Just a clue: there’s this book called “the bible” that these people claim to follow, but I suspect they’ve never actually read it, or they might have seen Exodus 32.”

1. St. Louis Claims First Pregnant Catholic Priest

A Catholic Priestess (you don’t hear that often) named Jessica Rowley is due any day now and will become the first Catholic Priestess to give birth.  I wonder what Bill Donahue will say about this.  Better yet, I wonder what the Pope’s response will be.

“A little over a year ago, 26-year-old Jessica Rowley shattered the stained-glass ceiling, so to speak, by being ordained a Catholic priest. Now the St. Louisan is on the verge of giving birth to her first child, and a Washington, D.C.-based group that advocates for women’s ordination says that makes Rowley the world’s first pregnant Catholic priest. “

This story took the number one spot this week simply because of the impact it should have on the rights of women within Roman Catholicism.

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