American Pastor Deported From Botswana After Calling For Gays To Be Murdered

“We don’t want hate speech in this country. Let him do it in his own country,” said Botswana’s president.

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Steven Anderson has been banned from entering the U.K., Botswana and South Africa due to his homophobic views. (YouTube Screenshot/sanderson1611)

U.S. pastor Steven Anderson was arrested and deported from the African nation of Botswana after calling for gay people to be killed, President Ian Khama told Reuters Tuesday, just days after the pastor was banned from neighboring South Africa over his anti-gay views. Anderson, of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, notoriously welcomed

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Christianity And The Nagasaki Bomb

Though Christianity began as a religion of peace, it soon became a cloak for genocidal violence, such as the incineration of defenseless civilians in Nagasaki, including many Japanese Christians, 71 years ago, writes Gary G. Kohls.

Dr Gary Kohls
By Dr Gary Kohls
The ruins of the Urakami Christian church in Nagasaki, Japan, as shown in a photograph dated Jan. 7, 1946.

Seventy-one years ago, on Aug. 9, 1945, an all-Christian bomber crew dropped a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki City, Japan, instantly vaporizing, incinerating, irradiating and otherwise annihilating tens of thousands of innocent civilians, men, women and children. Very few Japanese soldiers were affected. In a nation whose citizens are historically

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Ben Carson Gets Defensive About CNN Questions Around His Violent Past And Being Saved By Christianity

Carson’s personal narrative — a centerpiece of his campaign and star power — has long revolved around his accounts of his violent past and descriptions of the healing powers of his faith.

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By USA Today
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson poses for a photo with Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity members at Iowa State University following a campaign stop, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Ben Carson is attacking the media over reports that call claims about his youth into question. “This is a bunch of lies, that is what it is,” Carson said Friday on CNN’s New Day. “This is a bunch of lies attempting to say I’m lying about my history, I think it’s pathetic, and basically what the media does is they try to get you

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TX Public School Posts Made Up Quotes from Reagan, Bible, George Washington To Promote Christianity

Across the country, efforts are being made to manipulate and suppress curriculum in order to conform to right-wing ideology.

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By Ring Of Fire Radio

Did you have any idea that our first President believed that government required God and the Bible in order to function? And are you familiar with the following quote from President Ronald Reagan? “Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”  Chances are you haven’t heard of either of these – because they’re both

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When Christian Slaughtered Christian: The Horror Of Holy War

Only someone without any clue about the horrors of the history of Christian religious wars would call on Obama now to accept and use the language of Holy War. Yet, as study after study shows, nuance isn’t the right wing’s strong suit.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
baptism by fire

The "baptism by fire" of Old Believer leader Avvakum in 1682 President Barack Obama drew fire from his critics on the right when at a recent Washington prayer breakfast he urged understanding of goings on in the Middle East today by referencing Christianity’s own sordid history of oppression and violence. “Remember,” intoned the president,

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The Christian Terrorist Movement No One Wants To Talk About

Austin shooter Larry McQuilliams may have been inspired by the Phineas Priesthood, a loosely affiliated Christian terrorist group.

Jack Jenkins for Think Progress
By Jack Jenkins for Think Progress

Last Friday, Larry McQuilliams was shot and killed by police after unleashing a campaign of violence in Austin, Texas, firing more than 100 rounds in the downtown area before making a failed attempt to burn down the Mexican Consulate. The only casualty was McQuilliams himself, who was felled by officers when he entered police headquarters, but the

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