(Religion Today) The man behind “tips for Jesus” has finally broken his silence by speaking with San Francisco Magazine, though not without adding to the confusion. While his Instagram account claims he is “doing the Lord’s work,” the anonymous man responsible for this largesse phenomenon says his actions are “agnostic.” The large tipper—suspected to be Jack […]
A woman in the UK has given birth to a healthy baby boy after being urged to obtain an abortion amid bleak prognosis that left him with only a ten percent chance of survival. Rachel Collins, 30, says that she was told by her doctor that she had oligohydramnios, meaning that there was too little amniotic […]
WELLSVILLE, Utah — A diesel mechanic in Utah is crediting God for saving his life after he had a close call with death during a severe snowstorm. Larry Leckenby was on his way to fix a broken down snowcat in Wyoming last week when he found himself in the fight of his life. The snowcat […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has apologized for removing a pro-life display earlier this month after some students complained that they found it to be “offensive.” Bama Students for Life had erected the small display behind a glass case that it has reserved last month, and noted earlier this month that the poster […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Barack Obama issued a statement on Sunday expressing his opposition to the intentions of Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini to sign legislation criminalizing homosexuality in the country. Obama was golfing at a private course in Rancho Mirage, California when the written statement was released. “I am so deeply disappointed that Uganda will […]
AMES, Iowa — Officials at Iowa State University have decided to give the Bible the boot out of its Memorial Union hotel rooms following demands from a prominent atheist organization. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had sent a letter to the university last month, citing an anonymous complaint. The organization then asserted […]
SUNBURY, Pa. — A woman in Pennsylvania who has been charged with murder for killing a man she met on Craigslist has told reporters that she has committed over 20 murders as part of a satanic cult. “When I hit 22 [murders], I stopped counting,” 19-year-old Miranda Barbour told the Daily Item on Saturday. Barbour […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation last week which would give states the freedom to define marriage as between one man and one woman. In a Thursday press release, Senators Cruz and Lee introduced the “State Marriage Defense Act” (S. 2024), which would preserve states’ ability to define marriage […]
NASHVILLE — A Christian pharmacist in Tennessee has sued the national drugstore chain Walgreens for allegedly firing him after he refused to sell the morning after pill against his religious convictions. Philip Hall of Jamestown, who also serves as a deacon at a Baptist church, has worked at his local Walgreens since 1997. For a […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A proposed bill in Alabama would require public school teachers to read Congressional prayers out loud to students each day. “If Congress can open with a prayer, and the state of Alabama Legislature can, I don’t see why schools can’t,” sponsor Steve Hurst (R-Munford) told the Anniston Star. Hurst’s bill, HB 318, […]