Babies know the difference between good and evil at six months
10 MAY  - At the age of six months babies can barely sit up - let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk.
    But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code - and can tell the difference between good and evil. An astonishing series of experiments is challenging the views of many psychologists and social scientists that human beings are born as 'blank slates' - and that our morality is shaped by our parents and experiences.
    Instead, they suggest that the difference between good and bad may be hardwired into the brain at birth.   Read the full story....

Pagan police get right to take festivals as holiday 
10 MAY  - Being serving police officers, they would no doubt leave their sun worshipping, mead drinking and naked dancing for their days off, not to mention the annual practice of leaving food out for the wandering dead. 
    As of today, however, pagan police have the right to take their festivals as official holiday after their support group won formal recognition from the Home Office.   Read the full story....

Pop star claims Bible written by drunks 
05 MAY  - One of Poland's most famous and controversial pop stars faces two years in gaol after suggesting that the Bible was written by drunks and people with a fondness for "herbal cigarettes."
    Dorota Rabczewska, famed for an unabashed attitude when it comes to flaunting her flesh, and a string of hits, has been charged by Warsaw prosecutors with insulting religious feeling for comments she made in a television interview a year ago.  Read the full story....

Atheists launch bid to outlaw prayer at council meetings
4 MAY  - Secular campaigners are launching a legal bid to outlaw the tradition of councils beginning their meetings with a Christian prayer by claiming it infringes the human rights of non-believers.
    The National Secular Society (NSS) is taking a council in North Devon to court for
a judicial review of the time-honoured practice which is shared by at least 118
councils around the country. Christian groups have branded the move an attack by “aggressive atheists.”   Read the full story....

Noah's Ark remains 'discovered'
27 APR  - A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical Christians said they had uncovered remnants of Noah's Ark on its legendary mountain resting place in Turkey.
    Noah's Ark Ministries International, a Hong Kong-based documentary outfit, said they recovered wooden specimens from a structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating proved the material was 4800 years old, around the same time the ark is said to have been afloat.  Read the full story....

Church of Scotland ministers 'to be cut’
28 APR - About 25 ministers a year would be cut over a four-year period under the restructuring plans put forward by the Ministries Council to reduce the Kirk's £5.7m deficit
    The Kirk hopes this measure, and the "almost unprecedented" plan to train church members to lead services, would help balance the books by 2014.
     The Church of Scotland said after that reorganisation, it expected that the number of ministers - 800 at the time - would remain fairly static. However, there are now about 1,000 ministers and the Kirk said the deficit was "completely unsustainable". Read the full story....

Iranian cleric claims promiscuous women cause earthquakes
10 APR - A hard-line Iranian cleric said attractive Iranian women who snub traditional Islamic clothing and wear heavy make-up encourage youths to have affairs, which leads to more "calamities" such as earthquakes, it was reported in reformist newspaper, Aftab-e Yazd.
     "Many women who dress inappropriately... cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," he told worshippers at a Tehran prayer meeting last week.  Read the full story....

Did you sell your soul for games?
16 APR - Answer this question honestly – do you read the small print when you buy games on the internet?
    High Street retailing giant GameStation decided to put this to the test and inserted a new clause into their terms and conditions earlier this month that granted them legal rights to the immortal souls of thousands of their online customers. Read the full story....

Judges are biased against Christianity, say senior Church figures
12 APR - In an unprecedented move, senior Church figures are forcing a showdown with the judiciary over an allegation that some of the country’s most senior judges are prejudiced against Christianity
    Senior churchmen do not think Christians have any chance of a fair ruling if the latest significant hearing is heard in front of those judges who, they argue, have already shown a lack of understanding of Christian beliefs. Read the full story....

Mysterious Shroud of Turin Goes On Display
10 APR 2010, Sky News - One of the world's most mysterious objects, the cloth said to have covered Jesus Christ at his burial, has gone on display for the first time in 10 years.
The Shroud of Turin is on view to the public at Turin Cathedral for only the fifth time in 100 years.
     Each person gets a maximum of five minutes to look at the Shroud, which has been restored since it was last displayed.  Read the full story....

Clinically Dead Boy 'Saw Granny in Heaven'
8 APR 2010, Sky News - A three-year-old boy brought back from the dead after his heart stopped beating for three hours has told how he saw his great-grandmother in Heaven.
The youngster - who is named only as Paul - claimed he met his relative and she sent him back to Earth.
     Paul was playing on his own when he fell into a lake near his grandparents' house in the town of Lychen, north of Berlin, Germany.
     The child's grandfather later found him lifeless in the water.   Read the full story....

‘It’s a very bad day for Christianity’
7 APR 2010, Daily Mail Online - The nurse at the centre of a growing storm over discrimination against Christians yesterday lost her fight to wear a crucifix at work.
    She described the result as 'a very bad day for Christianity'.
    Mrs. Chaplin, who said she felt persecuted over her faith, said: 'Every Christian at work will now be afraid to mention their beliefs.'
    The ward sister - who wore the crucifix without complaint over 30 years nursing - had told the tribunal she was 'forced to choose between her job and her faith' after being ordered to remove it at a hospital where Muslim staff wore headscarves.   Read the full story....

Tourists flock to 'Jesus’ tomb' in Kashmir
27 MAR 2010, BBC - Srinagar, India - A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail.
    In the back streets of downtown Srinagar is an old building known as the Rozabal shrine.
    Officially, the tomb is the burial site of Youza Asaph, a medieval Muslim preacher - but a growing number of people believe that it is in fact the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.   
Read the full story....

'I'm NOT the Messiah': British economist forced to deny he is religious cult's divine saviour
25 MAR 2010, BBC - London, UK - A north London economist has been forced to deny he is a religious cult's holy savior after a bizarre series of emails and personal visits.
    Raj Patel came to the attention of Share International members after he appeared on U.S. comedy show The Colbert Report to promote his book about the global financial crisis.
    The group's leader Benjamin Creme made an announcement soon after telling members their god had recently appeared on U.S. TV for the first time.    Read the full story....

'Bottled ghosts' sold in New Zealand auction
 9 MAR 2010, BBC - Wellington, New Zealand - Two glass phials said to contain the ghosts of an old man and a young girl have sold for NZ$2,000 ($1,395:£935) in an online auction in New Zealand.
    The auction, which ended on Monday night, attracted more than 200,000 page views on the Trade Me website.
    Avie Woodbury said the ghosts had been captured in her Christchurch house by an exorcist and stored in holy water. Ms Woodbury told bidders she had experienced "bizarre activity" in her home.   Read the full story....

Don't let politicians bully you, Lord Carey warns Christians
 2 MAR  - Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused politicians of trying to bully Christianity out of public life
    He complained of a 'strident and bullying campaign' to marginalise Christianity in the name of political correctness.
Lord Carey said: 'We have reached the point where politicians are mocked for merely expressing their faith.     Read the full story....