Stop the ”Witch Slapping” Bishop Oyedepo

This is a guest post by leading Human Rights activist, Leo Igwe.

UK authorities should take measures to stop controversial Nigerian pastor David Oyedepo, from bringing his witch hunting ministry to Europe. Oyedepo, with his Pentecostal church, the Winners Chapel and his own fleet of private jets  is reputedly the richest pastor in Nigeria. Oyedepo is scheduled to preach at the European Winners Convention to be held in London in August.  There are numerous reasons why the UK authorities should not allow him to feature at this event. Here are just a few. 

Hitchens’ Challenge

The great atheist writer and speaker Christopher Hitchens issued a famous challenge: “I challenge you to find one good or noble thing which cannot be accomplished without religion.” He insisted that he had never encountered anyone who was able to do so.

Now it seems, a contender has stepped into the ring, and although I don’t claim to be half the writer or orator that Christopher Hitchens was, I shall examine the article which can be found in it’s entirety, here.

Atheist Anonymity

As you can see from my twitter account (@virtuarat) and the advertisements for my books on the right hand side of the screen, I am clearly unafraid, and in fact proud to put my real name to my words, be they a fantasy novel, or erotic short stories or… Dare I say it… Atheism and the dangers of religion!

All of this is due to my personal life experience. Being born and raised in the United Kingdom as part of a free-thinking and non-judgemental  household, I was always given the choice to look at the available information both for and against religion.

Either way, it would have made no difference to my family whether I grew into a committed atheist or an evangelist christian, or any other form of religious belief.

Also, in this country, apart from the more extreme viewpoints, religion is something of a non-issue. I’ll qualify that, if you compare the UK to the US or the Islamic states around the world, it accounts for a lot less in the everyday lives of the population.  A fact for which I am immensely grateful.

Many Christians Are Retarded

This post originally appeared as a Guest Post at Godless Mom‘s blogsite.

Many Christians are retarded.

Phew!

That’s a contentious start to this article is it not?

Christians (in fact anyone of any religious stripe) are retarded, and I want to be quite clear that I mean that in the truest sense of the word. I’m not being ‘orrible, I’m not a hater, I’m just stating the truth as I see it.

Think about this. Have you ever had to deal with a recalcitrant child? You have? Good. Then you know how circular the arguments can be when trying to explain why they can’t have another ice cream or yes! It IS time for a bath!