Satire: Religion

by Trevor Watkin

I stopped attending church on a regular basis almost eight years ago, but the various minutiae of my evangelical Christian upbringing have not faded from my memory at all. So when I joined the Unitarian Universalist church...read more

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by Christine G.

The author of this custom cult generator, who wishes to remain anonymous to avoid prosecution, is the founding mother (Matermax) and CEO of The Intergalactic Fellowship of Outcasts and Sinners, which has enjoyed a stable m...read more

by Greensky - Shane Barnard

Religion Belief in a super-human being or beings, a personal God controlling the universe, spiritual awakening, conversion, a system of faith, may be some of the words one will find associated with Religion. A sensib...read more

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by Warren Longwell

A cool night breeze washed across the Canfield's bed on the back screen porch of their bungalow. Screen porches were an anachronism now, rendered obsolete by air conditioning. But then, making amends for mistakes had also ...read more

by Ken Alexander

I broke down and decided to go to church that Sunday. It was actually my first time since I was a kid. The family never went. I was an adult now and it was time to leave my childhood things and face my spiritual issues, if...read more

by Marshall Gibson

Jesus wearily opened the chrome-laden door of the road-side diner. His boots smeared mud across the linoleum floor as he trudged to the nearest stool at the bar. He slung off his dusty cloak, draping it over the stool be...read more

by Beast

Quite often, when we hear gory tales of indigenous people in some god-forsaken place practicing the macabre rituals of cannibalism, we cringe, and most sane people in the modern world would certainly not devour members of ...read more

by Casalan

I was a Christian. I was part of the majority and my parents loved me. My future was all planned out, I would continue university and finish my engineering degree. Work as an engineer. Meet a woman, my mother would add...read more

by Andrew Franz

Ever since man has had his first conscious thought, he has mused over beginnings. He has pondered his existential natures, looking to the heavens for guidance, salvation, and rapture. He has looked at the ground for nurt...read more

by Suzie Bradshaw

"I see." He paused and tapped his pen on the table. "So the Almighty," he said with an emphasis on Almighty and giggled, "won't have you." "Yes sir," she said. "Hmmm, well let's see here," he looked through the pile of f...read more

by Stevie Brown

I bow, I pray, I look to the sky and thank the heavens for this day of life. Many questions unanswered. How is it a child is born with sin with not even a chance to do wrong? Is not sin an error against the laws of God? It...read more

by Naomi Blackman

On a lovely crisp day, walking through the snowy winter wonderland that I have come to know and love so well, I look around and see the spirit of Christmas bringing joy into the hearts of all. On my usual journey home, I ...read more

by Paul Gu

Bob and Jill, patriotic citizens of the little American town of Culture, had just graduated from their education and were well on their way to attaining happiness. They had been informed upon receiving their certificate of...read more

by Nikki Lyn

I am a teenager from Asia. I'm a Chinese and it can be said that I'm a Buddhist as I do go to Chinese temples occasionally to pay respect to the Gods but that's over very special occasions only. Well actually Buddhism isn'...read more

by William Christian

Faith Healers Pioneer Faith Surgery In a move that shocked the medical community and general public alike, faith healers at the Bob Jones University Center for Faith-Based Medicine recently unveiled an...read more

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by Jesse Synstelien

I'm sick of bloody religions. I am ill from the bloodlust. The corruption and deceit. It will make you or break you. Jesus was a vampire. At least according to how our modern society depicts him. Water into wine....read more

by W.D. Nelson

Court: Coach Can't bow, kneel with team =========================== ================ A New Jersey school board was within its rights to tell a football coach he cannot kneel and bow his head as his players have a studen...read more

by Reverend's Laughter

Religious fervor in this country and in others has led an interesting minority of people who, fed up with It All, have decided to make a mockery of faith, belief, and anybody claiming to have The One True Faith. These peop...read more

by Carol Gustke

AVOIDING ALL OFFENSE: Jerusalem....Attention! Attention! It has just been learned from the Ecumenical Council of Churches that archaeologist in a major "dig" have unearthed what they believe to be an authentic stone carvi...read more

by Cain Cooper

Call me the darkest dreamer of the purest heart, Call me the cancer in your headlines call me nothing at all. But in all things stated you have still beckoned me. Sinner be in place. I am the pied piper of souls lost in ...read more