Terry Firma, though born and Journalism-school-educated in Europe, has lived in the U.S. for the past 20-odd years. Stateside, his feature articles have been published in the New York Times, Reason, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Wired. Terry was the founder and Main Mischief Maker of Moral Compass, a now-dormant site that pokes fun at the delusional claim by people of faith that a belief in God equips them with superior moral standards. He was the Editor-in-Chief of two Manhattan-based magazines until he decided to give up commercial publishing for professional photography... with a lot of blogging on the side. These days, he lives in an old seaside farmhouse in Maine with his wife, three kids, and two big dogs.
Thanks, New York Post. Also for the pictures. I think. A Bible-thumping couple in Florida is changing the way people think about their faith — with a hookup website for devout Christian swingers! Cristy Parave and her husband, Dean, are the unashamed bodybuilding Jesus lovers bringing couples together and introducing them to their wild lifestyle of swapping sex partners and Bible verses, Barcroft Media reports. Read more
Perhaps because sawing off the heads of Western journalists was getting a bit run-of-the-mill, the Muslim fundies who run roughshod over Iraq and Syria decided to prosecute, in one of their kangaroo courts, an Iraqi lawyer. Samira Salih al-Nuaimi’s crime? Not believing in the same Allah that these irredeemable pricks do. So they tortured her for five days, and then, after they’d had their fun, they executed her. Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after their self-styled Islamic court ruled that she had abandoned Islam, the U.N. mission in Iraq said Thursday. Samira Salih al-Nuaimi was seized from her home on Sept. 17 after allegedly posting messages on Facebook that were critical of the militants’ destruction of religious sites in Mosul. Read more
In India, until now, various forms provided by the government asked citizens to disclose their religion — and “none” wasn’t an option. Good news: In a landmark ruling, the Bombay high court on Tuesday held that the state cannot compel any individual to declare or specify his or her religion, on any form or declaration. Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by three individuals, the division bench of justices Abhay Oka and AS Chandurkar further held that every individual has the right to state that he or she does not belong to any religion and does not practice or profess any religion. Read more
