"After repeated reports of hate speech against witches, or any pagan who does not believe in Christianity, Facebook has decided not to remove the page titled, "Witches must die by fire." The page creator has wisely selected to remain anonymous, but seems unperturbed by the numerous pagans who post on the page in solidarity against his hate speech."
Democrat or Republican, odds are overwhelming that your Congressman is a Christian (Buzzfeed)
"BuzzFeed has mapped out the religions of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives by their districts, according to how they have publicly identified themselves as well as statements their spokespeople have made to BuzzFeed. There are 31 religions represented in the House, including 26 different sects of Christianity. Catholics make up the largest group with 136 members, followed by Baptists with 66 members, Methodists with 45 members, Anglicans/Episcopalians with 35 members, Presbyterians with 28 members, and Jews with 22 members. There is only one atheist."
Couple accused of witchcraft flees Cambodian village (The New Age)
"Two Cambodian villagers fled for their lives after neighbours accused them of practicing witchcraft, local media reported Wednesday. Romas Chhoeun, the elderly couple's grandson, told the Cambodia Daily he had taken them to seek refuge because he believed they would have been killed. They had reportedly received numerous threats and had their vegetable crops destroyed by neighbours who accused them of making other people in the village ill through black magic."
Vikings were not the first inhabitants of the Faeroe islands (e! Science News)
"The Faroe Islands were colonised much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn't by the Vikings, according to new research. New archaeological evidence places human colonisation in the 4th to 6th centuries AD, at least 300-500 years earlier than previously demonstrated... Analysis showed an extensive windblown sand deposit containing patches of burnt peat ash from human activity, dating human settlement to pre-Viking phases. These ash spreads contained barley grains which were accidentally burnt in domestic hearths and were then spread by humans onto the windblown sand surface during the 4th-6th centuries and 6th-8th centuries, a common practice identified in the North Atlantic during this period to control wind erosion."
Cursed towns, evil rooms and goat sacrifices, Indian netas love superstitions (dna India)
"Anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead while he was on his morning walk in Pune on Tuesday morning. For the 69-year-old Dabholkar, spreading scientific temper and eradicating superstitions and undesirable rituals in the society was a lifelong mission, quite contrary to the superstitions believed by politicians, some of whom make their moves only after due consultations with godmen, astrologers and the likes."
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