Atheist News Sep 14 2018: Red Cow in Israel Fulfills End Time Prophecy, India Decriminalized Gay Sex

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In Israel, a red cow was born. According to the Jewish people, the birth of a red cow or a "red heifer" would fulfill the End Times prophecy and it brings the promise of reinstating Biblical purity to the world. For the messiah to come and the final judgment, the red heifer must be sacrificed. For now, the Temple of Israel is examining the cow if it has the qualifications necessary for the red heifer.

Kat Kerr, a "Christian prophetess", claimed that she can control the hurricane through her scepter and prayer. She commanded the hurricane to not destruct people or properties but it did not work.

One of the places where a Christian prayer is recited over before football games is Man High School in West Virginia. The Supreme Court says that is an illegal endorsement of religion. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the Logan County Board of Education last week asking them to put a stop to the prayers. If continued, there will be a lawsuit. The people who want to recite prayers are angry and threatened to walk away. Chris Trent, a volunteer PA announcer at the stadium, calls the letter from the FFRF unfortunate.

The president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, Jr., is thinking of cutting the school's ties with Nike after the controversial ad featuring football player Colin Kaepernick. Liberty would be the second Christian school to cut ties to Nike if it goes through.

An Egyptian man was arrested in Saudi Arabia after posting a video in which he was having a breakfast with a woman wearing a full face veil. The law in Saudi Arabia is in workplaces or eateries, families and single men have to sit in different areas. The women must sit separately from single men in these places. In the video, the man and woman were joking about eating their breakfast together and at the end of the video, the woman appears to feed the man. The man was accused of "committing several violations and taking up a post exclusively reserved for Saudis".

Rev. Mack Morris, a pastor in Alabama, cuts up his Nike headband and wristband during Sunday's sermon. he said it was in protest to the company's recent ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the famous football player who was the first athlete to take a knee during the national anthem. Morris got a standing ovation from his audience.

Clarks Summit University in Pennsylvania, a fundamentalist Christian college, has dismissed a student for being gay. Gary Campbell hoped to earn the 6 credits he needed to complete his bachelor's degree. When the school found out he is gay, the school did not want him there.

Johnny Pike, an American Atheist state director in Kentucky, sent a letter to several public school districts warning them against common church/state violations last month. He said in his letter that schools should keep school-events secular. The organization was concerned with field trips to Ark Encounter in Williamstown and Creation Museum in Petersburg. Ken Ham, a creationist, felt that letter was a personal attack. Ham thinks that the letter was to bully them and keep children from being exposed to the teaching at these attractions.

Kent Hovind, a Creationist, explained before why broccoli and celery are proof that evolution is not true. Now, he claims it's grapes. He claims that since grape has 38 chromosomes, just like a cat, there's something wrong with science.

The Supreme Court in India abolished the 157-year old law that made homosexual sex illegal. In 2009, it was once repealed however, an astrologer challenged the repeal in court, hence it was reinstated. The critics challenged the judges decision.They say that it would increase HIV rates.