# Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2022-02-07T18:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/901 "2024-12-26T02:04:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “Did he light a menorah at Hanukkah?” … I … erm … did get a bit of shit from this same Jewish friend for baking a challah bread at Easter. I thought it was traditional… but got the day wrong. I am not atvall religious. Very wrong. Well, we can’t all be Jewish Bread was good though, a 20% rye, 80% wheat sourdough. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/902 "2024-12-26T05:50:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Bread was good though, a 20% rye, 80% wheat sourdough. As a retired professional baker I would love to have that recipe. I have quite a few recipes for challah but that one, with rye, sounds intriguing. I worked in a deli for over two years and each Friday I had orders for about thirty loaves of challah. It’s one of my two favorite breads to make, although I love all breads. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/903 "2024-12-27T12:00:54Z")
I winged it on the recipe. I have been baking freestyle for years, but my greatest influence was the Tassajara Bread Book, which is written by a monk in a Bhuddist community somewhere on the west coast of the US. My rye was directly influenced by that book, even though I lost my copy in a divorce years ago. So, either a sourdough or yeast starter. About 3/4 whole wheat, 1/4 rye. I do full-on hand kneading, but a machine is fine too. I have what is known as a “dutch oven” - in my country, a “poitjie” aka a small pot. (Around 8 litres? Not sure) My best breads are baked on a fire. I take the flat plate from some pie dishes (so I have a single 30cm sheet of round steel) and rest it on pebbles. I shape my loaf, them immediately after placing it onto the pan, I pour water in, so the bread is steamed. The pan sits above the water so heat comes though the steam and hot air. Then I use a combination of beer and experience to calculate the correct time to take it off the fire. Beer is important, as I drink a 500ml beer in approximately 20 minutes. This helps when I have no clock. I don’t open the lid until the very end, I want the steam inside the pot. The pebbles mean the direct heat of the fire is not going to burn the loaf. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/904 "2024-12-27T12:28:28Z")
The book. Sorry to the mods, this has nothing to do with the thread title. I won’t do this again > **[The Tassajara Bread Book](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/396759.The_Tassajara_Bread_Book)** > > Good bread needs more than just flour and water, milk, … ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/905 "2024-12-27T19:12:32Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I won’t do this again We all do it. Threads in the Pit tend to turn into discussions of food and/or books. (Seriously they do, it’s so weird.) You just did both at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/906 "2024-12-31T07:22:16Z")
> **[Melbourne doctor formed cult before using god-like status to rape members’...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/31/melbourne-doctor-pradeep-dissanayake-formed-cult-members-children-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)** > > Pradeep Dissanayake forced members to give him money and send hourly messages of praise before he sexually abused two girls, court of appeal says ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/907 "2025-01-04T01:58:50Z")
An organizer of our local prayer breakfast has two adult sons whose domestic violence arrests have been upsized to terrorism charges, because in addition to crossing state lines, they planned to dox any authorities who tried to get them in trouble. The link looks like something out of 1996, but any other link is, so far, paywalled. If you Google this family, most of the links are about a third son who died in action in the military in 2008 or thereabouts. [https://lite.dailyadvent.com/detail/44780ac0250103en\_ng?uid=b0f5e87d378a471290bff4d659205b46en\_ng&country=ng&language=en&category=politics&page=3](https://lite.dailyadvent.com/detail/44780ac0250103en_ng?uid=b0f5e87d378a471290bff4d659205b46en_ng&country=ng&language=en&category=politics&page=3) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/908 "2025-01-04T08:25:17Z")
> **[‘He confessed everything’: Jehovah’s Witness elders ignored child sexual...](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/he-confessed-everything-jehovah-s-witness-elders-ignored-child-sexual-abuse-allegations-20250103-p5l1wx.html)** > > One woman’s tenacity in the face of decades of denial has sent her stepfather to jail for nearly 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/909 "2025-01-04T18:20:07Z")
Reading the article, it appears stepdad had some position in the church leadership. No wonder they refused to believe her vicious slanders against such an upright man of God! /s ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/910 "2025-02-26T13:34:51Z")
> **[Elizabeths Struhs: Religious sect parents jailed over death of diabetic daughter](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yxvjx19go)** > > Elizabeth Struhs was denied insulin by her parents, who believed God would heal her. Morons. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/911 "2025-02-26T13:40:27Z")
Is that a little like natural selection? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/912 "2025-02-26T13:40:54Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > The parents of an eight-year-old diabetic girl in Australia who died after they denied her insulin for almost a week have each been sentenced to 14 years in jail for manslaughter. > [@](#): > > The Saints’ leader Brendan Stevens has been jailed for 13 years by the judge at the Supreme Court of Queensland, who called him a “dangerous, highly manipulative individual”. > > Eleven other members were handed jail terms of six to nine years. As horrible this story is, this is good news. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/913 "2025-02-26T19:06:22Z")
Is that a lot like blaming the victim? Nothing was gained here. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/914 "2025-02-26T19:35:35Z")
The ‘parents’ will get out of prison and start a religion because the where persecuted because they kept drugs away from their daughter. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/915 "2025-02-26T20:41:38Z")
Not enough in the news, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NCQ0RoIQ6t0/maxresdefault.jpg "Joel Webbon Is Angry That Kash Patel Was Sworn In On A Sacred Text From A False Religion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCQ0RoIQ6t0) ‘America, for Christians only!’ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/916 "2025-02-26T21:43:25Z")
One less mind/heart poisoned/damaged by hyper-religulous nutbaggery, though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/917 "2025-02-26T21:45:51Z")
An innocent child has died horribly. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/918 "2025-02-26T21:47:48Z")
I have it on good authority that they’re only innocent for -9 months. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/919 "2025-02-26T22:04:11Z")
Then, the story should be cross-posted in Omnibus Evil MFers in the News thread. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/920 "2025-03-14T02:39:59Z")
I can’t believe Peter Popoff is still at it, although maybe I should. TL : DW - he got in trouble in England for selling “holy water.” > **[World-Renowned Televangelist Fined $194K Over Alleged Scam. SHOCKING DETAILS....](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo1MzG96MJ0%2F)** > > SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/notbysightnews DONATE To Our GoFund Me In Helping My Wife’s Recovery After Suffering Stroke!https://gofund.me/a... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=47)