Rupert Matthews could become a member of European Parliament, unless his appointment is blocked by his own party.

Matthews has written over 200 books on history, ghosts, cryptozoology, UFOs, paranormal activity, guides to the UK and children’s stories. Matthews also runs an online course about the paranormal on behalf of the International Metaphysical University.

Fanatical atheism is no worse and no better than fanatical religion, though it may be more bitterly ironic. There is something pretty odd, dare I say hypocritical, about a bunch of people who call themselves “freethinkers” and “humanists” not only verbally abusing people of faith, but actually tearing up verses from the Bible as an act of protest, as they did on a pier in Huntington Beach, California Saturday morning. It doesn’t sound terribly humane to me, and I am quite sure that destroying texts, however much one may object to them, is the opposite of free thought.

If you want to know about God, you might want to talk to an atheist.