From a comment on another recent question I learned that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have (in certain places and at certain times) been banned for supposedly satanic themes. A quick bit of searching online confirmed that indeed certain groups of people have attacked, or even publicly bur...

The poem describes a situation when three witches (Old Goody Jones, Goody Price, and Madge Gray) and a man (Robin) stole into the vicarage's cellar and indulged in revelry. These thieves laughed so loud that all the members of the vicarage awake and head to the cellar. The next part goes... ...

The Philosophers' Magazine has a Twitter account for quotes. Today it posted the following quote: The total absence of humour from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. --Alfred North Whitehead Some people appear to disagree. For example, according to the blog p...