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Friday, March 30, 2007

Chocolate Christ Receiving Enraged Reviews

A chocolate art exhibit in the famed Roger Smith Hotel' Lab Gallery in Manhattan is causing a bit of a stir, especially amongst Christians. Why? It is a six foot chocolate figure of Jesus Christ without the modest loincloth and anatomically correct. It is set to be unveiled Monday, leading into the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Virgin Mary Pizza Pan

Canteen workers at Pugh Elementary School in Houston,Texas, saw a vision. First noticed by Guadalupe Rodriguez, subsequent scrubbings failed to lift or destroy the image that had appeared in the center of a baking tray (a pizza pan) -- the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. Since the discovery, a shrine... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Getting Right With God Makes Him No Less A Hypocrite

During the infamous impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was also having an extramarital affair. Since that happens all the time in political circles, it should come as no big surprise. What is surprising is Gingrich was one of Clinton's leading... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Ted Haggard Not Really Gay...

Ted Haggard, the 50-year-old pastor of New Life Church, a Denver megachurch home to 14,000 members, has found out that he isn't gay after all. No, according to therapists, he was simply "acting out". Haggard, who was fired from his position at New Life Church and resigned as president of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 4, 2007

Love Thy Neighbor, Conditionally

We all know the "love thy neighbor" adage from the bible. And it is good advice. Still, there are people that might need our love but bear watching, for their spirit is a bit more evil or tainted and prudence is demanded. Take, for instance, the case of the Lutheran congregation at the Church of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Not Exactly Christian Fare But LaHaye, Robertson, and Falwell Would Read It

Kingdom Coming: The Rise Of Christian Nationalism -- Michelle Goldberg W. W. Norton & Company, 2006 Nationalism in and of itself is not a particularly bad thing. However, if you add an element, such as an elitist militancy, you get problems. Add religion and you get a problem of self-righteous... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

My Second Favorite Idiot Playing God's Middleman Again...

Televangelist Pat Robertson told a room full of reporters in Jerusalem yesterday that god revealed to him that there would be a "mass killing" in the United States in late 2007. Robertson later said on The 700 Club that god did not say anything about it being a nuclear attack but he would not rule... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Baby Jesus Beer Can

Has there been a follow-up report on the nativity Jesus that was stolen in Plaistow, New Hampshire and replaced with a Budweiser Select beer can? Has the baby Jesus been returned or been replaced? Surely, those folks didn't allow the Budweiser Select beer can to play understudy for the role played... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Vatican Website Attacked By Muslim Hackers

It seems that Muslims have called for a jihad against the Vatican website. Authorities at the Vatican say that they have been combating hackers and crackers for several months as they try to breach the Michael firewall. Michael is the archangel that battled Satan. The first attack came on Oct. 11... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Islam Will Soon Overrun Europe

Reverend Roland Weisselberg, a retired Lutheran pastor, walked into a venerated Lutheran landmark -- the St. Augustine Monastery in Erfurt, Germany, where Martin Luther once lived and took his monastic vows -- on October 31st and set himself ablaze. His last sermon, delivered in September for an... Sign in to see full entry.

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