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Saturday, December 24, 2005

The Virgin Mary In A Body Condom?

The Jesuit magazine America has received a firestorm of criticism for its December 5 issue in which it ran a sales ad depicting a color picture of a statue of the Virgin Mary called "Extra Virgin." This would normally have been no big deal in the Catholic world had the six-inch figurine not been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 28, 2005

Virgin Mary Statue Crying Blood

For crying out loud, people! Really! You just don't have enough to do, do ya? Anyway, it seems that a statue at a Vietnamese Catholic church in Sacramento, California, is crying, bringing thousands out of the woodwork to witness the manifestation of a miracle. Many think it a sign of bad portent, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 25, 2005

Making God A Catchphrase

Nothing like advertising for the Lord. Give ole Yahweh a public relations boost. I mean, really, what would Jesus do? Especially today. Probably hire a good public relations firm. Some people are really pissed about all those hurricanes and earthquakes and tornadoes -- except those that died, of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 21, 2005

Protecting Your Right To A Merry Christmas

Totally ticked at the secularization of the Christmas season, Jerry Falwell has declared litigious war on all and sundry, corporations and municipalities, that deny Americans their god-given constitutional right to have a Merry Christmas. The leader of the Moral Majority, announced also that there... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Pat Robertson Predicts Dire Consequences For Pennsylvania Town

Pat Robertson, the charismatic conservative leader of the 700 Club and Chistian Broadcast News, has warned the town of Dover, Pennsylvania that their ousting of the entire 8-person school board that tried to insinuate intelligent design into the school's science curriculum could cause gog to turn... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Spirit Of John Brown Still Hanging Around Kansas

The Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 today to restructure its definition of science to allow the teaching of 'intelligent design' alongside evolution. Intelligent design is the idea that the universe is so complex that it had to be designed by a being of higher magnitude. This argument... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Muslims Attack Christian Church In Egypt

A two-year-old play somehow deemed offensive to Muslims being sold on DVD seemed to be the spark that set off the march of about five thousand Muslims on a Coptic Church in Egypt Friday. The DVD in question is a play called "I Was Blind But Now I Can See." It is about a young Christian who converts... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

God's Wrath

I keep hearing nutcase Christians talking about god's vengeance upon the unclean and sinful. They cite New Orleans and the gambling casinos of the gulf coast as examples. They say the thousands dead in the eathquake along the Pakistan-India border was his way of dealing with terrorists and unsaved... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 8, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Said To Be God's Vengeance On The Sinful

Alabama Senator Hank Erwin has been in the news of late spouting on about how hurricane Katrine is the embodiment of god's just vengeance on the sinful. He was on Fox News Heartland Saturday night to defend his words. He said they were a matter of opinion, but that his words were backed by the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 2, 2005

Katrina Was God's Vengeance On Gays

A website for the evangelistic organization known as Repent America has posted that the reason for hurricane Katrina having struck New Orleans was to deter or prohibit the weeklong celebration of "Southern Decadence," a traditional citywide party attended mostly by homosexuals centering around the... Sign in to see full entry.

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