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December 28, 2005

Misquoting Jesus

Hodgepodge

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman.

Pope Benedict XVI on South Park

Catholic

Bloody Mary episode of South Park features Holy Virgin statue menstruating.

Holy Cinnamon Bun

Nashville baked good looks like Saint Mother Teresa was stolen.

Virgin Mary 's Condom

Catholic

Steve Rosenthal's artwork showing the Holy Virgin Mother of God wearing a prophylactic.

December 27, 2005

The Trickle-Down Theory Of Creation

Evolutionary Theory

Intelligent design is fundamentalist junk science, unlike Darwinian evolutionary theories.

December 22, 2005

Tsunami Caused by Women

Absurd Inurbane Witless

Wilayatul Hisbah has arrested women, cut off their hair, and paraded them in public humiliation.

Pope Benedict XVI's Retro Fashions

Catholic

Medieval morality, theology and fashions.

December 17, 2005

No Church on December 25th

Hodgepodge

Churches close when Christmas falls on a Sunday. Why bother with God when there is Santa Claus?

December 16, 2005

Who wants to believe a lie?

Skeptics & Atheists

There is no intelligent designer, god is just an imaginary friend.

December 11, 2005

Holiday Trees

Absurd Inurbane Witless

The fake, bogus outcry about stores selling Christmas trees as holiday trees.

Is God a Sexist Pig?

Hodgepodge

God on trial as bad employer and for sexual harassment of clergy.

Laughing All the Way to the Bank Defending Christmas

Faith is Profitable

Conservative religious fundamentalists get rich pretending to protect Christmas from secularists.

December 10, 2005

Fundamentalist Subculture

Christian Fundamentalism

Creationism and Christian fundamentalism are outside the norm of mainstream America.

December 9, 2005

Crucifix appears in Potato

Faith is Profitable

Miracle vegetable manifests God's wonder and is to be auctioned off on eBay.

Narnia Music for the Godly & Everybody Else

Christian Pop Culture

Disney releases multiple Narian soundtrack compact discs.

Narnia & Christian Marketing

Christian Pop Culture

Disney seeks to profit by exploiting the American fundamentalist Christian market.

Why Did Aslan Delay?

Christian Pop Culture

Even in Narnia God's acts are silly and arbitrary.

The Narnia Boom

Christian Pop Culture

Publishers produce many spin-offs because of the movie based on C.S. Lewis' books.

The Lion, the Witch and Jesus Christ

Christian Pop Culture

Movie based on C.S.Lewis' Narnia series begins.

Death to be Made Illegal

Cheap Laughs

Brazilian mayor wants the act of dying to be criminalized. Locals respond by taking better care of their health.

December 7, 2005

John Paul II a Saint?

Catholic

Roman Catholic theologians opposes beatification and canonization of late pope.

Beware Religious Cab Drivers

Homophobia

Homophobic Christian or Muslim taxi driver throws gay men out of his cab.

December 6, 2005

JC's Girls

Cults

Christian ministry directed at adult film actors and actresses.

December 5, 2005

Daniela Mercury vs. the Vatican

Catholic

Roman Catholic clergy abuse pop singer for supporting use of condoms to fight AIDS.

Is Intelligent Design Dead?

Evolutionary Theory

ID: wishful thinking isn't verifiable, falsifiable: i.e., it isn’t science.

The Darkness of Fundamentalist Unreason

Skeptics & Atheists

Lord May condemns Roman Catholic Church for opposition to condoms to save people from AIDS.

Ram Bahadur Bamjan Cult Flourishes

Asian

Nepal's boyish Buddha attracts naive and gullible pilgrims to his shrine in the forest.

Erotic Bible Calendar

Christian Pop Culture

Biblical nudity featuring young women enacting scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

The Gospel According to Narnia

Christian Pop Culture

Disney may come to regret this alliance with Christians to sell The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

December 3, 2005

Apocalypse on a Shoestring

Christian Pop Culture

Left Behind movies' cheap, exploitation film-like not very special effects.

Fat Baptists

Christian Pop Culture

R. Marie Griffith's Born Again Bodies: the American Christian diet industry.