"I could go out tomorrow and declare myself archbishop of Manhattan, and dress up and rent out a space," says the Rev. Mark Arey of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York City. "Would I be legitimate? No."

The monks' progress: Fake diplomas, Africans in the basement and a no-tell motel monasteryRather interesting article about a ( Read more... )

Iconic Jesus statue hit by lighting and burns to ashes in storm

Well...

Edit: Lets play one last song for it. =P

At the Pacific Sociological Association conference in Oakland today, a gaggle of academics from the U.C. Irvine will be presenting ... "Project Chanology, Scientology & Memes: Shifting Notions of Movement Frames & Protest Strategy in the Age of Internet Culture."

Don't call it a come-back - Calvinism is on the rise.

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Haiti earthquake: voodoo high priest claims aid monopolised by Evangelical Christians

"The evangelicals are in control and they take everything for themselves," he claimed. "They have the advantage that they control the airport where everything is stuck. They take everything they get to their own people and that's a shame.

Arg. Again.

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Before I get some sleep:

St. Louis Today: Is your faith about to be demoted?Opinion article over the fight for Pagan Chaplains in the California prison system and arguments from some groups that "...the term religion only applies to Christianity or monotheistic faiths, and that anyone else, including the Pagans, are not really a religion for the ( Read more... )

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The tragedy of being Pat Robertson

Today was kind of meh. One of my roommates zotquix got my Ted Andrew's Animal-Speak which I returned today as I already had a copy. It took a while to return the book due to the crowd and I got a gift card back. I looked over some books in the store and have several I'm considering (didn't have much time to look them over) or ordering one book I'm semi- ( Read more... )

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I guess the Pope has groupies... other than the spiders of course...

Alternatively insert snarky joke about the Scarlet Woman going down on the Pope.

But in all seriousness good to see that he was not injured and went ahead as if nothing happened.

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On the Pope's Homily. The first half showed great wisdom with his speech on being awake ( Read more... )

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Apparently some people are starting to get their common sense back and this has been making the rounds in Conservative Christian groups:

( Letter from Jesus about Christmas )