Stalking The Beast

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Saturday, April 23, 2005

There Will Be Images And Rumors Of Images

Hundreds of people have been flocking to see what appears to be the image of the Virgin Mary in a salt-stain runoff under a Chicago highway underpass since Monday. Police have cordoned the area for safety reasons, allowing the curious and the devout to file through. Have you seen it? It looks like a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 18, 2005

Jesus Freaks And Christian Chic

In-your-face slogans on t-shirts are nothing new. Neither are political statements, catchphrases, and obscenities. Some come complete with picture; some are pictures. But the newest trend in t-shirt chic seems to be coming from Christians with a more aggressive, maybe even a pugnacious, attitude... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 3, 2005

The Beast

As the Conclave of Cardinals gets set to meet, to elect a new Pope, there are some in the fundamentalist Christian right who look with mixed fear and hope toward the Vatican and the coming days. This lunatic fringe element beleives that the Roman Catholic Church is the Beast. What Beast., you ask?... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2005

Thou Shalt Not Consult The Bible

In a 3-2 decision today, the Colorado Supreme Court threw out a death penalty conviction on a man who had brutally raped and murdered a waitress, commuting his sentence to life in prison. Why? It seems that five of the jurors consulted their bibles to see how god looked at murder, found the old... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 27, 2005

Cancelling Easter

I tell this joke every Easter: Have you heard? They've cancelled Easter. (dramatic pause) Yeah, they found the body. Happy Beatrix Potter Day. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2005

Chocolate Crosses

Russell Stover Candies seems to be the first major chocolate manufacturer to produce chocolate crosses, ostensibly for the Easter holiday market. Spokespeople say they do not expect it to overtake the chocolate bunny in sales, but it is a market that has been generally overlooked. But some don't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 19, 2005

Is There A Point To This Story, Satan?

A man in Frankfort, Indiana, has produced a video of Lucky, the Satan-shelled turtle, whose story he plans to auction off on-line, then offer the winner a chance to buy the fire-scarred turtle. It seems that Lucky, a red-eared slider turtle (about as big as the palm of your hand), was indeed lucky.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

"The Da Vinci Code" Under Fire From Vatican Cardinal

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former head of the Office of Doctrinal Orthodoxy in the Vatican, stated on Vatican radio that Dan Brown's international bestseller The Da Vinci Code is a promotion of anti-Catholicism, that it should neither be bought nor read. He said that the book's runaway popularity... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 14, 2005

God Found Hanging Out With Nichols And Smith

Quote of the day: ''I believe God brought him to my door." -- Ashley Smith, from a statement made just hours after talking her way out of being held hostage, then calling 911 after leaving her Atlanta apartment, where police subsequently captured Brian Nichols, the murderer of four. Now we know why... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 13, 2005

Where Was God? Good Question.

Quote of the day: "I wanted to know where God was when this happened. He was supposed to be everywhere. He could have at least been there." -- Don Free, whose neice, Angel Varichak, was one the four wounded and likely to survive the shooting rampage at the Brookfield, Wisconsin, Living Church of... Sign in to see full entry.

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