Shift Buzz Earlier this week, Christian groups protested Lady Gaga's concert in the Phillippines. Now, Islamic fundamentalists in Indonesia are doing the same.
Politics Buzz Anyone who's seen Cameron's accidental 2008 masterpiece “Fireproof” has to be stoked for his next filmic endeavor — a cinematic field trip that Mike Seaver hopes will “guide us back to the foundation of America's success.” “Monumental” will hit theaters for one night only, March 27.
Culture Buzz It's not as hot as it sounds. On a chilly night in Grapevine, Texas, last week Reverend Ed Young and wife Lisa fired up the webcam and got under the covers on top of their Fellowship Church to promote “bring[ing] God back into the bed,” by having sex seven days straight. [Spoiler alert: They didn't have sex that night.]
Culture Buzz One day these children will look back on their childhood and remember why they hate their parents and Fergie. But mostly Fergie. (via jest.com)
Celebrity Buzz He took Tebow's name in vain. Bill Maher, noted atheist, profanely tweeted about the loss Tim Tebow and the Broncos suffered at the hands of the Buffalo Bills on Christmas Eve. Fox News was not amused. An online effort by Tebow's many minions has been launched to get HBO to cancel “Real Time With Bill Maher.”
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Oh New Zealand, you so crazy. A progressive Anglican church in Auckland put up this provocative billboard for Christmas.
Per the folks at the Christian TV talk show Club36, Pokemon characters are actually “Oriental demons” who have come for your children. Also, some game called Guitar Hero is “addictive,” and something called Minecraft is distracting kids from reading their bibles. Be warned.
Celebrity Buzz The creative minds that brought you everything from the Flintstones to Space Ghost tell the Christian version of The Creation, with Tim Curry cast as the serpent and the most cartoon sideboob you've ever seen. This is how I learned Genesis.
Culture Buzz Photos of an Easter tradition in Hungary known as “The Watering of the Girls,” a pre-Christian fertility ritual where men throw buckets of water at young women. Hey, it's no weirder than Mardi Gras.
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Culture Buzz Exodus International, a Christian ministry that specializes in helping people “leave homosexuality” to become “former homosexuals,” has an iPhone application available for download in Apple's App Store. Ugh. There's an app for that. No word yet from Apple on why this doesn't violate their ban on apps that “contain hateful/violent/offensive content.”
Apparently there's an app coming out for Catholics who want help with confession. Yeah, really. (But this obviously isn't it.)
From a local news broadcast in Mississippi, fresh-faced teens expressing their love of Christ through dance. This is indeed considered news in Mississippi.
Culture Buzz Kansas City preacher Lou Engle breaks into tongues at a Los Angeles Christian conference. Engle supports Uganda's “kill the gays” bill, has advised Sarah Palin and is a scat man (as in improv singing, not the thing that's antithetical to his support of the Ugandan legislation).
A group of Christian rappers extol the virtues of the “Christian side hug”. Because you will definitely go to Hell if your genitals get anywhere near other peoples' genitals.
Who are you more willing to believe, George Washington, or Jerry Falwell?
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Two men commit murder with the goal of influencing government policy in the United States. The crimes occur one day apart. Both are religiously motivated. The Muslim is charged with terrorism. The Christian is not.
In the most diplomatic marital dispute ever, Kirk Cameron shows his range in what may very well enter the canon of Most Unintentionally Hilarious Films Ever, Fireproof. And yet, in spite of Kirk Cameron's decidedly unsexy teen idol-cum-missionary status, we still think he is The Hotness. Call us crazy, but we do. Actually, call Kirk Cameron crazy, cuz he is!