Retailer Reaps Souls from Online Customers

Apparently, 7,500 customers of the UK gaming retailer GameStation sold their souls online.  As part of an April Fool’s joke, GameStation decided to slip a clause into the terms and conditions of its purchase contracts that gave the company the rights to their customers’ immortal souls.  Its that bit of legalese that we skip when [...]

 
Book Burning... Bring Your Bible And Your Billy Graham CDs

Book burning, the refuge of the ignorant and tyrannical.  Nazi burned books.  Fanatical Christian and Muslims burn books.  Can you tell I’m not really fond of these people or their small mindedness.  The only reason, I’m bringing this up is that the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in North Carolina is planning what they hope will [...]

 
The Pursuit of Happiness as Long as You're Not Gay or Lesbian

The Fourth of July is tomorrow and I’m appalled, because the Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness rights promised in the Declaration of Independence are being denied to our fellow citizens. In Washington, D.C., the city council approved a bill recently that would recognize gay marriages from other states,  and the most vocal opposition [...]

 
Dante's Inferno Singes the Faithful

Let’s talk about the tempest in a teapot that is the Dante’s Inferno video game protest.  Now being in the entertainment industry, a lapsed Catholic, and a gamer myself I find the whole thing rather comical.  A couple of weeks ago, there was a protest rally outside of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los [...]

 
Churches Losing Popularity Contests

A disturbing article appeared in Advertising Age this week about churches in America increasing their marketing budgets.  That’s right during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the folks in charge of saving souls are worried about branding.  Apparently church-going has dropped among 18-34 year-olds and churches are afraid that their “brand” has gone [...]

God Is On Line Two

 Posted by at 8:36 am  Religion
Mar 172009
 
God Is On Line Two

The BBC reports that: An art exhibition opening in the Netherlands will allow people to call a telephone number designated for God – but they will have to leave a message. Dubbed God’s Hotline, it aims to focus attention on changes to the ways Dutch people perceive religion. Dutch artist Johan van der Dong chose [...]

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