Posts Tagged ‘Catholic’
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Are we about to jump the shark on the whole vampire thing? I love vampires-- they're interesting, mysterious, and kinky in a Gothic horror way. But a mash-up with Abraham Lincoln? Seth Grahame-Smith has penned the just released Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. If you'll recall last year Grahame-Smith wrote the well received Pride and [...]
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 become an annual [...]
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 Angeles. About twenty angry [...]
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 [...]
Seven Deadly Sins Found In Bible Belt
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" Conventional wisdom would say, "The Shadow knows". But in 2009, its the Department of Geography at Kansas State University, who knows what kinds of evil and precisely where it lives in America. How do they know? Because they made maps of it. The question of evil and where it [...]
Catholics say Valentine is the Wrong Saint
Britain's Roman Catholic Church is advising lovelorn singles to direct their February 14 requests for love to St Raphael, rather than St Valentine. Over the years St Valentine has come incorrectly to be associated with finding love, the Church says. He is the patron saint for those who have already found their soulmate. St Raphael is the [...]
CatholicGoogle for All Things Catholic
I'm not a big fan of censorship and I don't like people telling me what to do-- so I also have a problem with organized religion. So when I saw that some enterprising tech head had tried to breed the usefulness of Google with the uptight attitude of Catholicism, my curiosity was peaked. Don't worry I kid the Catholics because I am one. Okay a [...]
