If there is an evolved human impulse toward belief in the divine, surely it is most purely manifested, not in the lethal austerities of the various monoculturetheisms, but in the passion with which the citizen-as-acolyte follows the infinitely never-changing everchangingness of the celebrities of the numinous?

Isn't to be Britney, or to be Hilary [sorry, Lindsay], to be as a Goddess? And it's a win-win situation for everbody:

But did you hear about it from your SCLM? No. Despite the fact that these folks probably represent upwards of 50 million believers in this country. Contrast that with the Southern "War Jesus" Baptists, who represent just over 20 million, and not all of them die-hard sandnigger haters. Christians and Jews who don't want Bush to invade or bomb Iran? Invisible, to our media, the pundits and politicians.

Don't tell me blogs don't do "real" reporting.

This little piece from the Department of Extremely Obvious Things causes me to want to ask a question. I know we've got the occasional Christian and Christianist reader here (although, one less, it seems) and here's what I want you to tell me: upon what does your belief that Jesus Christ was a real person rest? I'm not trying to be snarky here, I'm curious.

I suppose there are a million sites like this; I don't spend much time looking at humor and culture websites. But I thought this one was quite funny:

The most important question we can ask about God: Why won't God heal amputees?

What are we seeing here? It is not that God sometimes answers the prayers of amputees, and sometimes does not. Instead, in this situation there is a very clear line. God never answers the prayers of amputees. It would appear, to an unbiased observer, that God is singling out amputees and purposefully ignoring them.