Oprah, Liah. Liah, Oprah

Although I didn't see Oprah's show today with James Frey, it was all over the cable network news shows tonight. I was amazed at what I saw: A huge celebrity admitting she screwed up. I don't know if I've ever seen anything like it. Politicians should take note on how to effectively manage a crisis when your butt has been caught in a sling. I was going to write about this in more detail but I think this article from TV Squad said it best: "I have newfound respect for Oprah."

Quiz Time!

You'll want to have your thinking cap on before taking this quiz called, Battleground God

An Imperfect Ten

As the description reads, "Wherein one man breaks all ten commandments before breakfast." Check out "An Imperfect Ten"

File This Under Hard To Believe

The tag line for this site says it all: Missionary Dating for Hot Women and Hot Guys - Date to Save

The Amazing Jesus!

I've been a Rowan Atkinson fan for years. I still think Mr. Bean is one of the cleverest and funniest shows ever on television. And this sketch titled, The Amazing Jesus Of Nazareth is definitely worth a look. I just hope I don't get excommunicated . . .

Christian Catholic? Not If You Wanna Teach At Wheaton!

Wow, this is hard to believe. A well respected Wheaton College assistant professor was fired because he converted to (dunh, dunh, dunh!) Catholicisim! Joshua Hochschild says he is still willing to sign Wheaton's statement of belief but Wheaton's president says it is his duty to employ "faculty who embody the institution's evangelical Protestant convictions." This article from Saturday's Wall Street Journal lays out the whole (sad) story.

I Feel So Bad For Pat . . .

According to this article from Beliefnet, "Israel will not do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment for the Gaza withdrawal, a tourism official said Wednesday.."

More Evidence He's Satan's Minion

When will this dork ever learn? Apparently Pat Robertson Links Ariel Sharon's Stroke to God's Wrath, for turning over the Gaza and portions of the West Bank to Palestinian control, according to a story on Beliefnet.

"God considers this land to be his," Robertson said on his TV program "The 700 Club." "You read the Bible and he says `This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, `No, this is mine.'"

If that is really how God works, then Pat would have been annihilated years ago!

Finally Some Good News . . .

Hal Lindsey, best selling author of the classic end times book, The Late Great Planet Earth, has been dumped by the folks at the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Check out this article at WorldNet Daily First TBN drops Lindsey, now Lindsey drops TBN.

After first becoming a Christian (in the early 70s) I was fascinated with Lindsey and his books. I read three or four of them and found lots to believe in them. When I hada chance to hear him speak in the late 70s I was beyond excited. And when I heard that he had told a few folks that he thought 1983 was the year Christ would return, I thought he just might be right. But as the years went on I became a bit more suspicious about his eschatology (which, by the way, is not the study of edible French snails) and heard some not so great things about his personal life. Just for fun I would occassionally check out his show on TBN and was always put off by his borderline racists comments and nutball theology. So, if he can't find a new home on TV - or in publishing - I won't be disappointed.

Now if we could just get TBN to quit broadcasting . . .

Holy Land Theme Park? Oh, HELL No!

Any time you hear a phrase like "a consortium of Christian groups, led by the television evangelist Pat Robertson" you should be very concerned. But when you hear that what he wants to do is "build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee" you should probably take something to control your panic.

If you're like me (and I know you're glad you're not) and have been fortunate enough to visit Israel, you may have come away feeling like you'd barely scratched the surface of amazing historical and spiritual sights. The last, frickin' thing the Holy Land needs is for Satan's Greatest Asset In The Fight Against Winning Souls For God (and by that I mean Pat Robertson) coming in and screwing things up with a freakin' theme park!

Stop what you're doing - right now - and pray that Hugo Chavez will be able to stop him . . .

And if you want to know more (and have a strong stomach), check out this story from the Guardian titled, Plans for Holy Land theme park on Galilee shore where Jesus fed the 5,000.

Could Be T.M.I.

For those of you who check this blog from time to time, you may have noticed that I have not been very regular with my posts over the past few months. That's because my personal life has gotten in the way. In August my wife of 28 years filed for divorce. It's not something I wanted but it's certainly something I have to deal with. And it definitely takes a ton of time and energy. While the divorce is no where near being final, I am hoping I'll see some light at the end of the tunnel soon. In the meantime, I think things are settling down enough that I'll be able to post a bit more regularly. We'll see . . .