AP: The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing concerns including “the good of the universal church,” according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature. The correspondence, obtained by The Associated Press, is the strongest challenge yet to the Vatican’s insistence that Benedict […]
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You Had Me at “Holocaust”: April’s Jewish Film Jewbilation!
I’ve been waiting for about two months for the Oregon Jewish Museum (OJM) to have a screening. Why? Because even though I was underwhelmed by the still-running exhibit I first went there to see, the museum’s new location has a really awesome screening room. It’s a small—I mean, intimate—space, but once you factor in the […]
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Priest Sex: “The Kids Were Asking for It!”
WOW: “There are 13 year old adolescents who are under age and who are perfectly in agreement with, and what’s more wanting it, and if you are careless they will even provoke you.” That’s Spanish Bishop Bernando Alvarez coming to the defense of Catholic priests who’ve raped children—but they only raped the slutty ones, the […]
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Kuato Is An Obvious Reference To Judas
The world where Paul Verheoven—director of Showgirls, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, RoboCop, and more—is a respected Biblical scholar is the same world in which “Hilary Duff” is a related search on YouTube for “Basic Instinct Trailer.” So let’s get you geared up for tonight’s Paul Verhoeven reading at Powell’s, shall we? A reminder of the […]
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Oh, You Pope
The pope really has a gift: Pope Benedict, facing the worst crisis of his papacy as a sexual abuse scandal sweeps the Catholic church, declared today he would not be “intimidated” by “petty gossip”, angering activists who say he has done too little to stamp out paedophilia…. Faith in God, he said, led “towards the […]
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Could The Pope Be Indicted, Arrested, Tried, Convicted and Imprisoned?
Sadly, no—but the lying, rapist-coddling bastard may yet have to resign: Top Vatican officials—including the future Pope Benedict XVI—did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly […]
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We Christ-Like Cruuuzin’, Yo!
Yo, you hear them Jesus beats bumpin’ in my trunk? Yeaaaaaah, dawg. You know how we do! We just rollin’ ’round livin’ the WORD, yo. And yeah, it don’t matter if those OLD FOGEY X-tians ain’t feelin’ it! ‘Cuz we Christ-like cruisin’, peeps, just like my man B-SHOC! Weeeeerd to your holy father!
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Here’s that “Catchphrase of the Day” You Need
Ever notice how some days you are simply devoid of a good catchphrase? It’s awful, guys. That’s why Blogtown is pleased to provide you with the following catchphrase that you should use whenever you leave a room today. YOU’RE WELCOME!!
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Evangelical Trekkies? WHAT A COUNTRY!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Everything is Terrible (I think) for digging up this amazingly bad/hilarious/offensive evangelical tribute to Star Trek in which the Enterprise crew combat those Satan-lovin’ Klingons with a little bit of our lord and savior J.C. (But c’mon, Christians… “Captain RE-tard?” Really??)
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They Don’t Just Hate Fags
No one could’ve predicted… Religious people can be racist, and that’s not news. But are they more likely to be racist than non-religious people? A new study now confirms this hypothesis. The February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review has published a meta-analysis of 55 independent studies conducted in the United States which considers […]
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Of Foodie Dogma
Writer Eric Burkett breaks it down: Food is so many things: it is vital to life, it is a source of nourishment and of pleasure as well as an outlet for creativity. It fosters cultural identity and comforts those far from home. But no matter how ethical it may be, or how many antioxidants it […]