‘This Jesus Thing Is a Bunch of Malarkey’
Tuesday night’s episode of the FX comedy Louie , featuring standup comic Louis C.K. in the title role, ventured into blasphemous territory. The episode, simpled titled “God,” featured Louie saying that “if there really is a God, he’s an ***hole,” and that God is like a “sh*tty girlfriend.” In a flashback to his boyhood days in Catholic school, Louie asks his mother about Jesus and his death on the cross.
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‘This Jesus Thing Is a Bunch of Malarkey’
Another Church Gets in on the Moviemaking Act
In any given week, only the biggest of the big blockbusters release to more than 3,000 movie screens across the U.S., but a new film from Mariners Church in Irvine, California, hopes to hit that number — and more — when it releases I Am on October 10. According to the film’s official website, the movie “offers an insight into the true nature of our God, and fights the damaging stereotypes of His character through a gritty, non-linear drama with a plot weaving around average people violating the Ten Commandments — one by one.
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Another Church Gets in on the Moviemaking Act
Bollywood Jesus
Cecil B. Demille, Martin Scorsese, and Mel Gibson have all made movies about the life of Christ.
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Bollywood Jesus
Rapper Spoofs Prosperity Gospel. Sort Of.
“You know who I love?” rapper Rhymefest asks in a recent interview with Rapzilla , a Christian rap/hip-hop ezine. “What’s that guy with the curly hair?
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Rapper Spoofs Prosperity Gospel. Sort Of.
Owl City Soars with the ‘Owls of Ga’Hoole’
Owl City — aka Adam Young — was almost literally an overnight sensation in 2009, with his debut album, Ocean Eyes , going platinum and its lead single, “Fireflies,” going triple platinum.
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Owl City Soars with the ‘Owls of Ga’Hoole’
My Christmas Wish List Begins . . .
Dear Santa, I’ve been a good boy this year. Please deliver me the promised land
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My Christmas Wish List Begins . . .
Why We Love Atticus Finch
The 50th anniversary this year of the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many of us remembering the Oscar-winning film and Gregory Peck’s portrayal of Atticus Finch—voted the greatest American hero of 20th century film by the American Film Institute. One key scene shows why this character has become enshrined as an iconic hero and a model of courage: Atticus, alone, facing down an angry, drunken lynch mob late at night with nothing but a newspaper.
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Why We Love Atticus Finch
Go See the BarlowGirl Concert. Or Else . . .
Saying he didn’t want to “be preached at,” U.S. Army Private Anthony Smith told the Associated Press that he and other soldiers opted not to attend a Christian rock concert on their Virginia base in May — and that they were punished by a staff sergeant as a result
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Go See the BarlowGirl Concert. Or Else . . .
James Cameron Backs Out of Debate
Ann McElhinney of NotEvilJustWrong.com reports this week that James Cameron, director of Avatar and Titanic , backed out of a planned debate with those who disagree with his views on climate change. In March, Cameron had said of those who are skeptical about global warming, “I want to call those deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out with those boneheads.” McElhinney responded immediately : “James Cameron I accept your offer, I’ll even drive myself to your gigantic gated Malibu double mansion to shoot it out.” Turns out she didn’t have to drive to Malibu, but a debate was planned for the recent ARED ay conference in Colorado. In the end, Cameron was a no-show, prompting McElhinney to write: “Does he genuinely believe in man made climate change?
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Yes, Bob Dylan Can Paint
Check out the painting below, by a man most of us only know as a legendary singer/songwriter. But take the guitar and pick away and give the guy a brush and a canvas, and yes, he can create even more magic. This is one of many new paintings and drawings to be on exhibit at Denmark’s Statens Museum for Kunst September 4-January 30
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