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I can’t believe that I hadn’t already posted this somewhere on Outchurched, but it doesn’t look like I have, so here ’tis!

XTC’s “Dear God” (Produced by Todd Rundgren)

Perhaps I should change the name of Outchurched to “See Jesus Camp.” I’ve been perhaps a bit too interested in this movie, but it looks absolutely fascinating and I just can’t wait to see it… only a coupla more days.

Bill Maher and panel discuss the Jesus Camp movie.

John Amato from Crooks and Liars posted […]

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, the returned Christ, answers Ray Stevens’ classic musical question with a resounding “yes.”

(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA A man claiming to be the second coming of Jesus Christ is becoming a rich man, thanks to followers and their donations. But as CBS 3 Anchor Susan Barnett reports many people question if he […]

I’m going to go see Jesus Camp this Friday at the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, and I think you should too (if not in SF, then at one of the other places it’s showing, of course).

Christianity Today has an interesting article and a must-read interview with the filmmakers, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. […]

Lewis Black is a comedic genius.

I wrote to Websense regarding Outchurched being falsely blocked by Websense’s heavy-handed thought-police filtering software, and I actually got a response.

From: Rev. Dan To: Websense.com Date: Sep 15, 2006 7:42 PM Subject: Falsely Blocked Site - Outchurched.com

Dear Websense,

It has recently come to my attention that one of my web properties is being blocked by your filtering software. […]

The President of Magnolia Pictures comments on some of the controversy around the Jesus Camp movie:

Last Friday marked the limited release of “Jesus Camp,” Magnolia Pictures’ new, controversial documentary. The film follows children at an Evangelical summer camp, as they hone their prophetic gifts and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. […]

ABC has a video reporting on Jesus Camp:

I’ve never felt, at any point, that we’ve been exploited. - Pastor Becky Fisher

Fisher has also been cited as believing that the movie could be used as an evangelistic tool.

People who see Jesus Camp should not come away with the idea that evangelizing to youth means indoctrination. attributed to Chap […]

Here it is, definitive proof that God answers prayer. Christian children in the United States need no further proof.

Shocking news… Americans are unprepared for Armaggeddon…

WASHINGTON, DC—Over 87 percent of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios, according to a study released Monday by the nonpartisan doomsday think-tank The Malthusian Institute.

Despite “more than ample warning” for the most likely means of worldwide destruction, less than one million American […]