Outchurched

Slate has a very interesting article ’bout Ted Haggard’s latest swindle, which includes this interesting bit:

Haggard wrote Landrock that supporters can mail checks directly to the Haggard family at their Scottsdale, Ariz., address, but that if contributors wish to make their donations tax deductible, as they very likely will, they can make out their checks […]

I was getting sick of Ted Haggard stories and think his accuser is a scumbag out to milk his encounters with Haggard for money… but yet again, it’s open snark season on Ted Haggard ’cause Haggard just won’t shut the fuck up and go away:

If you haven’t had enough of the Haggard/New Life Church saga, […]

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(h/t Deepa)

The Church By The Glades asks:

Is life all about you? Our society will tell you yes. But what does God say about how you should live? The Bible teaches that if you want to be considered GREAT, you must learn to SERVE (Matthew 20:26-28)! Starting August 18th, Pastor David Hughes will […]

(h/t to J-Walk)

Via The Nation:

Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore’s sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serious calling these days. Baldwin became a right-wing, born-again Christian after the 9/11 attacks, and now is the star of Operation Straight Up (OSU), an evangelical […]

Via MSNBC:

A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service, said his sister, Kathleen Wright. But after his obituary listed his life […]

This joke was lifted from The Infidel Guy Show’s blog.

A grumpy old man walks into a local First Baptist Church and says to the secretary, “I wanna join this damn church.” The astonished woman replies, “I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?” “Listen up, dammit. I said I want to […]