Why should heathens be the only ones to enjoy attention from hot male celebrities? They shouldn't, which is why the worshippers among us should be extra thankful that Hey Christian Girl exists. It's like Hey Girl — but holy. Now all we need is for Ryan Gosling and the Purity Bear to team up and save someone's soul,…
Normally, Liberty University is one of those bizarre/annoying things you can just forget exists, like Branson, Missouri or the band Smashmouth, but not this weekend. Nope, this weekend, centrist and totally rational Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be addressing the hyper conservative evangelical university as…
Here's the trailer for Harmless, the Christian horror film that warns of the dangers of pornography. Look, we already have this movie and it's called Boogie Nights. Unless Harmless includes a scene where a coked-out Alfred Molina dances to "Sister Christian" in his underwear, then I don't even want to hear about it.
Conservative Christian Bob Jones University is not a place for mincing namby pamby liberals with a dancing, prancing agenda. As such, students at the school are expected to adhere to a strict code of conduct and keep their minds unpolluted by the filth of pop culture sin, and if they don't keep up with the school's…
Despite the fact that there's scant evidence in the Bible that Jesus was an asshole who commanded his followers to bully gay children to death, a group of American Christian parents seem to think Christ has called upon them to act like jerks. That's why they're actively working against the passage of anti-bullying…
The whole point of TLC's All-American Muslim — which follows families living in Dearborn, Michigan — is to humanize folks who live in the U.S. and practice Islam. They have close-knit relationships, love football, and feel anxious about the first day of school, just like any other Americans. But home improvement…
Many have suspected that not all Christian young people save themselves for marriage. Now there's data to prove it.
If you're reading this, chances are you're not in church. And you're not alone. According to a recent survey that measured Christian churchgoing behavior among America's women over the last 20 years, we're all getting decidedly less godly.
Katy Perry is on the cover of Vanity Fair, and inside, she kind of explains the obsession with candy and fruit: She had no childhood. She tells Vanity Fair: "I didn't have a childhood." The only book she was allowed to read was the bible; she couldn't say words like "deviled eggs" "or "Dirt Devil." In addition, Perry…
The top row of shirts is by Forever 21. The bottom row is by a small California-based label called Trovata. Welcome to a peek behind the curtain at secretive, cult-y, and very rapidly growing fast-fashion chain Forever 21.
Robin E. sent us to a downright fascinating set of survey results. Administered by a Christian website, the survey questions were submitted by "Christian girls" who wanted to know what "Christian guys" think is modest.
Answer: heathens. One man is setting up a network of atheists to adopt pets after their owners are raptured up to Heaven. Says a skeptic: "I don't know if they should necessarily trust atheists to take care of them." [BusinessWeek]
Conservative Christians are trying to woo the crucial under-30s. With all the panache of Grandma in a cage heel:
A new pharmacy about to open in Northern Virginia boasts the best Christian gimmick since abstinence pants: They're refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control! Yes, pharmacists who believe contraception is tantamount to "playing God" are um "playing God" again. The cool thing, of course, is that the general…
Evangelical minister Adam Hamilton has written a book called Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White in which he argues that abortion should be available, legal and rare. In an interview with Newsweek, Hamilton says his job as a minister is "to support people no matter what decision they make." And Hamilton is not…
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, the wind beneath my wings, Rich, and I dole out advice on stuff like oral yeast infections, Christian friends, and excessive jizz.…
The "Love Issue" of Oprah Magazine — 22 days until Valentine's, ladies — has several essays under the heading "Love, the Great Adventure" about lasting romance. In one, O Henry prize winner Sheila Kohler, an Anglican, writes about her mostly-happy interfaith marriage to a Jewish man (the lovebirds are pictured at…
It's not hard to see why televangelist Joel Osteen and his wife Victoria are so big with American Christians. He's all about how you should make lots of money and give it all to him because you worship him as a false idol, even though that wasn't really kosher with Jesus, and now here he comes out in defense of…
We've heard all about Christian punk rock and Christian diet gurus, Christian theme parks and Christian joke rap, but we are eternally indebted to Salon for introducing us to the nascent (and quite possibly not really real) movement that is Christian sadomasochism, also known as "Christian Domestic Discipline." Salon,…
