Headlines for the day

A new film "Eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Al Gore’s personal history"
Yup... just what we always wanted to see: Al Gore's personal history...
Gee, I thought we already saw that in Love Story.

NYTimes reports the money shenanigans behind the Judas Gospel, but the lady behind the "discovery" insists it wasn't the 2.2 million dollar profit but religious motivations that inspired her: "I think I was chosen by Judas to rehabilitate him."
Judas' lawyers, who are filing a suit for a cut in the profits, could not be reached for comment.

And speaking of religion, FARK asked his readers to photoshop JackChick...NOT WORKPLACE FRIENDLY.
(for the uninitiated, Chick publishes rabid antiCatholic comic books.)

Well, in the UK, weird religion is alive and well...we have a Goth vicar, a Rock Passion play and a Toyshop for Christian adults...

St. Peggy opines on immigration...and illegal workers.
I say open the borders and let in a couple million Filippinos to work as maids, gardners, and caretakers...

The New Atlantis has an article worrying about those enamoured of living forever...(see this article on the "the religion of science").
"Lured by a compassionate drive to assist those in need, we find ourselves switched to a morality of “me, me, me!” Promised that technology will satisfy our desires and free us of “master narratives,” we find ourselves at the mercy of our own unconstrained desires and potentially subject to our neighbors’ more powerfully restless wills."
Think: Brave New World...or the more nuanced approach of Cordwainer Smith...

While the bravenewWorld of regrowing body parts is being touted in the news, it is nice to know that LINK some people are finally getting old fashioned limbs and wheelchairs...

This being the Philippines, the identification between the suffering of Jesus and one's own suffering is part of our society...
The final word is that in embracing the cross, Jesus embraced all human suffering, transforming it so that the love of God would be revealed. In Jesus, God made a powerful statement – suffering and death are transformed into a triumph of justice and divine love. That is what Christians around the world remember today.

but, being the Philippines, we include humor in our sermons...
A flagellant was told by a doctor that whipping his body with little spikes and blades may cause infection by tetanus. So he advised him to get antitetanus injections. Flagellant replied: "Doc, I can’t stand the pain of injections."