religion

During the time of Jesus, how did word spread about the Son of God? Imagine if he had had a marketing team to promote it. It might go a little something like this.

Thou shalt not bludgeon a youngster to make a point. If that's not one of the Commandments, maybe it should be.

This survey is a (New) testament to the role religion plays in our lives.

Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected as pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I, is also the first Jesuit priest to become pope.

Have you ever found yourself battling a demon but couldn't easily locate a priest to help with an exorcism? Well, the Catholic diocese of Milan is here to help with a special exorcism hotline, which will quickly dispatch a priest to deal with the unclean spirit. Finally, an answer to the question, "Who ya gonna call?"

For the first time in U.S. history, Protestants do not comprise a majority of the population—but not because another religion is about to surpass it. Instead, the fastest-growing religious affiliation in America is, in fact, no religious affiliation.

If Weight Watchers isn’t working for you, there’s an alternative, especially if you have strong faith. Pastor Steve Reynolds has developed a weight loss system called Bod4God, a diet and fitness program designed around the Christian faith. What would Jesus do? He’d put down that doughnut, stat!

I admit that I'm a Tebow, "The Footballer", fan. Not a Tebow, as Christian Crusader, fan. However, it doesn't bother me at all that he wants to use his celebrity to promote his religious beliefs. Who gives a poot? I just like him because he set the NFL back 60 years or so. He plays leather helmet football. On the flip side of that, it also doesn't bother me at all when someone makes a joke about his religious motives. It doesn't bother me when someone makes a joke about Jesus though either. But again, I'm just missing that "I am offended by that" gene. So now there's the Tebow Nation getting all fired up over a tweet that Bill Maher, comedian and long-time host of "Real Time" on HBO, shot off into cyberspace. They're offended, I guess. Again, I don't get it. But whatever.

Well, at least for him. Harold Camping, the old fool that predicted the "Rapture" and the end of the world, sending wackos everywhere into a frenzy less than a month ago, evidently has had a stroke. Cue the Billy Squier.