Religion

Curious about all that Kabbalah stuff in Hollywood? Radar Online has a slashing story about the movement and its founder, Philip Berg, that's worth reading. You can judge for yourself how much to believe or disbelieve. Link [http://radaronline.com/web-only/the-kabbalah-chronicles/2005/06/inside-

George Michael on finding "faith, faith, faith" for queers: > George Michael has written a column in a magazine urging fellow gay men to embrace religion. . . > "There really ought to be a campaign to make Henry VIII the patron saint of British queerdom. > "Without

Yeah, it's conceivable, but it's mostly wishful thinking by the secularists: > As Republican strategists weigh the party's prospects for 2006 and 2008, they are increasingly worried about a political confrontation with Roy S. Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court

. . . can't be good. 10,000 to 1 maybe? > A coalition that would for the first time unite the major Christian faiths in the United States is taking years to coalesce, but its organizers say that's a good sign and are not discouraged. > One day

> Even for Texas, the scene was remarkable: The governor, flanked by an out-of-state televangelist and religious right leaders, signing legislation in a church school gymnasium amid shouts of "amen" from backers who just as well could have been attending a revival. > It wasn'

Either this guy is trying to show the nature of being homeless but everywhere at home, or the Anglican monasteries have become as watered down as its doctrine and this guy finds his kicks just like ordinary joes. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1427587.html]. Excerpt: >

Ya gotta love Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput. He has attacked America's moral and theological loosening, and now he tells Europe what he thinks of their increasingly-godless ways. Link [http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0%2C1299%2CDRMN_15_3843854%2C00.html] . Excerpts: > Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput

If Flannery O'Connor were still alive, she'd have a great time with this one. Her Hazel Motes dreamed of establishing the Church Without Christ. These folks have gone one better: the Church Without Church. Link [http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/06/09/faith.20050609-sbt-

All right. She says she's willing to get naked for the camera and pop mags refer to her as Tom Cruise's "lover." Now she's apparently interested in Scientology. We're beginning to think the "devout Catholic" Katie Holmes ain&

> Abba Isaiah said, "Nothing is so useful to the beginner as insults. The beginner who bears insults is like a tree that is watered every day." Sayings of the Desert Fathers