From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Smallest. Bible. Ever.

December 29, 2007

FINALLY. Jeez, they took their time.
Israeli scientists have written out the Hebrew Bible on a silicon chip smaller than a pinhead. The SMH reports that it’s the Old Testament, but I wonder if they just misunderstand the difference between a Torah and a Tanakh. They DO provide the word count – 308,428 – and in [...]

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I IZ TEH ALPHA N OMEGAZ. KTHXBAI

December 27, 2007

Christmas is as good a time as any to point people towards the LOLcat Bible. For anyone unfamiliar with the ideas of LOLcats, here is a link and an example:

The LOLcat Bible comes after such colloquialisations (is that a word? It is now) as the Cockney Bible and Australian copycat the Aussie Bible.
I’m sorely tempted [...]

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Jesus is my PayPal

December 26, 2007

To cope with people’s cash-averse sentiments in these days of credit cards, ATM’s and Teh Intarwebs, the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has launched an online collection plate to supplement its… um… offline one. “It’s a way to make things a little easier for people”, said Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, “and for them to be a little [...]

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The saved Saviour

December 26, 2007

A cheeky jibe at the German History of Religions school to launch this blog. *sigh* I’m such a nerd sometimes. Okay, all the time.
A baby Jesus statue was stolen from a Nativity scene in Florida, so the replacement has been fitted with a GPS locator to make sure it won’t go missing again – at [...]

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