Wednesday Godbytes

Actor Robert Downey Jr. – who has publicly struggled with bouts of substance abuse – took some time away from flying around in an Iron suit to ask Hollywood to “forgive” his controversy-ridden friend Mel Gibson. Downey, a self-described “Jewish-Buddhist,” claimed that Gibson had once recommended he find a faith “rooted in forgiveness,” a process […]

Actor Robert Downey Jr. – who has publicly struggled with bouts of substance abuse – took some time away from flying around in an Iron suit to ask Hollywood to “forgive” his controversy-ridden friend Mel Gibson. Downey, a self-described “Jewish-Buddhist,” claimed that Gibson had once recommended he find a faith “rooted in forgiveness,” a process he likened to “hugging the cactus,” whatever that means.

For those of you who missed the umpteenth Republican debate last night, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was once again asked about comments made by an evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress decrying Mormonism as a “cult.”

Still, it doesn’t look like the controversy will be dying down anytime soon: taking a cue from Jeffress, Seattle megapastor Mark Driscoll is now also publicly declaring Mormonism to be a cultic form of Christianity.


Speaking of church problems, CNN reports GOP presidential candidate Hermain Cain attends a house of worship that may possess an unusual political liability: apparently, it’s too liberal.

Meanwhile, NPR notes that the traditionally Catholic U.S. Hispanic population is starting to leave Catholicism for, well, anything else.

Still, the Christian Post notes, however, that a person’s church might not mean that much anyway: a new study claims that one in four believers are “Christians in name only.”

Finally, our Picture of the Day tells it like it is: Miters might be impressive, but they aren’t all that helpful on the playground.

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