Woke up this morning, normal day. Checked the weather, the in-box, the Rapture Index.
Muammar Gaddafi’s death seems to have had no effect on the pending apocalypse.
For those with short memories, today is Take 2 of radio preacher Harold Camping’s Judgment Day prophecy.
Reached at his California home this morning, Camping simply said, “There’s nothing to report here.”
I agree.
In other news…
The Vatican says it’s glad Gaddafi’s gone and is eager to work with the new guys.
The ACLU says it has obtained documents that show the FBI was violating the Constitution by profiling Muslims.
More than two dozen Muslim drivers for Hertz in Seattle were reportedly fired for refusing to clock out during daily prayer breaks.
Catholic hierarchs in Minnesota are taking a page from the Prop 8 playbook by appointing “church captains” to push for passage of the state’s gay marriage amendment.
The AP gives a nice history lesson on Dominionism, and its ties (or lack thereof) to Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann.
Herman Cain’s GOP rivals are pouncing on his newly publicized stance on abortion. Cain says he’s “pro-life,” but that the government should not make decisions for pregnant women.
Britain’s madrasas have faced more than 400 allegations of physical and sexual abuse in three years, the BBC reports.
Another BBC investigation found that three people in London died after their evangelical pastors advised them to stopped taking medication.
You know who’s having a good year? Eddie Long’s lawyers. Federal officials say they’re investigating investment seminars hosted by his Atlanta megachurch after some former members say they lost their retirement savings. One such investor told her sad story to CNN.
In a move sure to gladden the hearts of church-state separationists, DC’s mayor is seeking $15 million in emergency FEMA funding to restore Washington National Cathedral after this summer’s earthquake.
A polygamous family in Utah is making their case in public.
A new biography of Steve Jobs says he gave up Christianity at age 13 after seeing starving children on the cover of Life magazine.
He later became a Zen Buddhist, but that apparently did not stop Apple from abusing children in Chinese sweatshops, according to reports.
In that vein, there’s been a lot of talk about Apple’s designs being Zen-this and Zen-that.
Bottom line: Zen is more than aesthetics, folks. There is a strong moral component, and harming children is not condoned.
Please forgive my indignation. I typed this on a MacBook, so I’m a hypocrite, too.
Yr hmbl aggregator,
Daniel Burke