Southerners have been debating it for years: is mustard based superior to catsup based? (of course not) Is vinegar based the grandest of them all? (clearly, no)
That’s right – we’re talking about barbecue. And not your silly Northeast “barbecue” (if you’re just cooking burgers, ladies and gentlemen, that is properly referred to as a cookout) – we’re talking real, honest-to-goodness barbecue, with sauce and everything.
Well now it looks like Tennesseans can add a new brand of barbecue to their list: kosher. Jews and Muslims around Memphis, Tenn. held the 23rd(!) annual Kosher Barbecue Contest this past weekend, and there was plenty of religiously permissible deliciousness to go ’round.
Speaking of the South, Fox News reports that criminals in Alabama can now choose to serve out sentences in church rather than jail:
“Authorities say non-violent offenders in Bay Minette, Ala. now have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church every Sunday for a year.”
I’m going to go ahead and guess that a lot of back pews in Alabama churches are going to start looking real full real soon…
Meanwhile, in what is possibly the most fitting article given its source ever, Vinent Horn over at Buddhist Geeks is pondering how the “new Facebook,” announced yesterday, will effect future Buddhist communities.
Staying with geekiness for a minute, some of you may have heard that scientists over a CERN (that’s crazy European-acronym-speak for European Organization for Nuclear Research) recently tracked a particle that reportedly moved quicker than the speed of light. One might think that theologians and religious leaders would use this chance to start shouting “Where are your unbreakable laws now, eh science?!”
But a new study at Rice University hints that the whole science-religion debate might be overblown, as only a minority of scientists at major research universities see religion and science as requiring distinct boundaries.
In the wake of Georgia convict Troy Davis‘ execution, John Blake over at CNN asks “how does a Christian support the death penalty?”
Finally, your Video of the Day comes from the folks over at Jesus Needs New PR. They found a trailer for an upcoming (or perhaps stalled?) documentary on the Story of Christian Rock. Warning: massives, blown-out 80s hair ahead: