Offbeat News
This section of Religion News Blog highlights religion-related news stories that may tickle your funny-bone, leave you flabbergasted, or at least scratching your head wondering: What were they thinking?
These items are not intended to ridicule or otherwise poke fun at those involved.
Wednesday March 5, 2008
Offbeat News: We don’t know what he is smoking, but from now on we will be filing any items involving the opinions of Benny Shanon under the heading “Offbeat News.”
Friday January 18, 2008
Offbeat News: A sign in front of a church in Brampton, Canada, usually has an inspirational message on it. This time, someone complained.
Monday January 14, 2008
Offbeat News: To get people to attend his new church campus, Robbie McLaughlin is sending his message out to where the people are.
Saturday December 29, 2007
Bible • Offbeat News: The smugglers had unglued Bible covers and put drugs in plastic bags inside before fixing them back.
Monday December 24, 2007
Offbeat News: A Pietermaritzburg pastor was shocked this week when his mother, who had been pronounced dead at a local hospital, suddenly came alive, gasping for breath.
Wednesday December 19, 2007
Offbeat News: A group of Orthodox Christians in northwest Russia have accused Coca-Cola of offending their religious beliefs with adverts that use distorted images of Orthodox churches, including inverted crosses.
Offbeat News:
Further evidence that Political Correctness is an extreme form of stupidity.
Tuesday December 11, 2007
Offbeat News: Sister Kathy Avery’s school has a zero-tolerance policy for swearing. And to make sure the kids knew exactly what she was talking about, Avery read a list of words and phrases that she was banning, including a few that would make many grown-ups blush.
Sunday December 9, 2007
Catch The Fire • Danny Nalliah • Offbeat News: A radical Christian group with the ear of prominent politicians has blamed “sinful” Australians for the nation’s record drought.
Hinduism • Offbeat News:
An Indian judge has summoned two Hindu gods to help resolve a 20-year-old property dispute.
Friday October 26, 2007
Offbeat News: Martin Humer, who gained notoriety last year after he painted part of a statue of a nude Mozart and stuck feathers on it, is pressuring authorities to remove the crucifix from a public square where it has been displayed for 20 years.
Thursday October 11, 2007
Offbeat News: A thief who stole a Bible was given his own copy of the Christian scriptures by a Singapore district judge, who then sentenced the man to four months in prison.
Wednesday October 10, 2007
Offbeat News: Memo: the $1 million bills are fake.
Monday October 1, 2007
Offbeat News: WHITE PLAINS - A homeless man who stole a Bible from a city book store got one for free yesterday and will have plenty of time to read it - at the Westchester County jail.
Saturday September 29, 2007
Offbeat News: Park officials speculated that a Christian group visited the site and, thinking it was a sacred site, preformed a head shaving ceremony, and left offerings to God.
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