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The Anointed One: Did Jesus Perform His Miracles with Cannabis Oil?
The plant known as kaneh-bosm in Aramaic is considered by most mainstream Biblical scholars to be calamus, an herb with well-known medicinal effects. But some people believe that kaneh-bosm is actually cannabis, and that Jesus used highly...
Gay-Proofing the Bible
An anonymous group of Christians is claiming that, actually, the parts of the Bible that are interpreted as references to homosexuality don’t say anything at all about diddling someone who has the same type of junk as yours—and they’ve gone a step...
A Catholic Hospital Is Arguing That a Fetus Is Not a Person
Legally, the argument is sound. Colorado, the state, does not define a fetus as a person. But what kind of blatant hypocrisy would motivate a Catholic hospital to argue in court that only individuals born alive are people?
Holy Unicorns!
The word “unicorn” appears nine times in the Old Testament. And unless you’re an 11-year-old girl, you are well aware that if it’s got unicorns in it, it’s a fairy tale.
The Last Supper Undergoes A Robotic Makeover [Q&A]
Giles Walker’s installation The Last Supper refracts the famous biblical scene through a glass darkly.
Ones and Zeros 5/24/11: Boldly Relaxing Where No Man's Relaxed Before, Twitpic Owns Our Pics
_Trekkies may actually get some sun this summer._ h3. ONE: How the brain bounces back from trauma ("Scientific American":http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-brains-bounce-back) h3. ZERO: YouTube extends plans for ads before...
Bible Bashers
Sometimes, you’ll know a British band by how they make something poetic out of their experience of living in the UK. You’ll usually notice that their songs find some way to romanticize what is essentially a small, rainy country where summer lasts ten...
Holy Fuck!
When he was 29, Jesus wrote The Bible because he knew it would get him laid. Guess what--it worked.