Jesus Cartoon: A Headline You Will Not Be Seeing In Today’s News

Thousands of Christians Riot, Protest Cartoon of Jesus Smoking Cigarette

SARCASM ALERT: Make-up headline shows contrasting belief systems. The “cartoon” is actually an altered “Sacred Heart of Jesus” image.

By ALEXANDER
TheScroogeReport.com

Today’s story about an irreverent depiction of Jesus in a newspaper makes me wonder…if a tree branch snaps in the woods and no one heard it, did it really make a noise?

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CNN's 'God's Warriors' Series Online Reports: Albright Interview

Albright: Ignore religion 'at our own peril'

In order to effectively conduct foreign policy today, you have to understand the role of God and religion. ... My sense is that we don't fully understand, because one, it's pretty complicated, and two, everyone in the U.S. believes in a separation of church and state, so you think, "Well, if we don't believe in the convergence of church and state, then perhaps we shouldn't worry about the role of religion." I think we do that now at our own peril. Religion is instrumental in shaping ideas and policies. It's an essential part of everyday life in a whole host of countries. And obviously it plays a role in how these countries behave, so we need to know what the religious influence is.

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CNN: 'God's Warriors'

Just wanted to give you a heads up on some very good programming on CNN and CNN.com.

Here's a CNN Editor's Note: ...a series of reports CNN.com is featuring from an upcoming, six-hour television event, "God's Warriors," hosted by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

You can watch and read awesome stuff right now even though the series is Aug. 21-23.

Go to http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/gods.warriors/

and for the first report headlined "Rejecting radical Islam -- one man's journey" go to http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/daveed.godswarriors/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

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Wrong Turn: Pope Benedict XVI Detours Salvation Through Catholic Church

By approving a document saying non-Catholic Christian communities are either defective or not true churches, and the Roman Catholic Church provides the only true path to salvation, Pope Benedict leaves someone behind - Jesus!

This Week’s Top Scrooge - July 13, 2007

By ALEXANDER
TheScroogeReport.com

There are some weeks when picking a number one bonehead (This Week's Top Scrooge) is really tough.

This week isn't one of them. Pope Benedict XVI wins the dishoner hands down, no questions asked, slam dunk, done deal, finito.

The easy pick is made possible by this: Reports came out Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI approved a document late last month saying non-Catholic Christian communities are either defective or not true churches, and the Roman Catholic Church provides the only true path to salvation.

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