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Religion
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Dalai Lama To Retire As Tibetan Leader In Exile
10 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a press conference in Dharamsala, India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama announced that he’d be stepping down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile, to make way for an elected representative. He will be retaining his position as Tibet’s spiritual leader.
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National Geographic Finds The Average Human
09 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So hey, congrats to all you non-male, non-Chinese folks who were worried about looking average! Because according to a decade’s worth of research by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing for National Geographic, a 28-year-old Han Chinese male is the mean. Numbers, explanation after the jump.
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The Burqa Ban Deadline Is Fast Approaching
07 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The French are preparing to sail themselves into unchartered waters when the ban on wearing the Muslim burqa and other Islamic face coverings in public places comes into effect in just over a month. Racial tensions in that country have already begun to boil with the John Galliano “I love Hitler” incident. This will be interesting.
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Pope Says The Jews Didn’t Do It
03 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a dramatic turnaround, Pope Benedict XVI said sorry for all the years that the Catholic Church has been blaming the death of Jesus on the Jews.
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We Live In The Future: Church Okays iPhone Confession App
09 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Huh. Well, alright. UK church officials have given the holy thumbs up to ‘Confession: A Roman Catholic App,’ which walks users through sacrament, having them admit their wrongdoings – and keep track of their sins. Please keep your comments until the end of the lecture, though, because this baby costs $1.99
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Church Peddles Religion As A Cure For Aids
04 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In November ’09, Aids activist group Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) launched a campaign to remove an ad on ETV by the Christ Embassy church. In the ad the church claims they cure Aids. This week, finally, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) managed to force ETV to pull the ad. A little too late as it turns out.
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Atheist Group Offers Porn For Bibles
03 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve already seen those Dawkins inspired bus campaigns, now get ready for a university campus campaign that offers free porn in exchange for religious materials in a controversial “Smut for Smut” campaign.
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Monk Grave Digger Caught Smuggling Remains
19 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This story is sweet and horrific rolled into one. A monk dug up the remains of a nun in Athens and tried to smuggle it to Cyprus to give her a proper burial. He reckons she was a saint. The Greek Orthodox church disagrees with him on that one. They also condemn his behaviour and would like him to stop being a monk for now.
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Bare-Chested Acrobats Give The Pope A Private Show
16 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, it’s not like they had them explode from a cake and huskily sing ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. Jesus,’ but this comes pretty close. But hey, good thing they don’t allow gay folk to become Popes, right? Otherwise that creepy look on his face would be pretty hard to explain away.
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‘Jesus had HIV’ Sermons Upset Some People
02 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In a recent Khayelitsha church service, Pastor Xola Skosana opened his sermon by stating “Jesus was HIV positive.” For some reason, this has caused some small outcry.
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Is The D’oh Catholic?
19 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Simpsons have been hiding a religious agenda, apparently. Sunday’s edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s daily broadsheet, declared that ”Not many people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it. But it’s true, Homer J. Simpson is Catholic.” I guess drawing conclusions from nonexistent evidence isn’t entirely new to the region.
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2OCEANSVIBE CLOSES IN 389 DAYS
27 Apr 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Are YOU ready? If you’ve been toying with the idea of defaulting on your home loan or joining a Russian acrobat troupe for a while now, go for it. Last week, students on UCT’s upper campus were the victims of random and ferocious pamphlet bombings by people wearing “May 21, 2011” T-shirts. Naturally lured in […]
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HOW IS THIS JOURNALIST’S NAME POSSIBLE?
26 Mar 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Surely not? It’s.got.to.be.a.joke?! Seriously – are you winding me up? [source : timesuk] [thanks brendon]
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GOOGLE BELIEVES THAT CHRISTIANS COULD GET DATES VIA 2OCEANSVIBE
25 Mar 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
For the less web inclined peeps out there, I should quickly mention that the Google ads on the far right of the page, towards the top, are generated according to the content the Google “robots” find on the front page of the website. It was therefore somewhat ironic, given 2oceansvibe’s logo which features me dry-humping […]
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RELIGION DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR
08 Feb 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
If you’re in or around your early thirties, you’ll have fond memories of Will Smith’s hit TV series, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. There’s no mistaking those opening lines, “Now this is a story all about how my life got twisted and turned upside down.” Everyone new the words to that song. Seriously, it […]
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OBAMA AND THE POPE
13 Jul 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Before hitting Ghana, and not 24 hours after Barack Obama was scoping tail with Sarkozy in Italy, he’s maxin’ and relaxin’ with Da Pope! The Pope takes a break from emulating The TBG to meet Barack and Mish-kebab Barack changed his mind about going to confession after Pope Benedict XVI agreed that, even as […]
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THE DALAI LAMA IS “VERY DISAPPOINTED” WITH US
24 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
Nobel peace laureate and Richard Gere’s best mate, The Dalai Lama, is “very disappointed” by South Africa’s decision denying him a visa to enter South Africa. This, following intense pressure from China, who despise His Holiness. I really must apologise, bru – if we had anything to do with it, you know you’d get a […]
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