And they were pretty basic mistakes: AMID much publicity last year, the National Geographic Society announced that a lost 3rd-century religious text had been found, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The shocker: Judas didn’t betray Jesus. Instead, Jesus asked Judas, his most trusted and beloved disciple, to hand him over to be killed. Judas’s reward?…

Wow! Great justice system they have there in Iran. You get a stay but are executed anyway: An Iranian man has been hanged for rape despite his alleged victims withdrawing their accusations and a judicial review being ordered into the sentence. Makwan Mouloudzadeh, 20, had been found guilty of raping three teenage boys when he…

Who the heck doesn’t know that ham is not kosher? Especially in NYC! A posh food store in New York’s Greenwich Village has found itself red faced after offering hams for sale with the slogan “Delicious for Hanukkah,” the current Jewish religious holiday. […] A manager at the Balducci’s gourmet grocery store told the newspaper…

Unbelievable! He makes his Christian faith a major part of his campaign, speaks about it on the stump and even features it in his campaign ads and yet he complains when the press ask about it: Huckabee bristles about the depth to which he’s asked questions about his faith in an interview with GQ and…

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