religion

Inside The Sistine Chapel’s Security Tech For The Papal Election

Tomorrow, the Sistine Chapel will fill with cardinals who will spend hours — or days — deciding who should be elected as the next Pope. While they do so, the Sistine chapel will be filled with electronic jammers and swept for bugs to ensure no information is leaked.


The Entire King James Bible Is Now On RapGenius

RapGenius has posted the entire King James Bible on its website. According to its founder Mahbod Moghadam, “the Bible is hip hop.” Sure, yeah, why not?


Pope Reveals All The Secrets Of Baby Jesus

Pope Benedict XVI has just published a new book, the third volume of his Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, talking about the childhood of Jesus. Like Dan Brown’s bestsellers, Herr Ratzinger promises to reveal lots of mysteries for just $US13. Or you can save the money and read the juiciest bits here, starting with the reality behind the star of Bethlehem.


The Vatican Also Hates Prometheus, Probably For Different Reasons Than You Though

Prometheus suffered under a rain cloud of bad reviews from movie fans and movie reviewers alike for poor characters, a boring storyline and plot holes you could fly a ship through, but now the most unlikely of voices has joined the anti-Prometheus chorus: the Catholic Church.


The Pope Wears These Socks On Fishing Trips

A… friend… has always wondered what the pope wears on his day off, because he couldn’t possibly wear that giant hat everywhere. Does he have a papal tracksuit? Holy but not holey jeans? White tees for the Holy See?


World’s First Christian Tablet Is Not Worthy

Pandering alert! A bookstore chain called Family Christian has taken a crappy Android tablet, slapped a new logo on it, and rebranded it as the Edifi — the world’s first Christian tablet!


Scientologists To Launch Their Own TV Station

According to the UK Telegraph, the Church of Scientology is planning to launch a religious broadcasting centre to promote its teachings over TV, radio and the internet, all based in a studio complex purchased last year.


The Religious Extremists Who Want To Ban The Internet

On Sunday this stadium in New York packed in 40,000 people — almost full capacity. Why? Not baseball, but religious radicals who think the internet is a dangerous, mortal evil.


Religious Websites Have More Malware Than Porn Sites

“I have a virus.” “Stop visiting all those porn sites!” Ha. Ha. But also pretty much every conversation about malware ever, right? Well, Symantec’s 17th Internet Threat Security Report found another genre of sites that on average is worse than porn: religion.


Behind The Search Engine That Powers Iris, The Android Siri Rival

I’m sure Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos doesn’t know about this, but he’s funding a seemingly ultra-Christian search engine that is anti-abortion and anti-evolution. It’s called ChaCha, and it powers Android’s most popular Siri competitor, Iris.