Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category

Written by OddCulture on Saturday, December 29th, 2007 in Religion.
The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism:
Each bishop is to be told to have in his diocese a number of priests trained to fight demonic possession. The initiative was revealed by 82-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican “exorcistinchief”. “Too many bishops are not taking this [...]

Written by OddCulture on Friday, December 28th, 2007 in Religion, crime, culture, travel.
Benazir Bhutto, Rest In Peace.

Written by Alyx on Monday, December 24th, 2007 in Religion, sports.
OK, so this is the Washington Post headline:
“Capitals Can’t Get a Holiday Break in Overtime
Islanders Send Washington to 3rd Straight Loss: Islanders 3, Capitals 2″
However, all I care about is the caption of this photo:

Written by OddCulture on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 in Religion, Russia, bizarre, culture, travel.
The Seattle Times has a story about the sect called the True Russian Orthodox Church, which went underground a few weeks back to “save themselves during the time of the apocalypse”, which they state will come in May of 2008. The group of 29 people, including four children, has threatened to set fire to themselves [...]

Written by Bill G on Saturday, December 1st, 2007 in Religion, culture, gangs, travel.
A British woman named Gillian Gibbons has been jailed in Sudan for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Mohammed. She was lucky it was only jail. Most of the people in the Sudan want her shot, or worse.
Source: DailyMail:
The chief defence lawyer of Gillian Gibbons said today he expected her to be pardoned following [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in Religion, accidents, bizarre, culture, travel.
Source: BreitBart and others.
A New Zealand woman drowned in a family exorcism ceremony and her younger cousin had her eyes gouged by relatives in an attempt to lift a curse, a newspaper reported on Monday. Janet Moses, 22, had her eyes scratched and water syringed into them before drowning in front of 40 relatives during [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in Babes, Religion, celebrities, culture.
Source: Fox News:
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, an underdog Texas congressman with a libertarian streak, has picked up an endorsement from a Nevada brothel owner. Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, says he was so impressed after hearing Paul at a campaign stop in Reno last week that he decided to [...]

Written by OddCulture on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Religion, crime, culture, travel.
Every woman in Saudi Arabia looks like they were erased from a Photoshop image.
From BreitBart:
A court in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The 19-year-old woman — whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to [...]

Written by OddCulture on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 in Religion, bizarre, culture, surgeries, travel.
Source: Daily Mail (UK)
Doctors in India have successfully operated on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms, four legs and extra internal organs. A team of around 30 medics removed what amounted to Lakshmi Tatma’s headless identical twin sister who was joined at the pelvis and who did not develop and separate properly in the [...]

Written by OddCulture on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 in Iran, Religion, culture, funny video, mature, travel.
Don’t know if this is is actually the country of Iran, but, anyway:
From BoingBoing:
Looking at the details of Jeegar.com stats report, there is no doubt in my mind that what the young Iranian wants is not necessarily an open, transparent government. They need to have fun like all other people in their age group in [...]
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