Odd Spot

Court rules it is OK to flip the bird in church

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

The highest court in the state of Georgia (USA) has reversed the conviction of a man who was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after he held up his middle finger and shouted at his pastor during a service. Read more

Mary – from a drop in the ocean to the Star of the sea

Monday, October 2nd, 2017

St. Jerome translated Mary’s Hebrew name Miryam, which means drop of the sea, into the Latin Stilla Maris. Either due to a peasant dialect or a transcription error, Stilla became Stella. So Mary went from a drop in the ocean to the star of the sea. This speaks highly to God’s power in exalting the Read more

Beer and Hymns Bar draws the crowds

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

Newcomers are flocking to a new kind of church — one that combines hymns and beers, and brings a whole new meaning to bar service. Grand Rapids residents, Dan and Carrie Elzinga discovered Beer and Hymns two years ago when they were attending a religious festival in North Carolina. “After the close of each day’s Read more

A rock band – 11 Nuns in full habit

Monday, September 25th, 2017

A group of Sisters formed a Latin pop and rock band in Peru three years ago and now find themselves with an international following. They go on stage wearing traditional black-and-white habits The Sisters, who come from eight countries and range in age from 20s to 40s, insist they aren’t rock stars. But they certainly Read more

The end of the world is coming – again

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

According to David Meade world as we know it will end this Saturday, September 23, 2017. Unsealed, an evangelical Christian publication foretells the Rapture in a viral, four-minute YouTube video, complete with special effects and ominous doomsday soundtrack. Read more

Catholic parade confused with KKK rally

Monday, September 18th, 2017

A Yahoo article about students who participated in a KKK demonstration has used a picture of robed penitents in a Catholic Easter parade. But the subject of the article has nothing to do with Catholicism. It is in fact about an Iowa school that expelled five students after discovering a photo of them wearing robes Read more

LGBT being blamed for bad weather in USA

Monday, September 11th, 2017

End-Time preachers are blaming the bad weather in the USA on God’s wrath. Radio preacher Rick Wiles said Houston is underwater because it “boasted of its LGBT devotion.” Ann Coulter suggested it might have something to do with the city’s former mayor being a lesbian. “I don’t believe Hurricane Harvey is God’s punishment for Houston Read more

Jesus and other religious figures feature in new video game

Thursday, September 7th, 2017

Popular religious figures Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha are the latest deities to be added to a roster of fighters in new video game Fight Of Gods. First revealed in March this year, Fight Of Gods also features Zeus, Odin, Anubis, Shinto deity Amaterasu, lionised Chinese general Guan Gong and Moses.  Continue reading

Catholic puzzle book hopes to point readers to God

Monday, September 4th, 2017

With hopes of leading Catholics to a deeper search for Christ, a new puzzle book from Ave Maria Press challenges readers to expand their interaction with God’s mysteries. “I open the book with a quote from Proverbs 25:2, ‘It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search Read more

Hurricane Harvey couldn’t stop kayaking priest

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Floods didn’t stop Father David Bergeron, a Catholic priest, from bringing Christ and the Mass to those stranded by Hurricane Harvey this weekend. After spending the night in his truck, Father Bergeron got into his kayak the next morning. His mission? To return to his parish and say Mass for Catholics stranded in the flood Read more