Wednesday Godbytes: Iowa God-Talk; Wintery Worship; More Zen of Steve Jobs

The Republican Iowa caucuses finished up last night, and while Mitt Romney technically won by 8(!) votes, there wasn’t a real “clear” winnerâÂ?¦except for God: There was a LOT of God-talk last night in the candidate’s concession speeches. Mitt Romney, a Mormon, made sure to state that “Freedom is a gift from God,” while barely […]

The Republican Iowa caucuses finished up last night, and while Mitt Romney technically won by 8(!) votes, there wasn’t a real “clear” winnerâÂ?¦except for God: There was a LOT of God-talk last night in the candidate’s concession speeches.

Mitt Romney, a Mormon, made sure to state that “Freedom is a gift from God,” while barely second-place-finisher-and-devout-Catholic Rick Santorum quoted C.S. Lewis and added, “God has given us this great country to allow his people to be free… we need to honor that creation.”

Michele Bachmann – who, er, didn’t do so well – didn’t mince religious words either, beginning her speech with the invocation “More than anything I thank the God who loves us… who created and drew this nation into existence.”


Finally, Rick Perry – who also didn’t do very well – explained that he needed to go “pray” about whether or not to continue his campaign. Pundits expected him to drop out, but he tweeted this morning that he would continue his campaign in South Carolina. Some folks were excited

While others were…A bit skeptical:

So you think your church is the coolest church ever? Is it in Bavaria and made out of ice and snow? Then, no, your church isn’t this coolest ever – this one is.

Boingboing has a writeup on the new graphic novel “The Zen of Steve Jobs,” which is a mostly-fictional retelling of Jobs’ “lost” years after he was fired from Apple and found Buddhism. Because, you know, why not make a graphic novel about that?

Finally, your Video of the Day is of the opening of the aforementioned house of winter worship, complete with addresses delivered in languages that I don’t understand:

– Jack “Interwebs” Jenkins

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