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Wednesday Godbytes

In Face-Melting News: Hey, remember the Ark of the covenant? You know, the thing from the Bible? No? Okay, you know that thing that melts people’s faces off in the first Indiana Jones movie? Yeah, that.

Well it looks like people may have actually found the Ark of the Covenant (but probably not). Let’s hope the face-melting bit was just a Spielberg thing…

In Religion can be Funny News: Comedian Sarah Silverman and Rabbi Sister Riff talk about their “Jewy-ness” at Boston University.


In Destruction of Property/Gross News: Looks like some vandals in broke into a church in North Carolina and, er, ‘made a mess.’

In Techie Buddhist News: Tricycle Magazine reports on the first “Buddhist Geeks” conference.

In Oh No They Didn’t News: Muslim comedian Aman Ali tells CNN that the new TLC “All-American Muslim” show doesn’t speak for him.

Finally, our Comic of the Day comes from “The Rut,” who sheds some light on what rodent evangelism looks like. (hint: it’s a gouda joke, and munster funnyâÂ?¦)

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