Your dad rules.

I've been saying this for years. Heavy, heavy crossover between misogynists and cat haters.

Yeah, the "cats are an invasive species" people tend to shut right the fuck up when you point out that (incredibly destructive to nature) humans are also an invasive species throughout the world, and no one is calling for thr eradication of humankind. Or, on the internet, they just conveniently ignore that incredibly…

Yeah, "non-denominational" is so misleading. Most of those megachurches have a theology that is indistinguishable from the Southern Baptist Convention.

This is really disappointing to me. I always kind of liked Jay Mohr due to his spot-on Walken impression. As a teenager, I sent him an email commending his "Christopher Walken Skittles Commercial" bit on SNL and telling him I liked him in Jerry Maguire. He answered me and was really nice and gracious. This was…

Me too! However, I think that influence climaxed in 2004 has been in a decline since then. The nationwide gains for gay marriage are evidence of this.

Absolutely. It's not only American-grown, but specifically can be tied very closely with the rise of Billy Graham and the several decades of incredibly disproportionate evangelical influence on politics and so-called "Christian" culture. While it may be a minority who wholeheartedly believes in it, the notion itself…

That may be true, but as I've said, the idea of the rapture has become more mainstream because the evangelicals that believe in it, despite being largely confined to the Southeast (at least originally), have enjoyed disproportionate power and influence in this country since the early 1970s, even if that influence is…

I feel like I've already well qualified this on this thread. Not saying all Christians. I'm saying it's more common among evangelicals in the Southeastern US than some might think. Hell, I even said "evangelicals in the Southeast" in my original post. What's notable is that these are the same Christians who…

Yeah, from what I understand it's closely tied to the evangelical movement that gained steam and political clout in the early 70s. The Billy Grahams, Jerry Falwells and James Dobsons. That lot made fundamentalist, even fringe Christian ideas more mainstream and palatable. Hence the enduring popularity of Left…

I agree he was always a bit "off." It's just that he used it for good in the past, but often uses it mostly for cash now. And likely has gotten more unbalanced with time as well. His career is, dare I say it, somewhat reminiscent of Brando. Like a hybrid of Brando and, say, Jim Carrey.

I'm not sure even his Wall of Bodyguard could stop me. Bieber wants no part of my inner rage.

I think it's both. He has expensive and crazy taste that led to this predicament, but I can't help but suspect that he's getting some pleasure out of annoying Left Behind fans as well.

Oh yeah, it's just that his interests are both expensive AND batshit crazy.

Oh, yeah, that doesn't surprise me. The rapture thing is closely tied with the evangelical movement. The descendants of Billy Graham, i.e., the same people who solidified their political influence in the 70s and spawned the likes of American Family Association, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, etc. The…

Yup. Me too. It's closely tied to my resting bitchface.

What Christians are you talking to? In the Southeast, it's a lot more common than you might think among mainstream evangelicals. Not that their churches spend a lot of time going on about the rapture in fire and brimstone sermons, exactly, just that they think the Rapture is a real thing when it comes down to it.

I really wish Nicholas Cage hadn't gone insane. He was such a gifted actor. Raising Arizona — one of the great comedic performances of all time. Wild at Heart — is Wild at Heart. 'Nuff said. Leaving Las Vegas — devastating, beautiful. Now....this.

If it wasn't for all those bodyguards, he undoubtedly would have been beaten into a coma by now. Of course, you have to wonder when one of the bodyguards themselves is finally going to snap. Maybe they're all plotting the perfect murder as we speak and we should just leave it alone to develop organically.