Keith Ellison was sworn in on the Koran, Mazie Hirono on no book at all, and VA Republican Virgil Goode was upset about it.

Make your iPod shuffle into a cross necklace. "Just toss your old cap habit, pop on the divine iBelieve and rejoice!"

"How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong." "America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its behavior."

Classic Reader has now merged with Ponly.

"This information consisted of course materials written by L. Ron Hubbard for a program to transform an individual into a Being with super-human powers, known as an Operating Thetan, or OT."

A video of Tom Cruise freaking out about Scientology on "Access Hollywood."

Cruise is an Operating Thetan Level Six. Recently: a "loopy" performance on Oprah and "allowing his devotion to Scientology to overshadow his film career."

"I told the Lord: 'Don't do this to me! You have younger and better men, who can do this work with different verve and strength.'"

"In November of '96, Vatican hardliner Cardinal Ratzinger warned that heavy metal was an 'instrument of the Devil' and endangered young people's souls."

Fighting weak and religion-infused education.

Interpretation and investigation.

"Scientology sees children as valuable personnel assets and has a history of endangering them."

"'Some people, well, if they don't like Scientology, well, then, fuck you.' He rises from the table. 'Really.' He points an angry finger at the imaginary enemy. 'Fuck you.' His face reddens. 'Period.'"

"whereas the dogma of most cults originates with some form of alleged divine revelation, the core beliefs of Scientology grew out of the business venture launched by a conniving bullshit artist."

"Tibetan Buddhist Internet Radio"