{"id":105,"date":"2010-04-30T11:40:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/fun-friday-boobquake-responds-to-muslim-cleric-causes-taiwans-tremor.html"},"modified":"2010-04-30T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T11:40:37","slug":"fun-friday-boobquake-responds-to-muslim-cleric-causes-taiwans-tremor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/fun-friday-boobquake-responds-to-muslim-cleric-causes-taiwans-tremor.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: ‘Boobquake’ Responds to Muslim Cleric, Causes Taiwan’s Tremor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most entertaining religion news story this week was unquestionably “Boobquake,” a Facebook-fueled joke calling on ladies to respond, um, appropriately to an Iranian Muslim cleric’s recent statement that womens’ immodest attire <\/a>has been causing the earth’s violent tremors.<\/p>\n

Purdue University student\/Boobquake mastermind (and atheist) Jennifer McCreight explained the April 26 phenomenon<\/a> for ABC News.<\/p>\n

Apparently, we all survived… except that there WAS an temblor in Taiwan later that day. Oops. Maybe God really does hate cleavage<\/a>? Then again, no one died… I think it’s safe to keep watching “Dancing with the Stars<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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The most entertaining religion news story this week was unquestionably “Boobquake,” a Facebook-fueled joke calling on ladies to respond, um, appropriately to an Iranian Muslim cleric’s recent statement that womens’ immodest attire has been causing the earth’s violent tremors. Purdue University student\/Boobquake mastermind (and atheist) Jennifer McCreight explained the April 26 phenomenon for ABC News. 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