{"id":1090,"date":"2011-09-23T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2011-09-23T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:27:47","slug":"fun-friday-cagefighting-jesus-alternative-southern-baptist-names-ted-haggards-wife-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/09\/fun-friday-cagefighting-jesus-alternative-southern-baptist-names-ted-haggards-wife-swap.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Cagefighting Jesus, Alternative Southern Baptist Names, Ted Haggard&#8217;s Wife Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Show and The Colbert Report aren&#8217;t resting on their Emmy laurels &#8212; they each had entertaining faith-related bits this week, particularly on the end of\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/397493\/september-20-2011\/the-gayest-penetration\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell<\/a>&#8221; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/thu-september-22-2011\/west-bank-story---challahfax-vs--halalifax\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli-Palestinian conflict&#8217;s <\/a>United Nations edition. (Unfortunately, Comedy Central videos tend to play automatically on this blog, so I&#8217;m not going to upload them directly.)<\/p>\n<p>For a sound-off Fun Friday, check out these text-only stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/onthesquare\/2011\/09\/jesus-is-not-a-cagefighter\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus is not a cagefighter<\/a> (First Things)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritual-politics.org\/2011\/09\/rebranding_the_sbc.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rebranding the SBC <\/a>(Spiritual Politics)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnsblog\/thursday_godbytes6\/#When:19:30:55Z\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Haggard &amp; Gary Busey to swap wives <\/a>(Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Show and The Colbert Report aren&#8217;t resting on their Emmy laurels &#8212; they each had entertaining faith-related bits this week, particularly on the end of\u00a0&#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict&#8217;s United Nations edition. 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