{"id":302,"date":"2010-11-12T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/fun-friday-jesus-race-nuns-cashing-in-more.html"},"modified":"2010-11-12T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T11:23:00","slug":"fun-friday-jesus-race-nuns-cashing-in-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/fun-friday-jesus-race-nuns-cashing-in-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Atheist Hymn, Jewish Oscar the Grouch, and Giant Jesus Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were too many entertaining faith-related headlines to pick just one newsmaker this week, so here&#8217;s a Top&nbsp;3 video&nbsp;edition of Fun Friday. (If you only want a print story, I also enjoyed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/religious-sisters-net-220k-selling-rarest-baseball-card-ever\/\">Baltimore nuns cashing in on a rare Honus Wagner baseball card<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/11\/10\/steve-martin-atheist-gospel_n_781535.html\">Steve Martin performed &#8220;Atheists Don&#8217;t Have No Songs&#8221;<\/a> for a PBS-broadcast concert:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><embed height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ADNesm6F27U?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/p><\/embed><\/:OBJECT><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sesame Street&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/philanthropy\/article\/2010\/11\/09\/2741662\/oscar-the-grouch-moishe-oofnik-and-me#When:05:10:00Z\">Oscar the Grouch and his Israeli cousin<\/a> Moishe Oofnik sat down for an interview with the Jewish media:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><embed height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kdaCA--eS34?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Colbert&#8217;s&nbsp;called for a global&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/colberts-giant-jesus-race\">giant Jesus race<\/a>&#8221; against Poland&nbsp;(not to be confused with the planned replacement for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxix.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=13426140\">Ohio&#8217;s&nbsp;struck-by-lightning Touchdown Jesus, &#8220;Come Unto Me&#8221; Jesus<\/a>). 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