{"id":191,"date":"2011-03-14T17:37:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/03\/christians-and-divorce.html"},"modified":"2011-03-14T17:37:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:37:42","slug":"christians-and-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/03\/christians-and-divorce.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith groups use social media to help Japan earthquake\/tsunami victims; Gilbert Gottfried tweets himself out of a job; Todd Bridges on America’s enabling of Charlie Sheen; the new movie “I Am”; a “Bold Fresh” sequel; Christians and divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organized Religion at its best.<\/a><\/b> Faith groups from all over the world are using every means, including social networking sites<\/a>, to help the people of Japan. Where you can donate here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aflac duck loses its voice.<\/b><\/a> Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian who provided the bird’s famous vocalization, has been flipped the bird by the insurance company over his unfunny tsunami tweets<\/a>. I hate to see anyone lose a job but, honestly, what was this guy thinking? The devastation and human suffering going on in Japan is NOT funny.    <\/p>\n

Todd Bridges’ advice to America: stop enabling Charlie Sheen.<\/b> The former Diff’rent Strokes child actor<\/a> who later battled addiction himself (successfully, thank God) says on ABC’s The View<\/a> that buying tickets to the Charlie Sheen<\/a> LIVE: The Violent Torpedo of Truth\/Defeat Is Not an Option<\/i> tour isn’t doing the troubled former Two and a Half Men <\/i>star any favors.<\/p>\n

Jim Carrey’s creative partner has something to say. <\/b>Tom Shadyac, the comedian\/writer who directed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective<\/a><\/i>, Liar Liar<\/a><\/i>, and Bruce Almighty<\/a><\/i>, is out with a new film called I Am<\/a><\/i>, a documentary about what’s really important in life. Checkout the trailer here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Bill O’Reilly to write Bold Fresh<\/i> sequel.<\/b><\/a> His follow-up to A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity<\/i> is to be called Bolder and Fresher: The Factor Years<\/i>. What I want to know is why someone isn’t making a movie out of the first book — which spent a year on the New York Times Bestseller List<\/a>.    <\/p>\n

Christians and divorce.<\/b><\/a> The author Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told<\/i> disputes the widely-held notion that church-going Christians dissolve their marriages just as often as the general population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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