Interesting interview on the topic of Christianity with Moby

What an interesting discourse. A very interesting man who makes very interesting music has a very interesting take on Christianity and what it means in his life. Whether you agree or disagree there are some interesting things here to consider.

Here's a snipet-

WITTENBURG DOOR: You have a pretty intense reaction to people abusing each other and the world in the name of Jesus. What is the nature of your relationship with Jesus?

MOBY: My honest answer is, I don't know. The word Christian means so many different things to different people that it has from a linguistic perspective become a meaningless word. If we have one word that means wildly disparate things to different people, the word itself ceases to have meaning. If you think a hammer is a dog, and I think a hammer is a car, and someone else thinks a hammer is a building, and we all use the word hammer, it serves no practical purpose for any of us.

The full interview can be found here

In interesting correlation

From The Wittenburg Door Insider; Feb. 21, 2007

CHRIST 'CRUISE'-IFIED!

After Scientology Uber-Fuhrer David Miscavige declared Tom Cruise a Christ-figure who will be worshipped in years to come, our John Green decided to research the parallels between Tom-Tom and Jesus. He discovered some shocking facts:

Jesus was tempted to leap from the pinnacle of the Temple.
Oprah let Tom jump on her couch.

Christ was maligned and misunderstood.
Tom got bad reviews for Days of Thunder.

King David (symbolic of Christ) danced in his linen ephod before the Ark of the Covenant.
Tom danced in his tightie-whities in Risky Business.

Jesus was the son of a carpenter.
Tom took woodshop class in junior high.

Jesus carried out a difficult mission.
Tom starred in the Mission Impossible trinity.

The wise men brought costly gifts to the baby Jesus.
Baby Suri's Vanity Fair photos brought big bucks to Tom.

Jesus could have called down a legion of angels to rescue him from the cross.
Tom has minions of Scientology lawyers to back him up.

Jesus was silent before his accusers.
Tom's religion silences its accusers.

Jesus had a band of loyal followers.
Tom is followed everywhere by paparazzi.

Jesus created the universe ex nihilo.
L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology from nothing.

Jesus has guest-starred on South Park.
Ditto for Tom.

Baby in my cake...

I wish I could make this stuff up-

Source: www.religionnews.com

Why Is There a Baby Inside My Cake?
By Judy Walker

NEW ORLEANS -- A newcomer to this city walked in the bakery door one day holding a small doll in a little napkin. “She pulled me over to one side and said, `Son, I don't want to make a big stink, but I found this in my cake,”' remembers David Haydel Jr., a manager at Haydel's Bakery. “I had to explain to her the whole scenario.” Welcome to southern Louisiana, where the many rich culinary traditions include the deliberate baking of foreign objects -- especially tiny plastic babies -- into cakes during Carnival. So why are the babies there in the first place? At least three bakeries believe the king cake baby has religious roots. “It has to do with the baby Jesus,” one bakery owner said, noting that king cake season commences on Jan. 6, the Feast of the Epiphany.