From a netfriend:

Thank you for the link below http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/17609.htm

It's with much gratitude that I write to thank you for the above link. Having grown up in the Bible Belt one is left with much faith, hope and apparently, mischief.

Thank you for your tolerance and kindness.

What follows is my favorite link(s) to the site. http://evangelicalspectator.typepad.com/the_evangelical_spectator/2006/06/last_sunday.html

Last Sunday in Dilling, Tennessee, a man sitting in the second row of St Bartholomew church burst into flames and shot out the window in a ball of fire.

He was nibbling M&Ms. Serves him right.

Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord. (more at link)

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Disciples At Picnic In Tennessee

"It's unusual to see all twelve disciples at our church picnic," Sam Bellows of the First Baptist Church of Hogshead, Tennessee said. "It's a special day in east Tennessee. And the good thing is they brung their appetites. Mathew and Mark loved fried chicken. John had the potato salad. Simon and his brother Andrew had barbecue ribs. While James son of Zebedee, and his brother John leaned more toward the country ham and baked beans. Philip and Bartholomew sat down to a plate of chicken wings, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread and some fruit salad. I never heard so many yummy sounds in my life.

"Thomas and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus stuffed themselves rabbit, corn on the cob and biscuits. They must've each drank a quart of lemonade. Simon the Zealot went for the roast duck and green peas. (more at link)

http://evangelicalspectator.typepad.com/the_evangelical_spectator/2006/06/twelve_disciple.htmlThe

--------- Satan Bakes A Cake

Over the years, the East Tennessee Bake-Off Contest in Gray Station, Tennessee has brought the best out in all of us. This year was no exception. Though there was one little hitch. A rumor was passed around that Satan was planning to enter the contest.

"Can you confirm that?" asked Midge Farrel. "What are the odds of that happening?"

"It was all in a note passed around at St Andrews Methodist last Sunday," Mary Sweeney said. "It read "Satan is planning to enter this year's Bake-Off. Betsy Caldwell wrote the note and slipped it to Edith Powers who gave it to Pam Jay who gave it to Mildred Somerset who gave to Lilly Adams. And so on and so forth, until the whole of Sullivan County, Washington County and Greene County knew all about it. You could hear their knees knocking."

"Who started that rumor?" Clara Jenkins wanted to know.

http://evangelicalspectator.typepad.com/the_evangelical_spectator/2006/06/satan_bakes_a_c.html

-------- Atheists in the Bible Belt

Contrary to popular opinion atheists are popular in the Bible Belt.

"We love atheists in the bible belt", says Luke Browning. "We hunt them for their fur. Keeps us warm in the winter. Grandma Reynolds needs just six more pelts before you can get a full-length coat. If you see a big hairy beast, please point him out."

http://evangelicalspectator.typepad.com/the_evangelical_spectator/2006/05/atheists_in_the.html Evangelical Spectator http://evangelicalspectator.typepad.com/