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The Big Easy - Post Louisiana Primary

Susie Sampson | Posted 03.30.2012

Susie Sampson

My trip to New Orleans just after the Louisiana primary was fascinatin'. There were lots of conservatives down there so I felt super comfortable. I think my skin tingled! Aside from the rogue drunkard, those folks really know good southern values, even the homeless people.

INFOGRAPHIC: The Global Origins Of American Monsters

Chris Spurlock and Manya Kuzemchenko | Posted 12.28.2011

Everyone knows that vampires come from Transylvania. They've got that campy accent and they look Romanian -- even Count Chocula has the tall, dark an...

Deconstructing Harry Jackson: Is Jim Wallis' Ideology Really "The Doctrine of Devils"?

Timothy King | Posted 12.21.2011

Timothy King

"I don't think Bishop Jackson is offended by my ideology but by scripture itself. If he wants to toss out what the Bible has to say about wealth and poverty he might as well toss out the whole book..."

The Secrets Of Orthodox Exorcists

Sasa Milosevic | Posted 10.17.2011

Sasa Milosevic

Unlike the Roman Catholic Church that elevated the Office of Exorcist, as a special exorcists unit, all Orthodox priests are trained and equipped to perform exorcism primarily as an obligatory part of Orthodox Baptism.

Real-Life Exorcist 'Brother Hermes' Promises To Drive Out The Devil (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.15.2011

Not feeling quite yourself today? Maybe even a little possessed by something truly evil? Perhaps you make others around you nervous each time you...

If Infinity Is The Devil, What Is God?

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 06.06.2011

Clay Farris Naff

If the universe harbors an endless sea of bubbles like ours, in every conceivable variation, then there can be no meaning to it all. Infinity won't allow it.

Satan Hires Publicist to Improve His Image

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark C. Miller

As a successful celebrity publicist, Michael Levine has dealt with numerous difficult personalities, but he may have just taken on his most challenging client yet: Satan.

Devil May Care: Horns by Joe Hill

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Ilana Teitelbaum

Featuring a protagonist who is simultaneously villain and victim, Horns seeks to revisit the concept of the hero -- can a hero be someone who does something truly monstrous?

'The Rite': Something To Believe In?

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Cathleen Falsani

Faith is powerful, yes, the film posits, but so are the forces of darkness. It's not an easy fight and woe to the man who thinks it is.

Coming: A Rock Musical of Biblical Proportions

Liz Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Liz Black

If you're religious to the point you refuse evolution as a concept, this is not the play for you. But for the rest of the world, Coming is that bitch-slap that will shock you and leave its impression after you leave.

Dad Blamed Devil In Young Boy's Death, Refused To Seek Medical Help

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

PHILADELPHIA — A social worker says the father of a dead toddler blamed the devil for the boy's death after he and his wife prayed for him rathe...

The Exorshtick

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Ian Gurvitz

So as far as The Rite goes, it's got some pretty big cloven hooves to fill. But no matter how good the hype, I won't see it.

2010 in Review: Good Movies You Missed

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

Let us continue our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of eleven good if-not great films that flew by the radar without much acknowledgment from audiences and/or the critical community.

BLOG WATCH> 50 Spooky Scenes From Art History On Chicago Art Blog

Posted 05.25.2011

It's October and Halloween is not far away. A lot of us will need inspiration for costumes and scary decorations, and what better place to find it th...

Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Catching Up:2001 & Avatar & Spoilers & Claustrophobia

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

Maybe you missed our free-form follow up to the Cinefantastique Podcast last week. Then again, maybe you have a life. In any case, we didn't manage to...

Huff Post Review: Devil (2010)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

In this age of 'can you top this?' gorefests and remakes of '80s horror classics, Devil is a genuinely original scary movie that startles rather than repulses.

Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in ...

Promiscuous Women Cause Earthquakes!

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Morford

Behold! A fresh danger prowls the land, a grand and treacherous question disguised as a quandary wrapped in a predicament slathered in body oil and leather cuffs and Cosabella thongs. Behold!

New Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki Once Blamed Devil For Sex Abuse Lawsuits

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Chicago bishop who once blamed the devil for sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church and proposed shielding th...

A is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter N

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven Crandell

She knew it was too good to be true: free pizza and a man with buttocks so smooth and ripe under lycra they looked like they were shaped by Michelange...

All Kneel Before the Devil Horns

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Morford

it is time for respect. It is time to raise the fist and light the lighter and, of course, make the sign. Oh, the sign. It is formidable indeed. It is the thing that will last forever. It has the power.

The Ill-Logic of the U.S. Predator Drone Campaign

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

That the Obama administration continues to believe its response to the "almost" Taliban attack in New York will "soften up" Pakistan's Taliban after 9 years of softening is a bad omen for America.

Exorcising The Vatican (PHOTO)

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Haiti And The Devil? What The Devil?

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011

W. Hunter Roberts

God doesn't truck in evil or causing harm; nor does God limit our freedom. Human negligence, greed, and corruption caused most of the deaths in Haiti, not the earthquake.

"My Mouth Almighty": A Playlist For Pat Robertson and His Big Hateful Holy Rolling Mouth

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

David Wild

There are human tragedies like the one in Haiti that can make you question your belief in God. Then there are holier than thou fools like Pat Robertson who can remind you that some of us have the Devil inside.