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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Another good, surreal follow-up, after Terri Carlin's mammary outbursts, to the strange spiritual state of America. (In a country where the Left Behind series is a grand bestseller!) ...



Last Friday, on the Los Angeles to New York American Airlines Flight 34....



"We were just at the beginning of our flight," said passenger Jen Dorsey, "The pilot came on to greet everyone and give his comments for the morning, and he said he'd recently been on a mission trip, and he'd like all the Christians to please raise their hands,"



He said, 'If you are a Christian, raise your hand.' He said, 'If you are not, you're crazy.'"


Passengers were "shocked," said passenger Karla Austin... Some reached for their mobile phones and others used the on-flight phones, she said. [From CNN]



Post-September 11 jitters and Puritanism? But I expected this. It's the end of the world, really.


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