When she's not appearing in noodles, fritos, and (creepy looking) carrots, it appears the Virgin Mary is involved in drug smuggling.

Yet another study shows that prayer is not a cure. On the other hand, religion might be.

And speaking of sacred cows, reader SpiritPainter shares her comic strip of the same name, which addresses spiritual topics with gentle humor:



Johan is building an ark, but it remains to be seen if he'll manage to squeeze sevenm of every animal on board. All kidding aside, if this project is completed, it would be a pretty impressive floating zoo- and a good visual lesson on the silliness of biblical literalism. Funny: the article matter-of-factly claims: Noah's wife, three sons and three daughters-in-law lived together on the boat for almost a year while the world was flooded."