The Weirdest Religion Stories of 2006

There was much silliness, too- remember Ultimate Christian Wrestling , Wally the Weiner , biblical spanking paddles , Toilet paper fundraisers? A long string of miraculous appearances of Jesus, Mary, and even Allah were shown up by the miraculous apperarance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the sky over South Carolina. A Dutchman built his very own Ark , and plans to fill it with animals for a floating zoo. And who can forget the flap caused when a Kaotian** sect member was wrongly thought to have been kidnapped?

*An entirely subjective list. **A Heretical offshoot of the <em>Goreans</em>