What Hell Looks Like

Based on the theatrical depiction presented below, Hell is a place that resembles a Vegas after-hours night club, where people dress like they're in a Pat Benatar video, and where God has no problem sending folks for having DSM-classified mental disorders.

The Batshit Files: News Roundup | 6.15.11

 A whole buttload of crazy:

• Citing the Bible, a government recreational facility in Kentucky forced two gay males with developmental and intellectual disabilities to leave the premises. (KYEquality)

• Family Research Council: Gay-straight alliances make kids unhealthy (Right Wing Watch)

• Rick Perry says he's a prophet and that's why Texans don't like him much. (Houston Press)

• American Family Association's Bryan Fischer: Gay adoption is a "social disaster." (Right Wing Watch)

• More than 70,000 so-called "moral police" officers have been deployed in Tehran to enforce a government approved dress code. (Al Jazeera)

• Southern Baptists still totally (and officially) believe in Hell. (Associated Baptist Press)

• Rush Limbaugh is launching his own line of tea, featuring Limbaugh as Paul Revere on the label. (Raw Story)

• Tea Party camp. For kids. Really. (Crooks & Liars)

• Texas Republican says it is ‘very insulting’ to use Spanish in his presence. (Raw Story)

• Glenn Beck, huge Ayn Rand fan, despises Ayn Rand. (Huffington Post)

NC Pastor Fired After Doubting Existence Of Hell On Facebook

From the Daily Mail:

The pastor of a rural United Methodist church was fired from his job after voicing his doubts that sinners live an eternity of torment.

Reverend Chad Holtz was dismissed from Marrow's Chapel in Henderson, North Carolina, when he posted a note on his Facebook page supporting a book written by prominent young evangelical pastor Rob Bell.

Two days after he posted the comments, Rev Holtz was told he had been dismissed after complaints from church members.

Apparently, it wasn't just this particular comment that got Holtz fired:

According to Rev Holtz, church members had also been unhappy with Internet posts about subjects like gay marriage and the mix of religion and patriotism.

Come on, Methodists. Aren't you supposed to be the moderate ones?