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  Reverend Billy and Lewis Lapham Compare Notes on God

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  Reverend Billy and Lewis Lapham
  Thursday, January 28th at 7pm
  Bookcourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn)

  To celebrate the triumphant ascension of our Religion issue to bookstores everywhere, Lapham's Quarterly is joining with Killing the Buddha at Bookcourt in Brookyn to present Lewis Lapham and the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. In case you aren't aware of the glory that is Killing the Buddha, here are some of our favorite posts:

  The Amish and Menonites can opt out of universal health care because insurance isn't a part of their faith. Josh Garrett Davis visits the lion's den of hate when he knocks on the door of the Westboro Baptist Church compound. More surprising than Fred Phelps condemnation of Lady Gaga is his awareness that she exists. Sex scandals remind us that moral codes are an outgrowth of surveillance—once by God, now by each other. You won't find Pat Robertson doing sun salutations any time soon. Coming to terms with one's astral prognostications. Rooting out the naughty bits of the Bible is easier than you would think. A reconsideration of the best-selling Left Behind series.

  UPDATE: Thanks to Killing the Buddha for catching this footage of Rev. Billy and his choir spreading the message with a first amendment spiritual.

  January 19, 2010
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