{"id":4557,"date":"2022-06-08T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/allsetfree\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2022-06-08T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:59:43","slug":"the-babylon-bee-earns-top-honors-at-this-years-christian-cringefest-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/allsetfree\/2022\/06\/the-babylon-bee-earns-top-honors-at-this-years-christian-cringefest-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Babylon Bee Earns Top Honors At This Year’s Christian Cringefest Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Dallas, TX \u2013 Christian Cringefest, dubbed the Academy Awards of Christian \u201cart,\u201d held its yearly awards show in Dallas, Texas last month, and the big winners were The Babylon Bee, taking home 7 awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a major honor,\u201d said Bee editor Kyle Mann, \u201cwe try our best to try too hard, always punching down when good satire punches up, and this year we\u2019re finally getting rewarded for our work. We understand just how cringey our religion is, so to take home 7 major awards is quite an achievement, even for us. Next year, we hope to bring home at least 10 awards, so be ready for the Bee to really start trying too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to top prizes like Douchiest TheoBro<\/strong>, Most Likely to Be a Closeted Gay<\/strong>, and the always coveted Self-Induced Victim Complex <\/strong>award, the Bee took home the brand new Cringiest Line of the Year <\/strong>prize.<\/p>\n

The line that sealed the deal, which comes from the article \u201cIn Honor Of Pride Month Chick-Fil-A Waffle Fries Will Be Seasoned With Salt From Lot\u2019s Wife<\/a>,\u201d reads as follows: \u201c\u2018Wow! That IS salty. Man, I needed this reminder to flee from sexual sin,'\u201d said Chick-fil-A patron Brenda Lovelace. \u201c\u2018I don\u2019t want to end up as a pillar of salt just like Lot\u2019s wife!'\u201d<\/p>\n

After the show, we caught up with actual satirist, Miguel Alvarez, to ask about the award-winning piece. \u201cThis is what constitutes satire in Christian circles? Good grief! No wonder you have a yearly award show called Christian Cringefest. Hey, but at least they used an alliteration in the name. So, there\u2019s that.\u201d<\/p>\n

We were unable to speak with the winner of this award. Rumors are that they are busy working on a song about how it\u2019s super hot for women to cover their ankles before not being allowed to speak at their non-affirming fundagelical church.<\/p>\n

(This article, unlike 99.9% of what The Babylon Bee puts out, is good satire.)<\/p>\n

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