HuffPost Religion: B+ So Far

I’ve hoped for a while that the Huffington Post would get into religion, and they have, with Paul Raushenbush.  They’ve got a new section covering religion, and so far I give it a B+.  Unfortunately, it trots out some of the same old voices, saying the same old things.  But they’ve also got some fresh faces, and even a little humor, like this laugh-out-loud post by John Bobey:

John
Hello…God?

God
Hey John, what can I do for you?

John
Wow, I never thought you’d answer.

God
Well, the time before Easter and the Oscars is my slow season. Don’t make me sorry I didn’t screen this prayer–what’s up?

John
I was wondering–did you have Margaret break up with me on Valentine’s Day as a way of letting me know there’s someone better out there?

God
Um…yeah, if that will that make you feel better…and stop lying on the floor in the dark, rocking back and forth in the fetal position while crying and listening to R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts?”

John
You saw that?

God
Watching you blubber is the only time I wish I wasn’t all-seeing. Well, that and during “Two and a Half Men.”

Read the rest at John Bobey: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’s Ex.