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After a week of\u00a0cutthroat\u00a0battles between some of the biggest personalities and most controversial issues in American Christianity, it all comes down to this!!<\/p>\n

Who will be this year\u2019s champion of American Christianity???<\/p>\n

Will the survivor of Monkey Town<\/a><\/em>\u00a0be able to survive the phenomenon of God\u2019s chosen athlete?<\/p>\n

Or will the most prolific public pray-er in professional sports continue his improbable run towards immortality?<\/p>\n

Both of our combatants have tallied thousands of votes on their way to the championship match. So, they\u2019re going to need TONS of more votes if they\u2019re going to win it all.<\/p>\n

However, BE CAREFUL!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voting is unlimited, but<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0i<\/strong>f you vote too often, too quickly, Poll Daddy will give you a \u201ctime out\u201d to \u201ccool off\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. You won\u2019t be able to vote for 4 hours and, unfortunately, there\u2019s nothing we can do about it.<\/p>\n

So, if you really want to maximize votes for your favorite, then share this page with everyone you know on Facebook, Twitter, etc. and get them in on the voting.<\/p>\n

ONE LAST THING:<\/strong> Just to keep things interesting, you won\u2019t be able to see voting tallies after 7pm CST<\/strong>. We\u2019ll keep you updated on Twitter<\/a>, but the only way to make sure your pick will win is to vote, vote, vote until midnight<\/strong>. Then you\u2019ll have to sweat it out until we announce the winner tomorrow morning at 8am CST<\/strong>. Sorry, we\u2019re just evil like that.<\/em><\/p>\n

Well that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

No more hype. No more talk. No more doing anything productive at work because\u2026.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to decide to 2012 American Jesus Madness Champion!!!<\/p>\n

VOTING FOR THE 2012 AMERICAN JESUS MADNESS CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOW CLOSED. CHECK BACK TOMORROW @ 8AM CST TO FIND OUT WHO WON!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"