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How did I not know that Nancy Cartwright, who does the voice of Bart on The Simpsons, is a Scientologist?

Holy Xenu! Is there anybody the Scientologists can't get their hands on?

And does this explain The Simpsons having more or less stayed clear of Scientology while skewering many other sacred cows?

South Park lost Scientologist Isaac Hayes as the voice of Chef when they did their now infamous Scientology episode.

This great new line of t-shirts from Wear Science ask creationists to "teach the controversy" in theories beyond evolution.

I've just ordered the one with the universe revolving around the earth.

Authorities have seized more than 100 snakes, many of them deadly, from the home of a fundamentalist Christian pastor in Kentucky.

Looks like the pastor was buying many of the deadly snakes online for between $50 and $450 a piece.

Choice quote from the local zoo director:

"You can purchase anything off the Internet except common sense ...A venomous snake isn't a pet. You don't play with it. If you do, you're an idiot."

All this makes me wonder..is there some way we can convince complete religious zealots outside of Appalachia to stop shooting doctors, bombing clinics, beating up gay kids and flying planes into buildings and start handling poisonous snakes?

For those of you not hip to Christian snake handling -- let Billy Ray Cyrus school you: