Pop Quiz

Pop Quiz: Christian Mingle is …

· a. A star soccer player from Germany who is following David Beckham "across the pond" to play in America.

· b. The name of a dating service website that runs TV commercials in which the narrator says, "Sometimes we wait for God to make the next move, when God is saying, 'It's your time to act, the next move is yours.'"

(I'll let you think about this one.)

(Keep thinking.)

And … time! The answer is "b."
First, the Pope has a Twitter account. Now, God Himself starts a dating service website. It took Organized Religion centuries to acknowledge a heliocentric Solar System but only a few decades to enter the Digital Age. That's progress.

One wonders what survey questions might uncover "the seven layers of compatibility" for Christian Mingle applicants. It is of utmost importance to winnow out non-Christians who might want to sneak in.

"Mark if you "strongly agree", "agree", "disagree" or "strongly disagree":

1. Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment on New Orleans for its wicked ways.

2. Look out, New York, you're next now that you've legalized same sex marriage.

3. Converting a vacant coat store into a Muslim Center near Ground Zero is a sure sign that those Islamofascists are taking over.

4. Birth certificate or not, President Obama was born Muslim in Kenya or, more likely, in Mecca itself.

If you "strongly agree" with all four, welcome to Christian Mingle.