Being raised in the heart of the bible belt, I've been exposed to many a "jesus freak". In fact, my granny used to dress me and my sister up on Sundays and take us to the Assembly of God church where she taught Sunday school. If you are at all familiar with the Assembly of God churches...you know they are a Pentecostal church that believes in laying on of hands and speaking in tongues (yes...like that scene in Borat). Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker preached for Assembly of God...and as I'm sure many of you know...they had a popular televangelist group/TV show in the 70's and 80's called
PTL Club. My granny LOVED Jim and Tammy...I watched many hours of PTL club programming in my formative years...and my granny gave far too much of her money to help build
Heritage USA. We all know how that story ended...if for some reason you missed the news in the mid-80's...just follow the links I have included to get up to speed. So, getting to the point of this post...I'm completely addicted to the new reality show on Sundance..."One Punk Under God", about Jim and Tammy's son, Jay. Jay is trying to drag the evangelical church closer to the year 2007. He is extremely liberal, supports gay marriage and even holds church services in bars. This may seem very trendy, but for tons of folks in the Midwest and South, that are still living in some stunted, mythic/membership, fundamentalist bubble...he could actually help move them forward a tiny step on evolution's road to reason.
