Posted 8:08 PM by Scoobie Davis

Religious Perversity in Los Angeles
When it comes to odd religions, LA is best known for being the home of the world headquarters of the Church of Scientology. The Los Angeles Jewish Journal has an informative article on a huge campaign in the City of Angels by Jews for Jesus (anytime I see one of them handing out tracts on Venice Beach, I inform the person that I'm a "Hindu for Buddha"). Also, recently my neighborhood was bombed with newsletters from nutcase Tony Alamo. For those of you not familiar with Alamo, he set up a church/cult with his wife Susan. When Susan Alamo died of cancer in 1982, Alamo and parishioners tried to resurrect her from the dead (local disc jockeys played the song, Wake Up, Little Suzie when they heard about it). Alamo, along with Jack Chick, is one of the last vestiges of the "Whore of Babylon" school of anti-Catholicism. On the topic of Jack Chick (who is from nearby Ontario, CA), I received an e-mail that Chick has a new comic tract called "Fallen." It's a hoot.