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INTRODUCING THE CHRISTIAN NEWS SITE SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED, 'THE TABLOID OF THE GODS'

AUSTIN, Texas - October 9, 2002 /PRnetwire.com/ - Christian News doesn't have to be boring -- or so says editor and writer Brian Robertson. To back up that claim, he's launched The Christian Reporter (www.ChristianReporter.com) with a collection of news, reviews, information and, above all, a favorite category called "Oddities."

"Most of the Christian news sites I visited were evangelical or fundamentalist in nature," Robertson explains, "and I wanted something that represented a broader, more inclusive kind of Christianity."

The reaction to the site has been mixed opinions, but all of them strong. "The more broad-minded find it fascinating and, according to some, funny and entertaining," Robertson explains. Those of the more fundamentalist bent are, apparently, in a bit of a quandary. Robertson is the first to admit -- he's delighted. "I don't know how many letters I have received from people saying, 'Stop this! You're making Christianity look stupid!' I remind them that these are news stories - meaning they actually happened."

Some of the recent stories in the "Oddities" section include:

• A woman who sued her church because during a spiritual moment she fell and hit her head, claiming the church didn't have enough "catchers" on duty
• Marks of the cross appearing on a priest's forehead during a sermon on drug addiction
• A new line of Christian neckties for evangelically minded men
• A report on a study on religion and heart attack recovery
• The battle between Christians and Spiritualists over opening a Christian church
• Tests done on a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary