Just two generations ago, America was a nation of mostly thrifty people living within their means, even setting money aside for unforeseen expenses.

Today, Americans carry $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, up 22 percent since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household’s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15 percent from 2000. picked by BWallaby 1 year ago

Existing copies are to be destroyed which is causing some sites to yell out OMG! The 1st book burning of 2009! The publisher has demanded the encyclopedia to be less Christian and to show some negative items about Christianity and not use words like Antichrist, AD/BC, etc, etc . Sounds bad? Maybe not. See comments for more info. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Are you in debt?

How 'bout this debt? picked by zadscmc 3 years ago

Example ...

No, everyone is born Christian. Only later in life do people choose to stray from Jesus and worship satan instead. Atheists have the greatest "cover" of all, they insist they believe in no god yet most polls done and the latest research indicates that they are actually a different sect of Muslims. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

Just what you need, Christian Bale's swearfest transformed into a highly potent brain worm.

Listen once and spend the rest of the day chanting "What don't you f*&king understand?" picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Time for Christian schools to change. The rules they use are not working. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

A Portuguese businessman said he cut off one of his fingers in court with a butcher's knife in an "act of despair" after a judge refused his offer to settle a 170,000 euro (152,500 pound) debt and said part of his farm must be sold. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A website called Christian Nymphos has been set up by a group of wives to encourage young women to embrace intimacy in their marriages. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

He roars his way back into Plime on a regular basis. Since the last appearance, this YouTube video update was made. Coming up for one more showing.... Christian the Lion, courtesy of Sony Films. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

My Commander explained that, by not bowing my head in blatantly Christian prayer with the others, I was sending a message that I “want my Soldiers to die.” These words penetrated my core. What leader can imagine a worse accusation? Who wouldn’t doubt herself or himself when confronted with this message?…. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

Questions list from Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. Continuing on Mershaullk's theme from yesterday. I like this one-Can angels have sex with people? picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally.
"(The book) offers a window into the development of early Christianity and firsthand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from generation to generation," said Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

In these uncertain financial times, one thing remains certain — the ever-expanding national debt. But it's growing at such an accelerated rate, the clock that has kept track of the deficit since 1989 has had to add a digit. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

By the government’s own budget figures, the current national debt per family rests at an eye popping £65,000 but it’s set to rise to a bed wetting £94,000 by 2014. This sharply contradicts the claim by Alistair Darling who forecast in the budget that the deficit would reach £175bn this year, or 12.4% of GDP this year, falling to 11.9% in 2010. picked by iamamaniac 5 months ago

An atheist subjected a devout Christian woman to a “relentless” campaign of harassment in which he smeared dog feces on her car and urinated on her doorstep. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft. picked by cstrickland 11 months ago

A scientific examination of mainstream Evangelical Christian culture, as explained by a preacher's daughter.

Yes, you may have known that Christians love Sarah Palin, but did you know that they are also big fans of Astroglide? picked by arrows 3 months ago

In the space of five days, Christian Bale's tirade of fury at a hapless photography director who dared to walk across his line of vision during filming has been re-posted, chopped up, sped up, layered, re-dubbed, re-enacted and spoofed so many times that it has secured its place as the first major internet phenomenon of 2009. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

"Liberty vice-president Mark Hine wrote to club president Brian Diaz that the club's status was being dropped because it had supported candidates whose views were "contrary to the mission of LU and to Christian doctrine", even though the club itself was officially pro-life and anti-gay-marriage." picked by gammerus 6 months ago

Try $4.6 trillion. 19-times the size of the gimmicked 'official' deficit for 2006 of $248 billion. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago