Jesus Made Me Puke and Other Tales From the Evangelical Front Lines
(explicit language)

by Matt Taibbi

The book Understanding Evangelical Media includes chapters critiquing evangelical media and culture from a Jewish perspective and from a catholic perspective. In the article linked above, Rolling Stone magazine author Matt Taibbi offers an insightful, albeit intense, first-hand account of his experience at the "Encounter Weekend" with the Cornerstone Church in Texas.

Taibbi doesn't say much here about his personal religious background, offering only that his perspective is that of an outsider. What would the reaction be if an evangelical wrote a similarly toned piece on a radically different worldview or faith community? Which of Taibbi's criticisms are excessively harsh and which are dead-on accurate?

Also, be sure to take a look at the 'Comments' section below the article which contains an interesting variety of opinions on the story and even a handful of surprisingly thoughtful exchanges between readers.

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