XXtreme Religion Reporting!! For anyone who thinks Christianity is most comprehensively represented by a Scottish Geraldo whimpering, “the pain, the pain,” this is your Easter: Scottish journalist/persona, Dominik Diamond, is trolling for viewers by publicly weighing the question of whether or not he should be crucified on TV as part of an upcoming documentary about Christianity, “Crucify Me,” which will take him to the Philippines to visit a group of charismatic Christians who observe Easter by re-enacting the crucifixion themselves. Explained Diamond, who called himself a lapsed Christian looking to rediscover his faith, “‘I’m in my mid-30s, I’ve got three kids and it’s about time I did something that didn’t involve cheap gags.'” Grant him that: there’s nothing cheap about round trip air fare for the entire crew over spring break…
Season’s Ratings
17 February 2006