"If you play her latest cd backwards, you hear a voice in the background reciting the Westminster Confession of Faith."
Jeffrey J. Myers, St. Louis pastor, noting that the letters of "Britney Spears" can be rearranged to spell "Presbyterians" (they also spell "Siren best pray").
"My American Christian friends are such nice and genuine people . …I cannot imagine that they would lie to me about Jesus or God."
Haifeng Tang, one of 1,000 of the foreign students converted to Christianity each year through Colorado Springs-based International Students Inc.
"If Oprah Winfrey can teach about Islam, there's no reason why we can't teach [children] … major world religions."
Gary Knell, president of Sesame Workshop, which produces Sesame Street.
"I was taught that you don't pray with a laundry list. So I ask for wisdom and guidance and strength of conviction."
Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser, asked what she requests when praying.
Sources: The Dallas Morning News, The New York Times, The Journal News [White Plains, N.Y.], Essence
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