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Christian Satirical Website a Blessing to Some, 'Sick Joke' to Others

Founder of Lark News says satire is important in any community or subculture

Todd Hertz | posted 5/01/2003 12:00AM

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This is why Kilpatrick started the site. The bottom line is to be funny, he told CT, but satire serves an important role in any subculture or community as well. "Satire is a way of speaking to people," Kilpatrick. "It is healthy. If you don't look at yourself, you get stale. Everybody needs it. I was inspired by [musician] Steve Taylor, because he showed that satire could not only be fun and amusing, but has a prophetic element to it."

Todd Hertz is the assistant online editor for Christianity Today.

Related Elsewhere:

Christianity Today recently examined The Door, another publication that began with a focus on satirizing the evangelical subculture.

The U.K. based Ship of Fools also has a heaping dose of Christian satire.

Fake church sites like Landover Baptist are much more biting—and much less "inside."

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