Best of the Blank: How much is salvation worth?

The Catholic church (and Apple apparently) has given their approval of the app Confession, on sale now in the iTunes App Store for $1.99. Confession will not absolve you of your sins, but will help prepare you for your meeting with an ordained priest, so that your absolution is that much more efficient. I suppose being organized in this life can only improve your experience in whatever afterlife you believe in.

My favorite thing about the app is the first improvement listed for the 1.0.1 update:

"-fixed prayers not displaying on iPad prayer tab"

If on the other hand you happen to be a violent criminal spending life in prison in Atlanta without the possibility of parole, you might want to look into getting on the waiting list for the meditation workshop.

Dr. Ron Cavanaugh, treatment director for the Alabama Department of Corrections, says many inmates put their defenses up, denying responsibility for their crimes and blaming others. But the meditation practice, he says, chips away at those defense mechanisms…

…Cavanaugh says inmates who go through the course have a 20 percent reduction in disciplinary action. But it hasn't been an easy sell in Alabama, a state known for harsh punishment policies like chain gangs and hitching posts.

-NPR

No word on how much the course is costing Alabama, or whether or not it will be available to EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS AN URGENT NEED TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THEMSELVES.

Check out the documentary about the meditation workshop below.