Terry Firma, though born and Journalism-school-educated in Europe, has lived in the U.S. for the past 20-odd years. Stateside, his feature articles have been published in the New York Times, Reason, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Wired. Terry was the founder and Main Mischief Maker of Moral Compass, a now-dormant site that pokes fun at the delusional claim by people of faith that a belief in God equips them with superior moral standards. He was the Editor-in-Chief of two Manhattan-based magazines until he decided to give up commercial publishing for professional photography... with a lot of blogging on the side. These days, he lives in an old seaside farmhouse in Maine with his wife, three kids, and two big dogs.
When clergy get in the habit of stealing, most of the time their loot turns out to have been spent on luxury items, from cars and vacations to lingerie and fancy meals. By contrast, a Hindu priest named Ravi of Kalka, alias Pujari, stole $160,000 worth of cash and jewelry from two homes in India, and used the money to get closer to his gods. Read more
