[...] Reclaiming Christianity from that unheroic peace-loving Christ wimp

In the 1940s, convicts worked this hilly land, farming essentially rocks to pay for their sins. Now, 1,700 primarily Christian members from 285 churches try to please God while engaging in gunfights over a 21-hectare paintball haven. [...] In a little more than a decade, 40,000 people have fought for the glory of their God, and bragging rights here.

There is an entire Christian Paintball Players’ Association (CPPA) with more than 4,000 members, largely in the U.S., but perhaps a couple dozen in Canada.

“On a Sunday we could be in church, but why not be out playing paintball and spreading the word?” says Dan Skinner, who helps head an Ohio chapter of the CPPA. [...](Pray fighting in Promised Land By THANE BURNETT, Calgary Sun 07/08/2007)

and check out CNN’s video of bobbing for ham hocks at the Summer Redneck Games. Mmmm … hocky.