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January 2015

January 24, 2015

HOME SCHOOL ABUSE “Dear Frank, I think there’s going to be an epidemic of homeschool abuse survivors in the next 10 – 20 years, if there isn’t one already…”

"Believe it or not, some homeschool kids have been so severely neglected that they don't...

January 23, 2015

Huckabee On the USA: “It’s a humanistic, atheistic, even antagonistic toward Christian faith… Our basic, fundamental rights are being robbed from us”

Mike Huckabee playing at Thomas Road Baptist Church in 2008 (courtesy Wikimedia Commons) According...

January 21, 2015

Pope Francis to Conservative anti-Contraception Catholics: Have SEX, BUT No More “breeding like rabbits!”

According to the Religion News Service, Pope Francis he's starting to chip away at the...

January 17, 2015

Why Are Muslim Countries and the Southern Evangelical USA Bible Belt the #1 PORN Users?

The Muslim country (Pakistan), which has banned content on at least 17 websites to block...

January 14, 2015

Race and Evangelicals…

Just how racist are evangelicals? What was the real reason for the "Christian School" movement?...

January 08, 2015

We’d rather shop than live…

We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

The Only Hope for 2015– freeing us from the anguish of mortality

I say the Nicene Creed. I say the words “I believe” this and that. I...

December 28, 2014

Does church help you to become the sort of person you’d pick to be stuck on a desert island with?

When I first joined the Greek Orthodox Church in 1990 I argued the finer points...

December 26, 2014

The Evangelical FAIL on Mental Health: 100+ of my FB Friends Tell Their Shockingly Poignant Stories

Pastors, teachers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, psychologists, counselors-- everyone: ignore these unedited shockingly poignant stories of...

December 25, 2014

My Christmas Day Thank You (Written 9:52 AM Today)

Dear God, I hope you exist mostly because I am so grateful for life and...

December 23, 2014

Is Mental Illness Caused By “Unrepentant Sin”? How Did Christians Help or Worsen Your Mental Health Problems?

Is mental illness caused by "Unrepentant Sin"? How did Christians help or worsen your mental...

December 23, 2014

Here’s Why Atheists Can (Should?) Enjoy Going to Church this Christmas (Listen to my Interview on Faith and Atheism)

Listen to the Interview on why atheists can enjoy going to church by "clicking" HERE December 16, 2014 Host:...

December 23, 2014

Cynicism and Paranoia in the “War on Christmas” Please Listen to my (wide ranging) interview with my friend atheist radio/TV/HuffingtonPost Host: Josh Zepps

Frank Schaeffer on Cynicism and Paranoia in the “War on Christmas” Listen to the Interview on...

December 20, 2014

Does Christmas Make You Sad?

Does Christmas Make You Sad? If so-- why? Me? Yes and No... I think that...

December 18, 2014

The choice is clear: Pope Francis or the GOP? Republicans V. Pope Francis on Cuba WATCH the Tango Danced in St. Peter’s Sq

According to press reports, Pope Francis had quite a 78th birthday. The pontiff began Wednesday with prayers...

December 13, 2014

Please Stand UP! Black Lives Matter

This weekend, as many of us are marching, let's link to Rev Barber's piece on...

December 12, 2014

Bob Jones University Blames Abuse Victims

Evangelical Wheaton College went to court to stop women at the school getting contraceptive insurance...

December 10, 2014

Many religious fundamentalists feel under siege by the secular world and harbor a deeply paranoid sense of victimhood

Maryland and six other states have articles in their constitutions saying people who don’t believe in...

December 07, 2014

This Christmas You’ll Face Airline Tyranny: Time for a Revolution?

(those were the days!) I have been flying a lot, really A LOT. In the...

December 04, 2014

My Very Personal Happy Christmas Story: The wonderful yet toxic combination of Mom’s evangelical goodness, Jesus’ inevitable birthday

For me, as a child in the mission, Christmas meant feeling guilty because Mom did...

December 04, 2014

Please Be the First to Buy my KINDLE 36 page: “MY VERY PERSONAL HAPPY CHRISTMAS STORY: The wonderful yet toxic combination of Mom’s evangelical goodness, Jesus’ inevitable birthday”

BUY this 36 page story NOW for only $2.99 Click HERE OR with Kindle Unlimited Deliver...

December 04, 2014

When Neighbors Asked About her Husband, Curious About the 52-year-old Man’s Disappearance, Kaling Wald Would tell Them he was “In God’s hands now.”

"Peter Wald’s family truly believed he would rise from the dead. They believed it because they...

December 03, 2014

Tea Party America Just Spent 7 Years Lynching our First Black President So What Chance Do You Think a Young Black Man in Ferguson Had?

Since white Tea Party/Fox News/Republican Party America lynched President Obama in slow motion over the last...

December 02, 2014

Something You’ll NEVER See in ‘Christianity Today’ magazine: My Facebook Friends’ Answers to This Question: “How to help former evangelicals navigate their way out of despair and towards meaningful action?”

"Find a safe place. Come to understand just how unsafe and destructive evangelicalism is. Whether...

December 01, 2014

How to help former evangelicals navigate their way out of despair and towards meaningful action?

Here's a letter from one of my readers that asks: "Because you have your finger...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

There were two ANGRY MALES in our house, Dad and our Jewish/Christian “God.”

Unlike Jesus, my father tried to follow the Bible. So there were two ANGRY MALES...

November 28, 2014

I was ready to punch you out for raising questions I couldn’t answer so how nutty all these years later the only reason I even hope there’s a God and am reconciled to my son– is because of you

I vividly remember being lectured, harangued, insulted, corrected, and yelled at by a man who...

November 28, 2014

This “Black Friday” Please plant an Empathy Time Bomb in the brain of your favorite Certainty Addicts & Help Me Financially Too

This “Black Friday” Please plant an Empathy Time Bomb in the brain of your favorite...

November 27, 2014

You Are Not Alone Today Even IF No One is There For You come to my FB page and message me and we’ll talk.

You Are Not Alone Today Even IF No One is There For You come to...

November 26, 2014

This Thanksgiving I Give Thanks For Jessica Bennett’s Courage– She Survived Rape (and Awful “Purity” Theology) and Tells Her Story Here

"Frank, You asked for our stories on Facebook... In high school I was raped, not...

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