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May 2015

May 11, 2015

Richard Rohr is in High Gear!

Fr. Richard is in high gear! I hope you see his 'Meditations' regularly (I do via...

May 10, 2015

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May 09, 2015

NEW BOOK FREE TODAY “Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace”

FREE BOOK for 48 Hours Starting Today MAY 9-11 Free Kindle Reading App Anybody can...

May 07, 2015

The Bible is Weirder than You Think: According to Scripture Jesus Was Bisexual since Both Men and Women Are the “Bride of Christ”

According to nice evangelical standards, the Bible is odd. Sorry but it is. Or maybe the Bible...

May 06, 2015

Dear Frank, I was expecting a hollow, militant atheistic rant …

From: Wright Nat (NHS LEEDS WEST CCG) To: frankaschaeffer Sent: Tue, May 5, 2015 2:46...

May 05, 2015

Here’s the Background on Huckabee I’ll be talking about Tonight on MSNBC

I'll be on MSNBC tonight at 6:30 EST talking about Mike Huckabee and the evangelical...

May 05, 2015

Jesus rejects tribalism, literalism, group identity, specific religions, and gatekeepers as well as his Jewish identity

"As an ultimate fuck you to rule-keeping scripture zealots everywhere, Jesus hung out with whores......

May 01, 2015

Hey Atheists and Christians: Stop Wasting Your Lives Worrying About God!

If God is the problem why are so many atheists I know small minded jerks?...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

With each new murder of a black man, woman or child the police come closer to becoming the enemy of ALL Americans. Reform policing NOW!

ENOUGH! Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book --WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN...

April 27, 2015

Is Bill Maher a Bigot? The Answer is in His Movie “Religulous”

In the last few months there have been a chorus of anti-Bill Maher articles...

April 02, 2015

“religious freedom” garbage, it’s time to call the religious right’s trash what it really is

"Any time right-wing conservatives declare that they are trying to restore or reclaim something, we...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Why Do Right Wing Christian Families Think They “Own” Their Children?

"In the Iron Age mindset of the Bible writers, children are not individual persons who...

March 27, 2015

Will California face a backlash for its homophobic legislation like Uganda Did?

"So will the State of California face the threat of similar federal sanctions for its own proposed...

March 24, 2015

California: “shoot the gays” proposal

According to the Guardian a California lawyer says he wants to legalize the execution of gay people,...

March 24, 2015

Can Ted Cruz revive the evangelicalism of the past?

"LYNCHBURG, VA – Ted Cruz came to this southern town Monday to launch his presidential...

March 20, 2015

Religious Right Still Dominates the GOP

The GOP is still kowtowing to the Christian Right. When will that change? That the...

March 14, 2015

WATCH: Obama Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Segment

Idiot Tea Party heads explode-- watching the President do something they don't ever do: laugh at himself....

March 12, 2015

Here’s How the Roman Catholic Condemnation of Homosexuality Can and Must Change

Gary Gutting is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. In this...

March 02, 2015

Turning Away From Organized Religion in Record Numbers– WHY?

As Lynn Stuart Parramore (AlterNet February 28, 2015) writes: "Last year, for the very first time, Protestants lost...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

The 10 Worst SEX Tips (no pun) from the Christian Right

"It’s not just wrong to date a doubter of Jesus Christ; it’s a documented and...

February 23, 2015

Shame on the Homophobic Moral Cowards at Destiny Image Who Just Ripped Off Brandan Robertson

Brandan Robertson is my friend. He interviewed me several times at the Wild Goose Festival....

February 14, 2015

Watch and enjoy the lovely Jimmy Kimmel Compilation of Pat Robertson’s Recent Loonytunes Into One Loopy Video

Watch and enjoy the lovely Jimmy Kimmel Compilation of Pat Robertson's Recent Loonytunes Into One Loopy...

February 12, 2015

Proof Positive that Fundamentalist Home School Families Create a Private HELL and Must be Regulated

Ever wonder what can go on inside the private totalitarian hell of unregulated fundamentalist home...

February 11, 2015

Breaking NEWS: Bill Maher, Dawkins Fan ‘New Atheist’ Charged with Shooting Three Arab Students Execution Style– Hicks Loved Guns and Richard Dawkins

So do we have our first New Atheist-motivated sectarian killing? According to Zaid Jilani of Alternet (@zaidjilani)-- Yusor...

February 09, 2015

Do You Ask Yourself, “Why is Isis so Cruel?” Here is the Only Article I’ve Read that Factually Answers this Question With No Liberal or Conservative “Spin”

If you want to understand what is actually happening with militant Islamist terror please take...

February 07, 2015

The Actual Gospel of Jesus Christ

As the reputation of Christianity has been deformed once in a while we should take...

February 05, 2015

The Religious-Right’s Genius For Picking “Winners” : Are the New Atheists Paying Evangelical leaders like Franklin Graham & Mike Huckabee To Make Jesus Look Stupid?

So here's my question: Are the so-called New Atheists paying evangelical leaders like Franklin Graham,...

February 05, 2015

BUSH “LEGACY” FINISHED– Should We Have Attacked the Saudis-Not Iraq? I Told You The Saudi-9/11 Story was Going to be HUGE NOW NYT TOP OF THE PAGE HEADLINE

George Bush and his oil cronies betrayed America. Period. Before the Saudi-Bush-9/11 story is over,...

February 04, 2015

Is This the Dirtiest Secret in American Government History? Did Bush Know it Was Saudi Arabia that Orchestrated and Paid For 9/11?

No, this is not some roll out of a wacky conspiracy theory. The New York Times just...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

My FB Family Responded with 200+ Amazing Answers On What the Right, Left, Atheist and Religious Can ALL Agree On (The Results Are Refreshing, Hopeful and Kind)

"Wow Frank! This is freakin' awesome! I have been blown away by everything I've read...

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