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November 2012

November 20, 2012

Is There Any Crime Israel Could Commit Against the Palestinian Refugees That American Evangelical Christians Would Object To?

"We are witnessing a dramatic transformation in the relationship between [American Evangelical] Christians and...

November 14, 2012

“The Evangelicals Are a Cancer In the Republican Party” (Watch Frank Schaeffer on MSNBC)

To book Frank to speak at your college, church or group please contact Frank HERE Frank Schaeffer is a...

November 13, 2012

Why Evangelical Bible Idolatry Sucks and Why I Go to a Greek Orthodox Church Even Though It’s A Mess Too

Having elevated the Bible -- or at least the nicer bits that they like...

November 09, 2012

Frank — “wayward, traitorous prince” (NYT) — Schaeffer 2013 Speaking Tour (Call Me I’ll Speak to Your School, Church or Group)

I’m putting together my 2013 speaking schedule. If you’d like me to speak to your...

November 07, 2012

Do Christians Have Something Better To Do Than Spending the Next 4 Years Hating and Lying About President Obama The Way They Did For The Last 4 Years?

On the morning after the reelection of President Obama American Christians of a conservative-to-far-right bent...

November 06, 2012

The Next Term of the Obama Presidency Will Be Great — Obama’s Critics (Left and Right) Were Wrong

Given my Religious Right background I'm one of the President's most unlikely fans. Maybe that's...

November 04, 2012

TELL ROMNEY CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T A JOKE

All Posts NOW please read my answer to the Republican Party, the Religious Right...

November 02, 2012

How the Evangelicals Doomed the Republican Party, God and (Maybe) America

By Frank Schaeffer Not all Evangelicals are Right-leaning Republicans. But according to polls...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

WILL THE LAST REPUBLICAN-VOTING, SCIENCE-DENYING, FOX NEWS-WATCHING, FACT-HATING EVANGELICAL LIVING IN A COASTAL REGION PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS WHEN JESUS DOES NOT COME BACK BUT A WALL OF WATER DOES?

America was just attacked by forces far greater than anything Osama bin Laden or Al...

October 30, 2012

For Once a Republican (Chris Christie) Tells the Truth About President Obama! (Watch)

Please watch this! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

October 29, 2012

Thank God The Christian Right Will Be Destroyed By Its Homophobia

This article is by Valerie Tarico and was first was published by AlterNet as "Will the Christian Right...

October 28, 2012

Does Being A WHITE Evangelical Make You Politically Stupid or Is It That Only Stupid People Become WHITE Evangelicals 73 Percent of the Time?

According to polls 73 percent of WHITE evangelicals will be voting for Mitt Romney. If...

October 26, 2012

Glenn Beck, Jesus and Mitt Romney Together At Last!

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October 26, 2012

God-Wants-You-Raped-Mourdock Just Wasn’t Smart Enough To Cover Up the Fact That Millions of Evangelicals Like Him Embrace A “God” Who Is Really The Devil

Lurking in the heart of the Jewish/Christian communities — the people of the book —...

October 24, 2012

Just Your Average Local Billy Graham/Evangelical/Mormon Worship Service ???

I don't care what you believe, or don't let alone who you vote for. Vote...

October 22, 2012

Billy Graham Endorses Romney’s Secret Conversion to Islam — Says “At Least He’s Not a Homosexual!”

Meanwhile in the alternative USA somewhere on a planet far away and not so long...

October 21, 2012

Franklin and Billy Graham Sell Their Souls For a Mess of Republican Pottage

Billy Graham Website Down: "Mormonism Cult" Scandal Widens (This article is one I'd like...

October 19, 2012

WARNING: Romney’s Mormon Neoconservative Jingoism May Kill Your Child

Don't get me wrong I could care less about Romney's personal religious beliefs. It's his...

October 12, 2012

Evangelical Sexy Virginity Panties For Jesus… and Romney

And so it's come to this: the American evangelical religious establishment is busting a gut...

October 09, 2012

Frank Schaeffer and Jay Bakker Talk/Preach/Meet and Unpack Their Pasts, Families and Doubts

Here's my talk/conversation/sermon I shared/did with Jay Bakker in NYC this last Sunday. I hope...

October 01, 2012

Jesus Could Be Their Candidate and the Republicans Would Still Lose

Note: This article was first posted on the front Politics page of the Huffington Post...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Who Needs This God Nonsense?

And yet, here I am telling my four-year-old granddaughter Lucy that God made the rock...

September 24, 2012

Hey, Hey Christianity Today THIS is What a Movie Review Looks Like (“Hellbound? Reviewed in Variety)

From Variety Posted: Sun., Sep. 23, 2012, 7:43pm PT New U.S. Release Hellbound? (Documentary --...

September 23, 2012

My “Hellbound?” Bush, Hell, Bin Laden CNN Post

Here's my CNN article on Hell, "Hellbound?" and the results of living in revenge/retribution addicted...

September 22, 2012

The New York Times and The Christian Post VS. Christianity Today on “Hellbound?”

Here are 3 reviews/stories about the movie Hellbound? Did the editors of Christianity Today see...

September 19, 2012

Everything You Always Hated About Christianity Today Magazine (But Were Afraid to Say)

Once in a while you're handed a gift. I don't like Christianity Today magazine, and...

September 18, 2012

Will Big Republican Lies Win?

(This piece was first posted on my Huffington Post column as "What the Republicans Are (Still)...

September 17, 2012

Burning Babies For Jesus

Listening to the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time, hosted by the always wonderful...

September 14, 2012

“God” Needs More Enemies (He’s Nuts!)

With friends like this God needs no enemies. People “defending” God have completely screwed up...

September 13, 2012

The Blessed Hypocrisy “Method Acting” of Salvation PART 4 (Conclusion)

I have seen the power of forgiveness work to heal my former religious “certainties.” (I...

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