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October 2016

October 16, 2016

Trump Is No Aberration to Christianity, In Fact Trump Is the Perfect Christian Candidate: He Actually Represents the Worst of What Might Be Called “Deep Christianity”

(photo YouTube: Christian leaders praying for Trump to win) ``````` Trump is the prefect Christian...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Why Are Progressive Christians AND Right Wing American Fundamentalists Lying to Ourselves About the Islamic Destruction of Christianity in the Middle East?

The American evangelical right wing gave George W. Bush and the Republicans a pass for founding...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

The Apologetics Lie my Daddy and Me Used to Tell

A Facebook friend sent me a note and a link to one of my...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Who Knows-Bill Maher Might Even Lead George Bush to Christ Someday

Bill Maher seems to love Jesus more than most "evangelicals" do. Maher writes: If you’re...

December 04, 2014

If Christianity Isn’t the Celebration of a Murder/Suicide Pact Between God the Father and God the Son, Then What is It?

It's Christmas. Time to ask, what the hell Christianity is about, if anything? If...

November 2014

November 03, 2014

Is Christianity a Mental Illness?

"I just finished reading your article "Religious Trauma Syndrome" and it brought back memories of my jettisoning...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why– of my views, books, sex, marriage, parents, faith, doubt and everything else…

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why-- of my views,...

August 06, 2014

Evangelical and/or Post-Evangelical Christianity, “Progressive” or “Conservative,” Has Snapped My Brain and Yours— We’re Addicts

Sorry, folks, but the truth is that the little private world of evangelical and post-evangelical...

August 01, 2014

“love embraced as a stark life-changing and essential fact as real as the carbon compounds that form the basis of life”

Those of us raised in the Christian tradition need to choose to either see God...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

“In this context and with a heavy heart, I hereby return my diploma to the Gordon College Board of Trustees”

Frank, Thanks again for offering to post this on Patheos.com. In addition to registering...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

It Never is About Church– It’s Always About Character

Detail from my painting, "Seeing Love Clearly." Where we go to church, or whether...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Does the Jacket Copy of my New Book Work For You? WHY I’M AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD

I have a book about to come out this spring--May 15. Here's the back cover...

March 07, 2014

“Crown Of Thorns”

As a painter I think visually. What happened to the crown of thorns after it...

February 2014

February 06, 2014

There Are No “Absolutes” So Honor the Ethical Evolution of Our Species by Changing Your Religion

When I began to go to an Orthodox church in 1989 I wanted to find...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Peggy Campolo Reviews “And God Said, ‘Billy!'”

Amazon Review 5.0 out of 5 stars October 18, 2013 Dear Frank, I stayed in...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

If The Earth Could Talk

Dear Children, This is your mother speaking. Why don’t you call? You never talk to...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Progressive Christianity Is As Broken As Evangelicalism: Here’s How to Fix It

I don't think there will be some new age of religion dawning in America anytime...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

American “Mainstream” Evangelicals Target Africa With Their “Gospel” of Hate

This video blog first aperred in the New York Times Please watch this...

December 2012

December 16, 2012

It’s Time to Hate Mass Murder and the “Liberal” and “Conservative” Idiots Who Help It Happen

The horrible violence in a small school against OUR six-year-olds perfectly reflects the nature of...

December 03, 2012

How to Keep Your Mate Even If You Are A Semi-Evolved Recovering Evangelical Controlling Bastard

Following her mother's example my first child Jessica returned love for my clumsy-to-bad-to-mean "fathering..."...

September 2012

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...

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