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October 2016

October 01, 2016

Trump and Evangelicals: Why So Happy Together?

(Photo YouTube) "Trump didn’t just fall from the sky to become the nominee, he got...

July 2016

July 01, 2016

An Interview With Minister (turned moviemaker, the one and only) Richard Rossi

“The fakes make you dependent. 'Give us $3000 to learn the gifts of the Spirit. Sow...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

If there is a creator He/She/It must hate fundamentalist religion

The deluded religious belief that any people or nation or church is a “chosen” people...

January 20, 2016

The Witch-Hunts, Dishonesty, Victimology and Paranoia at Gordon, Wheaton (and Many other Evangelical Schools) Spells Long-Term Disaster For Christian Education in the USA

Evangelical schools are indulging in witch-hunts. They are acting on ideological imperatives and financial incentives—donors...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

If You Care About Justice and the Future of Our World Stand Up to Saudi Terror and Promote, Read, Buy THIS BOOK!

Here is a message I just got on my Facebook Messages. If you care about...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

There is only one defense against the rising, worldwide, fear-filled fundamentalist tide engulfing all religions

My way of trying to encounter God within a church community may well be poison...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Pope Francis Denounces Religious Fundamentalism — Is the Pope an Atheist Who Believes in God… Like Me?

Pope Francis must have been reading my new book that extols the virtues of embracing tolerance...

December 2014

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...

November 2014

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...

November 25, 2014

“I am waiting to die. I am not hopeless, just completely ignorant about what to do spiritually” 4 Ex-Fundamentalists Tell Me Their Stories

"I am waiting to die. I am not hopeless, just completely ignorant about what to...

November 23, 2014

Let’s Stop Calling New Atheism, “Atheism,” and Start Calling it What it is: Anti-Theism

"Like religious fundamentalism, New Atheism is primarily a reactionary phenomenon, one that responds to religion...

October 2014

October 17, 2014

The “Bible Belt” is the Porn Belt: Surprised?

The Bible Belt is the Porn Belt. According to a new study, the more you...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Hooray for the Serendipitous Messy Exchange of Body Fluids!

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

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Gaza.. Ukraine.. Putin.. Israel.. Islam.. Christians.. Jews.. Evangelicals & God = Death

The Israelis are turning Gaza into a killing field. In the Ukraine Russian-backed thugs murdered...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

What my Parents Never Seemed to Have Done is Consider that the Bible Contains a Paradox

When my busy dad Francis Schaeffer and I spent time alone together, I discovered a...

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