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January 2017

January 21, 2017

Family Values 2017

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January 02, 2017

A sneak peek at the new painting series I’m working on called, “More Useless Miracles by an Absurd God for People Dumb Enough to Vote For Trump.” Please WATCH

A sneak peek at the new painting series I'm working on called, "More Useless...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

The New Evangelical Bible With The New (Improved) Trumped Jesus

Eighty one percent of white American evangelicals voted for Trump and since they follow the...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

Imagine if God answered these Christian prayers about abortion…?

(Photo YouTube) "For those who would like to see fewer abortions, perhaps it’s time for...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

You Literally Only Need One Reason to Vote Against Trump and For Hillary. Period. Here it is.

As Phil Plait writes in Slate "The Republican Party has made it clear how they...

June 2016

June 04, 2016

HERE IS WHY I’LL VOTE FOR HILLARY, AND WHY YOU SHOULD TOO– Please! Watch! Please Pass On! Let’s Save America From the Casino FOOL!

Please watch this and save America and the world from the casino/fake college/bad steak/beauty pageant...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

AS JESUS SAID: THANK YOU TRUMP, YOU ARE THE HAND THAT FINALLY RIPPED THE MASK OFF TO SHOW US THE PILE OF STEAMING GOP SHIT BENEATH

In the end all the GOP congressional cowards will support Trump. Good! As Jesus...

May 04, 2016

TRUMP BEAT GOD: How Could Ted Cruz Have Lost When God Promised Him Victory? (Another Evangelical Fantasy Explodes)

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Ted Cruz was called by God to run for president....

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...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

Our Grandfather/Granddaughter Lucy & “Ba” Art/Icon Art Project

I've just launched a new show of icon art I collaborated with my 7 year...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Susan Cottrell wrote True Colors to help LGBTQ people heal relationships with parents, family, others

“For anyone who has been spiritually hurt by the church, by parents or family members,...

July 2015

July 05, 2015

If there were no “holy books” how much easier it would be to believe in God!

(The "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Courtesy the Vatican archive) If there were no “holy books”...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Join Me At the Wild Goose Festival (again) my Favorite Yearly Event Let’s Have a Beer (or three) Together!

Will you join me (again) at the Wild Goose Festival (my favorite event!) July 9-12...

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 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 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...

April 2015

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 10, 2015

Don’t Ever Thank God for Anything–Here’s Why! (New Jersey man cannot collect damages for his injuries after he was burned while praying)

The appeals court agreed with the lower court’s decision, saying “the danger posed by a...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

If I Was Still an Evangelical, I’d Want to Be Tony Kriz (Blessed be Tony!)

No, I don't write books about God like Tony does. And I'm persona non grata on...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Watch Russell Brand TAKE DOWN FOX NEWS for Jesus (and anyone else SANE!)

Please watch... Russell Brand take down FOX and Rupert Murdoch... "Ooops it's God!" Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His...

January 16, 2015

“The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,” written by Alex Malarkey and his father, Kevin Malarkey, is a hoax but it proved God is gay — Surprised?

Let's combine the news that The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven is a hoax...

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 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 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 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...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

“The god of the church had been made small and placed in a box…”

My new book is now in bookstores. Barnes & Noble has stocked it in big...

October 03, 2014

Embracing paradox helped me discover that religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure

My kaleidoscopic beliefs are fickle and motivated by desire, wishful thinking, and wanting to fit...

October 01, 2014

To Some Atheists and Christians Alike the Phrase “I’m an atheist who believes in God” is ‘Illogical’ and ‘Impossible’ because they are Narrow-Minded Literalists

Why do you think so many atheists seem so evangelistic? They even sometimes speak of...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

It is in the moments of inner stillness that come from humility and unknowing that we can sense the presence of God

Only after we start to admit our addiction to certainty can we begin to actually...

August 13, 2014

God’s Covenant in the Promised Land was not Made With Those Who Drop Fragmentation Bombs Over the Hovels of Gaza– A Passionate Call to Conscience

"God’s iron requirement to stand with the oppressed occurs as well in the Hebrew and...

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