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March 2015

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 25, 2015

Pro-Lifer Ready For Killing Kids for Religious Liberty and Jesus (Seriously)

And now this from h Prolife and prodeath, no kidding, as long as you're killing...

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 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,...

January 2015

January 24, 2015

HOME SCHOOL ABUSE “Dear Frank, I think there’s going to be an epidemic of homeschool abuse survivors in the next 10 – 20 years, if there isn’t one already…”

"Believe it or not, some homeschool kids have been so severely neglected that they don't...

January 16, 2015

Rave Review of my New Book on the Daily KOS (one of my favorite sites!) Hooray!

Daily Kos Wed Jan 14, 2015 at 10:56 PM PST Letting God Out of the...

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...

January 14, 2015

Race and Evangelicals…

Just how racist are evangelicals? What was the real reason for the "Christian School" movement?...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

Race-Based Obama Hate Fox Fantasy-land v. FACTS

As 2014 wraps up it's a good time to compare Race-Based Obama Hate Fox Fantasy-land...

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...

December 06, 2014

I Blame Liberals too for the Eric Garner Grand Jury Abortion

Eric Garner’s dying words "I can't breathe" could have been President Obama's cry  for help...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

This “Black Friday” Please plant an Empathy Time Bomb in the brain of your favorite Certainty Addicts & Help Me Financially Too

This “Black Friday” Please plant an Empathy Time Bomb in the brain of your favorite...

November 20, 2014

“Here’s the Most Horrible Phrase in the English Language: ‘How have you grown in the Lord lately?'” Gay, Proud and Liberated A Reader of Mine Speaks Out

"Any sexual hangups I may have postponed were now thrown to the wind. I was...

November 17, 2014

Why Evangelicals Need Christian Dildos

"At My Beloved's Garden, we provide a safe non-pornographic place to shop for all your...

November 15, 2014

How My Dad and I Helped Create the Tea Party GOP and Terrorist Extremism

The 1970s Evangelical antiabortion movement that Dad (Evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer), C Everett Koop (who...

November 14, 2014

Many Evangelical Leaders Are Such SOB’s– What Are They Hiding?

Are Franklin Graham--and/or the 13 Evangelical leaders who wrote to Obama asking to be allowed to...

November 05, 2014

Republican Victory Proves That Lies Work With White Evangelicals

  The Republican Party base is white evangelicals. So no wonder the GOP lies about...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

 The Hysteria Surrounding the Ebola “Issue” is the Perfect Lens to Look at BOTH Secular and Religious Dumb and Dumber America Through

Jeff Daniels Says Jim Carrey 'Dumb & Dumber' And now to our Ebola/election year present... Evangelical control...

October 27, 2014

Frank Schaeffer v. Texas (The Interview) “From Francis Schaeffer to Christopher Hitchens”

Luke Norsworthy Search SKIP TO CONTENT ABOUT LUKE NEWSWORTHY WITH NORSWORTHY PODCAST FRANK SCHAEFFER: WHY...

October 18, 2014

The EBOLA Lynching of America’s First Black President: Obama, Ebola, Religious Nuts and Racism

  Obama is black! They are black! He’s African! They are African! He wants to...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Who is actually following Jesus: fundamentalist Christians rejecting gay men and lesbians’ right to marry, or atheist humanists treating men and women with love and dignity?

Who is actually following Jesus: fundamentalist Christians rejecting gay men and lesbians’ right to marry,...

August 27, 2014

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized. Even famous women receive...

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 19, 2014

Please Join me at the Kansas City Public Library Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:30pm

Please Join me at the Kansas City Public Library Thursday, August 21, 2014. I'll talk,...

August 15, 2014

How I Trashed Frank Schaeffer in my Novel as an American Hitler and Why He’s Promoting It: Guest BLOG by the Former Schaeffer Family Crossway Books Publicist

Katie sent me this essay about trashing me. It's good so I'm publishing it as...

August 14, 2014

Church and State: The Role of Spirituality in Politics, Watch Frank Schaeffer’s UCLA/Hammer Museum Talk

    How did the religious right ensnare my family? I explored this at UCLA...

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...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Actual “Pro-Life” Conspiracy That Handed America to the Tea Party & Far Religious Right (An Insider’s Perspective)

According to the New York Times (“Conservatives Hone Script to Light a Fire Over Abortion,”...

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