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March 2017

March 08, 2017

Is Franklin Graham gay “but in a state of denial, self-loathing and shame?” asks John Allyn Welch

(Photo YouTube) Is Franklin Graham gay "but in a state of denial, self-loathing and shame?"...

January 2017

January 15, 2017

How will White American Evangelicals Follow Trump’s Moral Leadership? HINT: Their Daughters might want to become “golden shower” Russian hookers and their sons could become neo-Nazi Jew-haters

(Photo YouTube) Here are some suggestions for Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr. and the other...

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...

November 2016

November 05, 2016

“BIBLE TRUMPERS”: Do Not Miss Bill Maher praising Donald Trump for “the one good thing he did” — exposing evangelicals, as “the shameless hypocrites they’ve always been” WATCH

(Photo YouTube) WATCH Bill Maher praise Donald Trump for “the one good thing he did”...

November 02, 2016

Here are 2 pictures that say everything you need to know about the re-branding of the word “evangelical”

Here are 2 pictures that say everything you need to know about the re-branding of...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the rest of America: if you live in a pretend world for long enough you snap

(Photo YouTube) There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of...

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...

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...

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 26, 2016

According to James Dobson Trump has just come “to accept a relationship with Christ” and is now “a baby Christian” (No Kidding)

According to the New York Times, or rather according to what the Times reported James...

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...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Jesus (or C.S. Lewis) could have Saved Donald Trump from Going Down in History as a Loser/Joke– Too Bad Trump Never Read the BIBLE or the Chronicles of Narnia!

www.gutenberg.org Trump could have avoided being branded forever as a joke and loser, in short an...

March 2016

March 01, 2016

Here are Donald Trump’s favorite Bible Quotes, he often uses them… Right?

Here are just a few of Donald Trump's favorite Bible Quotes, he often uses them. I'm...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Here’s the Best Article Ever on the Fact that Ted Cruz is Literally the First Openly Reconstructionist/Theocracy Candidate to Run for President

Rushdoony never died. He's back and now called "Ted Cruz." Here's the best article I've...

May 2015

May 07, 2015

The Bible is Weirder than You Think: According to Scripture Jesus Was Bisexual since Both Men and Women Are the “Bride of Christ”

According to nice evangelical standards, the Bible is odd. Sorry but it is. Or maybe the Bible...

May 05, 2015

Jesus rejects tribalism, literalism, group identity, specific religions, and gatekeepers as well as his Jewish identity

"As an ultimate fuck you to rule-keeping scripture zealots everywhere, Jesus hung out with whores......

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Why Do Right Wing Christian Families Think They “Own” Their Children?

"In the Iron Age mindset of the Bible writers, children are not individual persons who...

December 2014

December 26, 2014

The Evangelical FAIL on Mental Health: 100+ of my FB Friends Tell Their Shockingly Poignant Stories

Pastors, teachers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, psychologists, counselors-- everyone: ignore these unedited shockingly poignant stories of...

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...

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...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Jesus Was not an Evangelical nor a Conservative Roman Catholic Bishop: He Did Not “Believe in the Bible” nor in “The Church”

Jesus never could have been the pastor of an evangelical church nor a conservative Roman...

August 2014

August 03, 2014

Today is my 62nd birthday. Let me share what I’ve learned so far about who God hates

Today is my 62nd birthday. Let me share what I’ve learned so far about who...

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...

July 22, 2014

The-God-Of-The-Bible’s Women-Management Plan is focused on Bodily fluids. To put it mildly HE has an Uneasy Relationship with Women! So Does Wheaton College

A Wheaton professor asking for the pill? To put it mildly the so-called God-Of-The-Bible has an...

July 22, 2014

Jesus Was Not a “Bible Believer” let Alone an Evangelical

Jesus certainly was not a “Bible believer,” as we use that term in the post Billy Graham...

July 15, 2014

Look into the faces of the people who know you best. Be honest with yourself about what’s written there, and you will know yourself– the Wild Goose Video Clip

Here's a 5 min clip from a 45 min talk... Couldn't make the Wild Goose Festival?...

June 2014

June 07, 2014

Jesus hung out with whores

Here is an excerpt from WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Rubio is a Traitor to the Human Race & a Willful Fool Pandering to Stupid Evangelicals by Denying the Evidence on Climate Change

Face it: White aging evangelicals are the backbone of the Republican Party. Face it: Literal...

April 2014

April 11, 2014

Brian D. McLaren, Phyllis Tickle & Ron Dart on Frank Schaeffer’s WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD How to Create...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

I’m on Tour With “American Jesus” Opens Tonight at the Brattle Harvard Square

New England Premiere! I'm on tour with American Jesus-- first stop tonight in Boston. Join me...

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