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May 2014

May 02, 2014

Is This a Bad Time to Critique a Religious Belief?

After I posted my thoughts about "praising God in the storm" one reader wrote to...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Why Praising God in the Storm Should Make Your Stomach Turn

Nothing puts the cognitive dissonance of faith on display like a destructive storm system ripping...

April 19, 2014

My Life in Movies: Big Fish (and the Resurrection of Jesus)

This weekend, people all over the world are celebrating Easter, a holiday which reminds us...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Debate in Memphis: Dillahunty vs. Bruggencate

Finally, someone organized a debate somewhere near where I live! I've griped before about how...

March 28, 2014

What the World Vision Reversal Should Teach Us

Glancing at the front page of Christianity Today last night, I saw that three of...

March 23, 2014

Does Evolution Contradict Christianity?

Man, has it been a busy few weeks for science deniers everywhere! Last month, Bill...

March 20, 2014

My Life in Movies: The Wizard of Oz

An old mentor of mine tells a story of how he went from being a...

March 06, 2014

My Life in Movies: Groundhog Day

In honor of the late Harold Ramis, the next movie to illustrate my deconversion has...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

My Life in Movies: Toy Story

People who know me well know that I think in movie clips. Growing up, movies...

February 21, 2014

Lessons Learned from the Death of a Snake Handler

Earlier this week news began circulating about the death of yet another snake-handling preacher and...

February 11, 2014

Advice for the Unequally Yoked

After the kids were in bed, we sat down on the couch like we always...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

How the GOP Convinced Evangelicals to Neglect the Poor

The Moral Majority may have disbanded at the end of the 1980’s but it also...

January 12, 2014

What Too Many Atheists Don’t Get About Christians (part one)

Dialogues between Christians and atheists rarely go well. In fact, they’re usually more like dueling...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #7: “What It Means to Be a Christian”

Your world so far has been pretty small. The people you see on a regular...

December 24, 2013

If You Have to Believe, It Probably Isn’t Real

When I was little, my parents taught me to believe there was a person who...

December 19, 2013

You Forgot to Take Up Your Cross

I want you to know how valiantly I fought writing anything about this today. I'm...

December 11, 2013

Diversionary Tactics

When a system of belief lacks evidential support, it must compensate for this weakness by...

December 07, 2013

The High Cost of Leaving Your Faith

I don’t typically share highly personal stuff on this blog because my life is intertwined...

December 06, 2013

Reading Through My Old Journals, I Found This…

I generally date my loss of faith to the late summer of 2009, but I...

December 03, 2013

What Will Save Us from Our Own Subjectivity?

One thing that modern science and the Christian religion share is an appreciation for the...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Sex and Christianity Make Strange Bedfellows

In case you haven’t noticed, Christianity becomes exceedingly awkward around the subject of sex. For...

November 23, 2013

Why God Cannot Forsake You

When I first “came out” to some of my closest friends and told them I...

November 20, 2013

Why I’m Becoming More Antagonistic Toward Religion

My posture toward religion is slowly becoming more antagonistic, and I’d like to explain why....

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #6: “On Science, Sexuality, and Social Justice”

I’m sure you have lots of questions about how I came to disbelieve the very...

October 21, 2013

It’s Better to Give Than to Receive

Have you ever heard a preacher say "It's better to give than to receive" during...

October 20, 2013

It’s a Religion Too, Not Just a Relationship

I spent 20 years devoting my life to the Christian faith, and during most of...

October 14, 2013

Confronting the Lies

Have you ever known someone who showered you with promises but rarely kept any of...

October 07, 2013

Not a Fan of Jesus

I'm gonna come right out and say it: I'm not a big fan of Jesus....

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Your Religion May Be Harmful If…

Nonbelievers exhibit a wide array of reactions to the presence and influence of religion in...

September 20, 2013

Maggie’s Story

I’d like to tell you a story about a woman named Maggie. Maggie is a...