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February 2021

February 02, 2021

What Kind of Parent Would Your Faith Make?

We are not fallen angels but emerging beings. --Bishop Spong I've been trying for a...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

How Evangelicals Handle Doubt

I visited another local church yesterday, and as usual it left me with some...thoughts. Friends...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

What’s a Church For, Anyway?

I recently wrote about a revelation of sorts that I feel I need to unpack...

November 2018

November 22, 2018

How the Church Became What Jesus Hated

While I've considered myself an atheist for nearly a decade now, sometimes I go back...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

Why the Church Keeps Falling for “Bad Information”

A few years back I had the pleasure of thinking-out-loud-together with Phil Vischer, co-creator of...

May 2018

May 13, 2018

What I Hear When You Say “Not All Christians”

Not too long ago I restated my critique of the standard Christian teaching that, while...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

Why Christians Don’t Like Sharing Their Faith

A few weeks ago I attended my family's church because my oldest was being recognized...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Dear Church, You’re Weird

First of all, church, you need to know that the way you talk about Jesus...

January 2016

January 10, 2016

The Most Fantastically Failed Prayer in History

Defenders of the Christian faith can't stop moving discussions about their religion from objective matters to...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

The Church Doesn’t Get to Make the Rules About Sex Anymore

A few weeks ago a young friend of mine wrote a guest post for me...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Your Religion May Be Harmful If…

People who read this blog often find it difficult to decide where to put me on...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

How to Love an Atheist (If You’re Very Religious)

A friend of mine who is an Evangelical Christian noted that on more than one...

October 28, 2014

It Gets Better: A Letter to Doubters

[Today's guest post is written by Matt Oxley of Eastman, GA] I remember thinking – knowing really,...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

A Preacher’s Kid’s Deconversion Story

Today's guest post is written by David Simms of Alpharetta, GA: Inside the atheist blogosphere,...

September 16, 2014

Letters to My Daughters

Ordinarily a father can speak freely with his children about his own faith (or lack...

September 07, 2014

The Day an Atheist Got Interviewed at a Church in Mississippi

Last year I got the opportunity to be interviewed in a Church of Christ in...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Should Atheists Attend Church Functions to Please Family and Friends?

This morning I'm writing surrounded by the clamor of a hundred separate groups of kids...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The Challenge of an Atheist Outlier

I've always had a knack for feeling out of place wherever I am. I don't...

July 10, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #2: “Just Be Yourselves”

I think what concerns me most about you girls learning I no longer believe in...

May 2013

May 19, 2013

What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them (Expanded)

Several have asked me to put my "What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them" into...

May 04, 2013

What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them

This is an excerpt from the video I posted yesterday in conjunction with the National...