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December 2019

December 06, 2019

Episode 22: The Most Failed Prayer In History

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

September 2018

September 13, 2018

Did God Send This Storm? A Handy Guide

"Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?" --Amos 3:6 "I...

September 06, 2017

What Praising God in the Storm Reveals About Faith

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

June 2017

June 18, 2017

What Bowling Can Teach Us About Prayer

I suppose I started celebrating Father's Day a day early when I took my nine-year-old...

April 2017

April 07, 2017

Shame on You for Thinking Prayer Does Anything

In yesterday's post entitled "Our Biggest Mistake: We Did As We Were Told" I listed...

April 04, 2017

Our Biggest Mistake: We Did As We Were Told

Those of us who broke up with Jesus (he wouldn't return our calls) are accustomed to having...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Making Your Faith Impossible to Disprove

I recently reshared an article entitled “Why I Broke Up with Jesus” which always inspires a...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

The Predatory Side of Religion

Those of us who used to be devout face a tricky challenge when we go through...

August 24, 2016

I’m Tired of Prayer

Our world is wracked with tragedy. Much of it could be avoided, much of it is the...

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...

October 2015

October 01, 2015

When Your Faith Behaves Like a Predator

For the past week or so I have been battling chronic pain unlike anything I've...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Taking the Atheist Prayer Challenge

[Today's guest post was written by Cynthia Jeub upon completion of the year-long prayer challenge...

May 27, 2015

Six Testable Claims of the Christian Faith, Plus One Prayer Challenge

About a year and a half ago I wrote a piece about taking the Bible...

February 2015

February 10, 2015

What’s Wrong with Telling an Atheist You’ll Pray for Her?

I know you mean well, I do. I know that “I’ll pray for you” is...

February 08, 2015

The No True Prayer Fallacy

I didn't quit believing in God because my prayers didn't get answered, so let's get...

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...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Religious Belief and the Incurable Disease

[Today's guest post is written by Pete Eisenmann, a former Vineyard church planter from South...

November 2014

November 12, 2014

Games Christians Play: Making Your Faith Impossible to Disprove

My last post, entitled “Why I Broke Up with Jesus,” inspired a predictable set of...

November 10, 2014

Why I Broke Up with Jesus

About five years ago, I broke up with Jesus. Recently someone asked me why. There...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Hollowing Out the Promises of God

Most of my family still belongs to the church in which I grew up. My...

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...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Losing My Religion (pt. 1)

What follows is a letter I wrote to a handful of friends a couple of...