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November 2012

November 09, 2012

CTBHHM: What is a “help meet”? (In the KJV)

In this passage, Debi Pearl finally explains what the term "help meet" means. It turns...

November 04, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Lina’s Story

"I’m Lina, and I’m everywhere I thought I wouldn’t be. I grew up as a...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Matthias’ Story

"I am a 23 year old male currently residing in the “bible belt”. I grew...

October 26, 2012

CTBHH: In Which Debi Twists Scripture

It's not often someone twists and distorts a Bible passage so badly that they literally...

October 23, 2012

A Few More Thoughts on the Bible

Chris Hallquist has raised some interesting objections to my post regarding who owns the Bible....

October 23, 2012

Who Owns the Bible?

We need to stop assuming that the fundamentalists the ones interpreting the Bible consistently and...

October 22, 2012

Do you mean the Bible is inerrant, or that you are inerrant?

Evangelicals and fundamentalists claim that they rely on the Bible alone, and hold it up...

October 22, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Rebekka’s Story

"My name is Rebekka, I’m in my mid-twenties, and from Denmark. I grew up in...

October 13, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Shannon’s Story

"I grew up believing in Christianity like I believed the sky was blue and 2+2...

October 08, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Veronica’s Story

"My name is Veronica. I'm currently 35 years old. I was raised by my parents...

October 01, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Jenn’s Story

"My name is Jenn. My parents converted from Baptist to Evangelical not long after I...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Chryssie’s Story

"I don’t remember when my parents first came in contact with Bill Gothard, Michael/Debi Pearl...

September 19, 2012

WWJD Bracelets, Veggie Tales, and Evangelical Culture

One thing about being evangelical was that you didn't believe in any of those sacred...

September 10, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Angie’s Story

"I am Angie, a 24-year-old recent college graduate who is married. When I was around...

September 02, 2012

“Suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man”

The Friendly Atheist recently posted an the results of a survey on women in the church,...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Bible, Inerrancy, and Interpretation

In case you've missed it, there has been some excellent discussion of the Bible, inerrancy,...

August 25, 2012

The Mark of the Beast

Evangelicals in a school district in Louisiana are objecting to a palm scanner that kids...

August 22, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Kiery’s Story

"My parents sort of came to Quiverfull beliefs on their own. When I was about...

August 21, 2012

Rape. That’s a kind of premarital sex, right?

*Trigger warning for survivors of rape or sexual abuse.* In case you haven't noticed, rape...

August 11, 2012

Theology 101: Divine Revelation and Spiritual Headship

About a month ago a reader asked why, if evangelicalism was a religious tradition that...

August 08, 2012

The church that cried persecution

Evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are very invested in being persecuted. Very interested. Here's an example...

August 07, 2012

So you say you don’t hate gay people, Part IV

I'm sure you've all heard it before. If we normalize and accepting being gay, next...

August 03, 2012

Interpreting the Constitution like the Bible

I was raised to be an originalist. When asking what the constitution meant, we were...

August 02, 2012

Just which Bible are you reading?

I'm not the only one to point out that the Bible can be used to...

July 2012

July 28, 2012

I Remember: AWANA

When I was in kindergarten, someone invited my family to attend an AWANA program at...

July 23, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Anne’s Story

"I think my parents were first influenced by the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements back...

July 22, 2012

Command v. Suggestion: “Wives, submit!” and “Husbands, love!”

Any Christian Patriarchy advocate reading my post yesterday would surely have been shaking his or...

July 18, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Skarlet’s Story

"My parents were both christians before they got married, but after five years of attending...

July 15, 2012

Answers in Genesis: Are we more moral than God?

This week a read an article in Answers in Genesis' Answers Magazine asserting that if...

July 14, 2012

Theology 101: Reading the Bible “Literally”

I've been asked by several people in various comments or emails what fundamentalists and evangelicals...