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April 2020

April 21, 2020

Young Earth Creationist Asks: Whose Fault is the Coronavirus?

In asking who is responsible for the coronavirus, Ham is grappling with the question "why...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

Much Ado About Sin

I've thought a lot about sin in the last few years. Namely, I've thought about...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

Trump’s Spiritual Advisor Calls Babies Smuggled into the U.S. “Sinful”

I have increasingly seen the Right break the world into law-abiders and law-breakers, dehumanizing those...

September 2017

September 18, 2017

Is Evangelicals’ Persecution Complex Dictated by Their Dualism?

I never saw any contradiction between our belief that we were persecuted for our righteousness,...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Donald Trump and the Way Evangelicals Talk about Sin

Yes, everyone has caused harm to others at some point in their lives. But not...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

We Are Not All Josh Duggar

It is absolutely true that no one is perfect. It is absolutely not true that...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

A Reader Asks: How Can I Free My Daughter from Fundamentalist Fears?

I recently received a question from a reader, and I thought I would put it...

December 2012

December 22, 2012

Evil and Demons and Sin, Oh My!

After the website Ladies Against Feminism suggests that the son of Liza Long, who penned...

December 14, 2012

Tragedies Should Be Calls to Action

I'm hearing it again. Eighteen elementary children met pointless deaths today, and yet my facebook...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Aurora and the fundamentalist response to tragedy

When I heard about what happened in Aurora, Colorado, last night, I couldn't help but...

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 11, 2012

You’ve been brainwashed; or, following after fleshly lusts

Sometimes, from time to time, a fundamentalist or evangelical child grows up to question and...

May 2012

May 11, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Unforgivable Sin

The Unforgivable Sin, by Sierra of The Pheonix and Olive Branch Sierra's post reminded me...

May 05, 2012

More on excuses made for child molesters

A few days ago I put up a post looking at the excuses some conservative...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

Can you lose your salvation?

Several commenters on recent posts have brought this topic up, so I though I'd address...

March 02, 2012

Salvation Anxiety and the Unforgivable Sin

There's one thing that always used to bother me as an evangelical. Well, there are...

February 2012

February 18, 2012

Abortion and Premarital Sex: On Keeping Your Legs Shut

You may be wondering what in the world is going on with this whole contraception...

February 06, 2012

On Weakness and Temptation: The Checkout Aisle and Me

I learned growing up that everyone has their own particular weaknesses, their own particular points...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

You’re a sinner, you’re a sinner, you’re a SINNER!

I just read this article about how fundamentalist Christian boarding schools are luring in...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

Christianity, Sin, and Thought Crime

Growing up in a fundamentalist evangelical home, I had little chance to commit any serious...

October 2011

October 15, 2011

A Self-Created Problem

For a long time, I couldn't understand how anyone would turn down God's gift of...

September 2011

September 10, 2011

Shame, shame, shame!

I came upon this video via The Friendly Atheist. It's about what Christians are really thinking...