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February 2025

February 18, 2025

The Universe vs. God – and Why God is a Terrible Bet

When discussing the origins of the universe, theists love to throw out the classic, "You...

January 2025

January 29, 2025

Why the Godfather > God the Father

Heavenly Rewards vs. Mafia Riches: Who Pays Better? In the cosmic wrestling match of celestial...

February 2022

February 04, 2022

Prayer — The Zero-Percent Solution

What is your measure of success? No one or no thing is 100 percent reliable....

October 2021

October 21, 2021

Worship…or Not?

Mainstream — and even much of “off-the-beaten-path” — christianity is centered around the concept of...

October 19, 2021

God Ain’t Just

Last week I wrote about how I believe god isn’t good. This week, I’ll double-down...

August 2020

August 06, 2020

I’m Grateful!

I’m grateful! As I navigated the uncertain waters of my deconstruction from religion, I went...

August 03, 2020

Detoxing From Christian Churchianity

“Hi, I’m Derrick. I’m a recovering churchaholic.” “Hiiiiiiiii Derrrrrrick!” Once upon a time, I was...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

What Jesus Came To Do

Salvation. What comes to mind when you hear this word. If you’re a christian, you...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

Love|Defined – Empathy and Compassion

This week's installment is an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Love|Forward - Moving Forward at...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Belief and Knowledge

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to belief, lately. Not so much what I...

April 22, 2020

Death…And Ignorance

Given a sufficiently long timeline, everyone experiences death. Death comes to family members and friends;...

April 14, 2020

The Bible Clearly Says…NOT!

In my last installment, I explained why I am no longer a bible/scripture literalist. In...

April 08, 2020

Why I No Longer Believe in Scriptural Inerrancy

One of the great things about achieving escape velocity from the black hole of religion...

March 2020

March 16, 2020

Pandemic and Pandemonium

I’m neither given to writing on current events nor am I a purveyor of bad...

March 03, 2020

Divine Anthropology – The End of Theology

One of the things I discovered on my road to Deconstructing Religion is that theology...