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April 2013

April 02, 2013

Daughter of the Patriarchy, epilogue: What does leaving fundamentalism look like?

Occasionally, I get asked whether or not I ever actually left my old fundamentalist church....

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Jeremy Lott, Rachel Held Evans, and Taboos in the Evangelical Christian Culture Industry

In the attempt to track down sales figures for the evangelical Christian marriage book market,...

June 2012

June 14, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Three: Finding Unconditional Love Outside the Church

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...

June 09, 2012

Christian Patriarchy and Complementarianism: “Separate But Equal” Puts on Lipstick

Complementarianism is a lie. Yeah. It's fake. It doesn't exist. What does exist is patriarchy in...

June 07, 2012

New Spiritual Abuse Survivor Network at No Longer Quivering

Over the past year, survivors of spiritual abuse have been slowly connecting with one another,...

June 06, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Two: The Argument is in the Eyebrows

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part One: Generalized Anxiety and Images of Depravity

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...

May 18, 2012

Joseph Branham’s Reactionary Letter

I was alerted to Joseph Branham's written response to the WHAS11 news story on his...

May 15, 2012

“Prediction” vs. “Prophecy”: Nitpicking to Salvage a Lie

In the WHAS11 News coverage of William Branham and the Message, they aired a video...

May 14, 2012

The WHAS11 Louisville News story on William Branham and the Message: a review

I am very impressed with Mr. Wasler's coverage of the Message on WHAS11. It could...

May 14, 2012

Breaking: William Branham on the news

A friend just sent me a link to WHAS11 News, a Louisville program airing a...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Why I Don’t Use Bible Verses as Evidence

It has been noted that my writing comes from experience and is secular in nature....

February 2012

February 09, 2012

The Old-School Logic of Abortion in the Message

I recently had a discussion with Libby Anne at Love, Joy Feminism about the logic of...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Throwing out the moral GPS

This is cross-posted at No Longer Quivering. Growing up in fundamentalism was like living with...

September 16, 2011

A Historical Puzzle: Branham, the Apostles, and Vision Forum

Message of the Hour believers claim that William Branham was the last of seven prophets...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

The Message vs. the Gospel: Lust and Responsibility

One Sunday, about a year or two before I left my Message church, my pastor...

August 10, 2011

You Aren’t What You Eat

The main message of the Message is this: the world is ending soon, and only...

May 2011

May 22, 2011

Reading Recommendation: A Logical Refutation of Branham’s Message

I received an email today from Nathan Rivera, a former believer who was born and...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

When Dreams Become Promises

This post is forthcoming on No Longer Quivering. As followers of God’s final prophet and...

February 2011

February 03, 2011

Mythbusting the Message: “A Pardon is Not a Pardon”

William Branham told a lot of stories to illustrate his points. I suspect that he...

September 2010

September 18, 2010

The myth of the failing world

The end is near, it's nigh at hand The bride is gathering, the world is...

September 11, 2010

The Eagle Scream

William Branham delivered nearly all of his messages in a bellowing, screaming voice. Message believers...

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