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July 2012

July 21, 2012

Misogynist Pastor Doug Wilson Continues Gaslighting His Critics

Gaslighting is a term derived from the 1944 film Gaslight. Here's an excerpt from the...

July 06, 2012

Wifely Submission and Honoring, Cherishing and Loving Your Wife as Your Own Body

Leaders of the Christian Patriarchy Movement and their disciples (minor pastors who covet their attention)...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Dear Evangelicals: Stop Talking about a “Culture of Death”

I am pro-choice. I don't revel in death. I don't advocate for it. I don't...

June 19, 2012

Azizatu Nafsiha: Suffering Doesn’t Make You Special, It Just Makes You Miserable

Saliha has written another great post that resonates with me as a former Christian fundamentalist....

June 18, 2012

Sexuality and Spanking in Religious Fundamentalism: Two Projects to Join!

Sarah at Who I Am Without You is starting a project on the harmful effects...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Group Identity and Child Abuse

A little while ago, Libby Anne wrote a great post called Sex Abuse, the First...

May 21, 2012

A recent article on Religion Dispatches takes on the question few people bother to ask...

May 13, 2012

Christian Zionism and the Holocaust

My church was obsessed with Israel. We believed that Israel becoming a state in 1948...

May 08, 2012

Homeschooling: The Good

I liked being homeschooled. To this day, I have no problem with it. Nonetheless, I...

February 2012

February 17, 2012

Divorce as Salvation

Growing up fundamentalist, I heard endless tirades about the importance of having a set of...

February 09, 2012

A Brief Comment on Divorce and the Bible

Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of...

October 2011

October 18, 2011

Occupy Compassion

The American political sphere is something like a gladiator's ring taken over by staggering drunks...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

One year!

I've been writing this blog for a year now, which means a number of things:...

July 2011

July 13, 2011

It’s not because you left the Message.

I decided that, lacking time to write in-depth blog entries, I'm going to refocus my...

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