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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....

November 2012

November 06, 2012

I Voted! (Suck it, Mr. Branham.)

Growing up fundamentalist, I was reminded on a near monthly basis that I shouldn't be...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2

The following is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. Read the previous...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

BelieveTheSign.com Issues a Public Apology for Promoting William Branham as a Modern Prophet

If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll recognize William Branham as the...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Some Interesting Merchandise from Voice of God Recordings

The following are screen captures from the Voice of God Recordings website, illustrating some of...

June 17, 2012

Forsberg’s full WHAS11 interview

Those who have followed my comments on the WHAS11 Lousiville story on William Branham and...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Oh, “Brother.”

When I was a kid, I had a really hard time with titles. I felt...

May 21, 2012

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

May 21, 2012

Eagle Cry Radio Cries Some More

Joseph Branham's reactionary letter to the WHAS11 news story on William Branham and the Message...

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...

May 13, 2012

Christian Zionism and the Holocaust

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

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Contradictions: Who’s the Visual-est of Them All?

Fundamentalists argue that women should dress conservatively because men are visual. This is supposedly something...

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...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

DotP: Admissions

There is now a new addition to my story on No Longer Quivering: Daughter of...

November 2011

November 14, 2011

From Holy Days to Happiness

I've been having great fun with the holidays this year. I made a Halloween costume....

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...

September 05, 2011

How to fake it like a Message girl

Women in the Message of the Hour are not allowed to wear makeup. They are...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

On Counterculture

"Culture" is a fraught concept just about everywhere. In the academy, people debate what it...

August 28, 2011

One year!

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

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...

August 08, 2011

The Message vs. the Gospel: What Defiles You?

William Branham's life story is published in a book series called Supernatural (no relation to...

August 07, 2011

Hatred and Modesty

Women's clothing is a favorite pig to roast in the Message. Some preachers, like one...

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...

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...

May 19, 2011

It’s (not really) the end of the world as we know it (again)

The internet is abuzz with the fact that tomorrow is evidently going to be the...

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