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November 2021

November 01, 2021

Context is Everything in Spookiness (LSP #216)

We humans are extremely context-sensitive creatures, and when something runs out of context, it can...

June 2021

June 10, 2021

The Sheer Racism in the Russell Moore Letters

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about the two leaked letters from Russell...

June 02, 2021

How Hell-Believers Deal With Hell-Disbelievers (Journey Into Hell #5)

Today, let's look at how Hell-believers deal with this very potent conflict with their Happy...

February 2021

February 14, 2021

‘Millions of Souls’: the Manipulation Tactic Christian Predators Love

Hi and welcome back! Happy Chocolate Day! We are still snowbound here at Casa Cas....

September 2020

September 05, 2020

Study About Disagreeable People Says: Nice Guys DON’T Finish Last

Hi and welcome back! Today also represents a palate cleanser. A new paper has come...

September 03, 2020

The Tragic Downside of Bro-Dude Christianity

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at one of the worst subcultures in Christianity: bro-dude...

July 2020

July 25, 2020

Biff’s Freakout Over ‘Forrest Gump’ (Helped Me Deconvert)

Today, let me tell you about the time Biff fanboyed all over the movie Forrest Gump...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Unchurched: The Coin Lee Strobel Offers

Hi and welcome back! Let's turn now to an important idea in Lee Strobel's 1993...

May 2020

May 24, 2020

Biff and the Mormons: Scrubbing Toilets in Heaven

Years and years ago, some Mormon missionaries tried to sell my then-husband Biff on a...

May 10, 2020

Captain Cassidy and the Case of the Mother’s Day Geraniums

Whether those connections are bound to us by blood or by choice, they're what matter...

March 2020

March 22, 2020

Nobody Signs Up For the UYC (Chat Post #3)

Let me tell you about the very night that my then-husband Biff realized that yes,...

January 2020

January 06, 2020

Weaksauce Substitutes and Daddy Issues in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #124, Ch. 14)

In Chapter 14, we'll discover how dangerous it is for Christians to seek out real...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

A Complementarian Pastor’s ‘Simple Question’ (Has An Answer He Won’t Like)

As I read his disingenuous post, I got one of those surges of helpfulness that...

December 24, 2019

Biff vs. the Dianic Separatist Lesbians: A Heartwarming Christmas Tale

There exists no universe in which Biff did not make a beeline straight for the...

December 12, 2019

Of Awakenings, Revivals, and Other Christian Lies

One popular Christian lie centers on what they call revivals and the importance of these things...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

I Was a Purple Christian People Pleaser

Maybe it's so easy to switch flavors of Christianity because at heart, most of them...

March 2019

March 23, 2019

If Only He Knew: Villains Helping Villains

Hi! Lately, we've been talking about a terrible Christian marriage-advice book, If Only He Knew. In...

March 07, 2019

Keeping Up Appearances in the Cult of Family

Lately, we've been talking about authoritarian Christians' new marketing push: the Cult of Family. Only these...

March 04, 2019

The Doctrinal Yardstick Illustrates A Serious Problem With Christianity (LSP #81)

The doctrinal yardstick illustrates one of the most profound and serious problems Christianity suffers. I know...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

Before the Cult of “Before” Stories: Tricking Authoritarians

I came face-to-face with two completely untrue beliefs I held: that my god transformed people...

January 2019

January 13, 2019

Authoritarians, THE ANGLE, and Evangelism Apps

Hi and welcome to our new series on authoritarians! Last time we met up, we...

November 2018

November 03, 2018

That Time Biff Tried to Become a Radio Show Host (Just Like Bob Larson)

At the height of the Satanic Panic, my ultra-Christian first husband, Biff, concocted a plan....

September 2018

September 22, 2018

Promises, False and Discovered

Now, you'd think that sensible salespeople would want to avoid making promises they can't possibly...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

Book-Burning: As Christian As It Gets

Really, book burnings are as Christian as crusades, misogyny, and pseudoscience--which is to say, as...

August 09, 2018

The Worst Advice Biff Got from Christians About Marriage

If there's one thing ex-Christians in the Unequally Yoked Club know, it's that our Christian...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

You Must Be Born Again (And Again, And Again, And Again…)

Most people have likely heard of the Bible verse advising that people must be born again...

July 14, 2018

Evangelism, Catcalling, and Abusing Retail Workers: The Common Thread

Their behavior might seem just bizarre, but it all makes perfect sense when we understand...

July 09, 2018

The UYC: How Marital Compatibility is (Mis)Defined (LSP #50)

In toxic Christianity, couples determine compatibility in a totally different way than most other folks...

July 07, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: Terrible Christian Marriage Advice, Graded

Last time we met up, we talked about why Christians have such a bizarrely-regressive view...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

A Strange Evolution: When Fundagelicals Loved the ACLU (LSP #48)

Long, long ago, when I was a wee bright-eyed Pentecostal lass, I had a run-in...