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December 2021

December 06, 2021

Change: A Very Special Lord Snow Presides (LSP #221)

Of late, some of you have heard some rumblings about Roll to Disbelieve making a platform...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

We Found an Exoplanet in Another Galaxy! (LSP #215)

Consider my mind blown today: scientists think they've found an exoplanet in a whole other galaxy....

September 2021

September 18, 2021

Why Christian Dishonesty Matters

Christians' dishonesty around their lack of evidence matters way more than that lack of evidence...

July 2021

July 22, 2021

Beach Reach Training: How to Craft a Testimony (And Why)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Beach Reach. That's a short-term mission...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

The Night My Fear of Hell Died

Today, I'll tell you what happened the night I finally lost my fear of Hell.

May 12, 2021

Gaslighting: How Dare We Expect Evangelicals to Fulfill Their Promises!

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I alluded to the mistreatment evangelicals heap upon people who...

May 04, 2021

A Star Wars Retrospective: May the Fourth Be With You

Hi and welcome back! It's Star Wars Day! Man, that whole series has some serious staying...

April 2021

April 14, 2021

Jesus-ing as a (Poor) Substitute for Self-Improvement

Their Dear Leaders long ago taught Christians that Jesus-ing represented the only valid path to...

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Tim Keller and the Lies He Tells About Death

Christians promise up and down that their product can give people peace of mind about...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

“Million Souls” and Lying for Jesus

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we talked about a threat that Ravi Zacharias made to...

February 04, 2021

The Shaky Foundation of the Pre-Trib Research Center

Recently, I ran across a group I've somehow never heard of: the Pre-Trib Research Center....

December 2020

December 17, 2020

Discipling: What It Is and Why It Won’t Save the SBC

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I mentioned that a lot of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)...

December 07, 2020

The Seekers: What Sold-Out Christianity Really Means (LSP #169)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over the most sold-out Christians of them all, and how they...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving: What Is Most Important

Captain Cassidy grew up fervently Catholic, converted to the SBC in her teens, and became...

November 16, 2020

Why Gullible Christians Believe the Ouija Board’s Hype (LSP #166)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another huckster creating -- and then coincidentally filling --...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

The Fantasy Youth Evangelists Sell Pastors (Doesn’t Ever Happen)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about an evangelist named Greg Stier. Like...

October 16, 2020

Counting the (False) Costs of My Teen Zealotry

As we reviewed evangelist Greg Stier's three totally-surefire teen evangelism strategies, many of us got...

October 15, 2020

‘Counting the Costs’ is Music to Authoritarian Ears

Before I get into the harm his suggestions do to children, I realized I needed...

October 13, 2020

Greg Stier’s Reframing Game: Basic Gaslighting

Today, we'll cover his second suggestion: emotionally manipulating teenagers with reframing. I'll show you how...

September 2020

September 06, 2020

Porn and Christians: Starting Trouble For a Reason

Hi and welcome back! I guess today also represents a bit of a palate cleanser. I ran...

August 2020

August 20, 2020

Deconversion: How Reality Drained My Faith Pool

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a Christian book called Atheist Overreach....

July 2020

July 16, 2020

That Time Someone Tried to Revitalize an Online Game I Staffed

Revitalization efforts tend to fail because once a group is solidly entrenched in a particular...

July 06, 2020

How I Learned to Focus on the Game, Not the Players

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we've been circling around the topic of how authoritarians approach...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Unchurched: My Actual ‘Sticking Points’ Don’t Look Like These

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Lee Strobel's 1993 Christian book, Inside the...

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 13, 2020

A Pastor’s Apology in Portland (Revealed Way Too Much)

On Sunday, I showed you something that happened to me in my freshly-deconverted days. That...

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...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

How I Accidentally Dove Into the Sourdough Trend

People are getting way into baking sourdough bread! And by pure accident, I found myself...

March 2020

March 18, 2020

The 1973 Toilet Paper Panic of Honolulu (Chat Post #1)

I was just a wee little toddler back in 1973. And I remember going through...

January 2020

January 27, 2020

Jesus Power in the Arcade in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #127, Ch. 15)

In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ invades an evil, Satanic video game arcade. Today, Lord Snow...