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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....

October 2018

October 13, 2018

Dare 2 Share and the Sabotage of the Young

WELL. The best-laid plans and all that! I found something to lead us up to...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Original Christianity: A Vision of the Past That Clouds the Future

Way back when, when Yr. Loyal&Etc. was just a wee teenybopper Christian lass, I believed heart...

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...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

The Worst Video Game I Ever Played (Is Not E.T.)

Lately, I've been thinking about good--and bad--video games from years past. Inevitably, these thoughts turn...

July 16, 2018

Lord Snow: Life, Death, Immortality, and What Matters Most (LSP #51)

Originally I'd intended this post to be a retrospective and celebration of Lord Snow, but...

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...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: The Meltdown of a Marriage

I've been wanting to return to the UYC lately, since I've seen new developments on...

May 03, 2018

Captain’s Log: Adventures in Mayonnaise Making

I love cooking. But sometimes my attempts to revise a recipe gets me into trouble....

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Captain Cassidy’s (Big Ol’ Huge) Deconversion.

In this blog's first year, I spent a few months outlining all the different elements...

January 2018

January 21, 2018

Bible Verses I Wish I’d Known About While I Was Christian.

The CPC also left out an awful lot of Bible verses that reveal that the...

January 07, 2018

How to Become a Volunteer for a Fake Abortion Clinic

One of the biggest lies told by fake abortion clinics is that they are actually...

December 2017

December 10, 2017

But But But You Guys! Biff DID THE RESEARCH! We’re Boned!

It's quite a popular phrase encapsulating quite a popular trope in Christian testimonies, and it's...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar and the Horrendous Friendship Kablooie.

If anything, we discover that the more extremist the flavor of Christianity is, the less...

November 26, 2017

That Time My Boyfriend Pulled a Sword on My Best Friend During the Christmas Pageant

I wanted to give you the best Christmas present I could--and it's one I've kept...

November 22, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar of 1986

I wanted to show you the roots of that cultural shift today, as we move...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Another World, Another Time: The Dark Crystal Returns

Join me for a rabbit-hole trip to the land of the Dark Crystal--and a look...

September 14, 2017

The Day I Met a Pagan Fundie.

But there was this one incident that really brought home to me that no religion...

August 2017

August 20, 2017

The Day My Prayers Changed

One day I realized that my prayers had changed without my even noticing. But they...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

The Perilous Position of the Sales-Minded Christian

There are a whole bunch of Christians who don't like to evangelize. This reticence drives...

June 04, 2017

Common Christian Miracles, Explained and Translated

But what do these miracles actually look like, and do the Christians claiming these miracles...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

The Power of Good Rituals

Yesterday I found myself attending to an age-old ritual that actually works, and I was...

April 06, 2017

Prepare Yourself: The Easter Christian Torture Porn is Coming

Easter is here! 'Tis the Season--for Christian torture porn, that is! Are you ready?

March 2017

March 10, 2017

A Eulogy For My Father: All We Have Is Love

An hour or so ago, right as I sat down to write a post today,...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

The Handbook: What It’s Like to Roll to Disbelieve

I thought that today--the most chocolate-y day of the year, so to speak--was a good...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Chick Tracts: A Cultural Artifact, Cheap at Twice the Price.

We idealize the stuff we liked, gloss over and forget the stuff we didn't, and...

October 27, 2016

A Jack Chick Retrospective

In a way, it's more important to understand Jack Chick's role in shaping right-wing Christian...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Yes, That Video About “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” Is Totally True. Here’s How I Know.

I have a quick aside. With a thankful h/t to Hemant Mehta, enjoy an awesome...

May 04, 2016

My Mother’s Dress

Clothes fascinate me. They're a powerful sign of our own personal individuality and a statement...

May 01, 2016

Evangelical Churn and the Chain of Pain

As the religion becomes more and more extremist and polarized, we'll be seeing more and...