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February 2019

February 07, 2019

Antiprocess: How Christians Deal With Challenges to Their Beliefs

When people receive information that challenges a cherished belief, they have at their disposal a...

February 02, 2019

Historicity: Testing the Claims of Christianity

We'll lay out a basic definition of claims and defenses of claims. And we'll start...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

How Ed Stetzer Created a False Belief in Christianity

Ed Stetzer accidentally created a false belief! And ever since he popularized this idea, it's...

January 20, 2019

In Search of the TRUE CHRISTIANS™

Last time we met up, we explored the authoritarian urge to control how people use...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

I Bet You Had No Idea Soulwinning Was This Easy

A couple of months ago, I came into two books by a minister that tickled...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

Josh McDowell and the Christian Solutions That Really Aren’t (LSP #67)

As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members, Christian leaders have swung into action with solutions. These...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

My Reasons for Belief (Weren’t)

A while ago, I wrote about why I deconverted. I've also written about some of...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

The Last Ideology Standing (Still Won’t Win)

Christians seeking to sell their religion to others rely on two main methods. They can...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

About That “Dear Facebook Friend” Image Going Around Lately

I'm not a fan of the open-letter format of social media posting or blog post....

May 2018

May 22, 2018

Christian Equivocation About Faith

People use two very different definitions of the word faith. As you can guess, those...

May 19, 2018

Stan Gudmundson and His PROOF YES PROOF

By far the biggest dishonesty Stan Gudmundson commits in his LTTE centers on what he...

April 2018

April 29, 2018

How One Christian Apologist Justifies a Failing Evangelism Strategy

A funny thing happens when Christians learn that their favorite tactics backfire hard when trotted...

April 23, 2018

Christian Lies About Deconversion–and EXTIMONY TIME AHOY! (LSP #39)

Christians sure have a lot of theories about deconversion, namely about why people are rejecting...

April 17, 2018

Turtles All the Way Down: The Flood of False Experts Continues

A recent incursion of Toxic Christians on this blog reveals a very sore spot for...

April 14, 2018

Zingers: A Painful Truth That (Many) Christians Don’t Want to Face

Last time we met up, we looked at Lydia McGrew's take on it. She wrote...

April 11, 2018

Apologetics: The Argument from X, and How It Fails

Today we're starting off with a refresher course on Arguments from X, since that's the...

February 2018

February 18, 2018

Why I Rejected Christianity (Then and Now)

Over the years I've evolved in my understanding of religion generally and Christianity specifically. My...

February 07, 2018

Angelo Stagnaro: Another Creationist Who’s Gotten It Backwards.

We're going to look at Angelo Stagnaro, who wrote a post for a big Catholic...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Why Apologetics Fails At Its Stated Goals

In the case of Christian apologetics, we see one of the clearest examples of that...

December 27, 2017

Why This Common Response to the Problem of Hell is Ridiculous

Well gyarsh, Shaggy, the Christian god can't provide anyone with 100% solid proof of his...

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...

December 08, 2017

The Rights of Consumers in the Post-Christian Marketplace

We're going to look more closely at one important aspect of the spiritual marketplace: would-be...

August 2017

August 08, 2017

A Totally Useful and Reliable List of Christian Books About Atheism

The list shows us everything that Christians get wrong about atheism--and to a certain extent...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Pick a Gear: Selling Contradictions

The marketers in broken systems have this unfortunate tendency to sell two different and diametrically...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

In Christianity, Every Day is Opposite Day.

I'll show you why Christians are fond of the Argument from Embarrassment, and why that...

April 18, 2017

Stages of Grief at the End of Apologetics

I've been coming into contact with a lot of different ideas about apologetics itself as...

April 02, 2017

Leaving the Shack to Find Our Independence

It seems fitting, however, to return to this topic of power now as we look...

December 2016

December 11, 2016

The Trendy New Christian Doubt

There's a new way for Christians to engage with doubt: a defanged, controllable, tamed doubt...

November 2016

November 04, 2016

Ray Comfort and the Cruel Dilemma

Evangelical leaders are forcing their followers into a showdown, one that it can ill-afford at...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

A Match Made in Hell for People to Be “Loved.”

Preston Sprinkle, in his book People to Be Loved, expresses some truly atrocious ideas. Arguably...