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April 2014

April 14, 2014

How Not to Be a Compelling Witness

It's almost a pity that most of modern Christianity has this major hard-on for evangelism...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

“God’s Not Dead” – But He’s on Life Support, Apparently

Today we're going to talk about how toxic Christians (who can be loosely defined as...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

When Christians Do the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons

I've written before about Christians I think who are kinda getting that whole "love your...

February 12, 2014

Don’t Waste It.

Well, it's happened. I have officially hit that age where I want to shake younger...

February 03, 2014

A Thought About Love and Feedback

I realized something yesterday: It is not the person performing a loving deed who gets...

February 01, 2014

Disproportionate Threats (Are So Very Christian)

What blows my mind is how completely out of proportion these threats are and how...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

The Superiority Complex

I don't know if diversity education works--the jury seems to be out on that one--but...

January 14, 2014

Magical Thinking and Prayer

It's funny to me that Christianity tends to jump with both feet on magic in...

January 08, 2014

Speaking of Good Christian Husbands: Meet Bill Young, Lovin’ and Leavin’ ‘Em.

"I'll just leave this here, shall I," said the Captain, her lazy Texan drawl absolutely...

November 2013

November 15, 2013

More Matt Pitt Weirdness (And It is WEIRD!)

This needed attention and it needed it right now. It's about Matt Pitt, who continues...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

The Demons of Psychiatry (Don’t Exist)

Do y'all remember that anecdote I told you about Marf and Bebo and the van?...

September 03, 2013

Bigoted Bakers: Can She Bake a Cherry (Picked) Cake, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?

I'm still working on my fun post-DragonCon post but had to drop this in here....

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Emergent Christianity: That Huge Threat to Republican Jesus

Have you seen this in the news lately? A bunch of conservative Christians have decided...

August 26, 2013

Tony Anthony: The Cult of “Before” Stories Got a New Member Last Month.

One of my earliest blog entries, A Cult of "Before" Stories, remains one of the...

August 22, 2013

Redefining Words: Faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen....

August 04, 2013

Redefining Words: Convenience

One of the more aggravating redefinitions toxic Christians regularly pull involves the word "convenience."Like their...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Redefining Words: Love

Christianity's been quietly redefining the word "love" to the point where I can't really be...

June 2013

June 02, 2013

The Power of Prayer, Part Two.

I needed answers, and I needed them quickly.

May 2013

May 22, 2013

The Cloud Has Moved

Communities get these ideas sometimes to live together and re-enact their ideals. It's part of...

May 16, 2013

My Boyfriend Gets Exorcised.

Now that I wasn't involved in weird evangelical churches anymore, I blossomed at last in...