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October 2013

October 08, 2013

How Christian Leaders Fleece Their Sheep

It always makes me boggle when I hear Christians comparing themselves to sheep. It's like...

October 06, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: False Compromises

Last time we hung out, I touched briefly on why I don't feel that accommodation...

October 04, 2013

Leaving Religion: Words Have Power.

Liberal. Conservative. Trinitarian. Jesus-Name. Man. Woman. Gay. Straight. Christian. Marcionite. Atheist. Deist. Pantheist. Agnostic. Pagan....

September 2013

September 28, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Please Quit Threatening People.

You'd think that the proselytization process for a "god of love" and a "prince of...

September 27, 2013

Non-Toxic Christian Grab Bag

I keep up with Christian news, obviously. I'd be foolish not to do so, considering...

September 19, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Hoping We’re Wrong

Excellent dialogue earlier, folks, by the way, I want to say again. I mean this:...

September 17, 2013

Hey Christians, let’s make a deal — or not

Aren't atheists just the worst? Jeez, aren't non-Christians all just so totes over all this...

September 12, 2013

My Time as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

A few days ago I saw this post written by a man who woke up...

September 10, 2013

The Daughters of Women

A while ago I wrote a post called "The Daughters of Men" in which I...

September 05, 2013

What is a Toxic Christian?

Sometimes I use the term "toxic Christian" to describe particular people, and today I want...

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 30, 2013

Losing the Plot (and Plotting the Loss)

You know, every so often right when I think that toxic Christians are starting to...

August 27, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: (You’re All) Genuine Christians. (Okay?)

Fred Phelps thinks he's one. So does Brother Jed, the Pope, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer,...

August 24, 2013

Prayer Warriors for Jesus

Most people who got involved in the Pentecostal denomination I was in weren't the clean-cut...

August 24, 2013

Redefining Words: Tolerance

Christians at this point have no idea what tolerance really actually is.

August 22, 2013

Redefining Words: Faith

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

August 19, 2013

Ala-Kalam! (Or, “Therefore, Jesus.”)

Last night I was talking to someone about advanced theological concepts while he was trying...

August 18, 2013

Failed Ambassadors.

Ephesians 6 makes a startling declaration for Christians, and one that most of them totally...

August 12, 2013

You Are Not Alone.

I thought this was just amazing. Courtesy of Dan Fincke's FB page comes this beautiful...

August 11, 2013

Redefining Words: Theories (Aren’t Bills)

Recently, Ball State University came into the spotlight when their administration had to rein in...

August 10, 2013

Redefining Words: Facts

I've got to admit, one word that really bothers me to see misused by toxic...

August 08, 2013

Oh! The morality!

The argument is very simple: If you're not a Christian, then--GASP!--where on earth do you...

August 05, 2013

Rachel Held Evans and How to Totally Miss the Point

Recently, a Christian blogger wrote a piece for CNN about why young people seem to...

August 02, 2013

R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means (to me)

What's it like leaving Christianity? It's like discovering you don't need fixing--that you have value...

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...

July 27, 2013

Redefinitions: Words (Have Power)

I think it's time we started a new direction here, and by happy chance, the...

July 25, 2013

Judging Christianity’s Validity

I've been thinking lately about exactly why I reject Christianity and what I would consider...

July 20, 2013

Carrying the Burden (of Proof).

The burden of proof is a term used in debates that indicates who has to...

July 17, 2013

Opinionated

One of the hardest things I encountered after my de-conversion from Christianity was how to...

July 15, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: (Yes, They’re In Decline)

The sky is falling, but Christians are looking at the ground to find out why....