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July 2013

July 13, 2013

Assumptions: Making An Ass Out of U and Mptions

In the last week I've had Christians making assumptions about me like five times, so...

July 07, 2013

Godly Messages: You’ve Got Mail!

Christians like to think their god talks to them. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from...

July 06, 2013

Personal Questions.

Once upon a time, I knew a man who was a really good person. He...

July 04, 2013

Freedom.

I'm an American, if anybody hadn't caught that yet. Today is very special to me...

July 03, 2013

The Scary Superfluity of Religion.

"It's either mean or it's arbitrary," said the little boy in the strip, "and either...

July 01, 2013

Open-Mindedness (I think his brains fell out).

Houston, 1989. It was a dark and stormy night, the night my god saved my...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

The Sky Has Fallen. Oh wait. Actually no it hasn’t. Well, maybe for some folks. And it’s about time!

One of the most interesting things to come out of the DOMA decision this week...

June 29, 2013

Truth vs. Objective Veracity

I've been hinting about this topic for a while now, but I think this is...

June 27, 2013

The Myth of Christian Persecution

Christians in America really have no idea what martyrdom is anymore--but they're sure that they're being...

June 23, 2013

Clan of the Cave Jesus.

We hold the wisdom of the ages. We are the keepers of morality. We know...

June 22, 2013

Superhero Jesus.

During a very painful and lonely stretch of my childhood, I did exactly what fundagelicals...

June 21, 2013

Stop the Presses: Exeunt Exodus (and good riddance)

Out of every other crime against humanity that a big swathe of Christianity has committed,...

June 19, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Your Testimonies Don’t Really Matter to Us

(Before we get started, a bit of housekeeping--one of those Breatharians I mentioned a few...

June 18, 2013

It’s a Wonderful Life (with Narcissism)

The other day I got to watch a Christian speak with wide-eyed breathless earnestness about...

June 16, 2013

Why I’m Glad the Christian God Isn’t My Father

Well, that's not too inflammatory of a title, is it? But it's true. I'm glad...

June 15, 2013

H-E-double-hockey-sticks: Be Not Afraid

I just want to get this out in the open: it's going to be fun...

June 13, 2013

Captain Cassidy and the Cosmic Purpose.

When I was a Christian, I not only firmly believed that I had a great...

June 09, 2013

Telling Lies, Telling Sweet Little Lies (To Myself).

Thankfully, after I'd fled Biff, I had a variety of online friends through the gaming...

June 08, 2013

My Consent (Doesn’t Really Matter).

When I was a Christian, I realized that my consent didn't matter in the least...

June 07, 2013

Christianity’s Mad Men

Quick: How many Alka-Seltzer tablets does someone take at a time? Even if you've never...

June 06, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Parables (Really Suck).

If I ever did a "Stuff Christians Like" entry, it would be about parables. Not...

June 05, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Miracle Maxin’

Christians move through a world filled with all sorts of divine interventions by their god--to...

June 03, 2013

The Skippy List

Ready for something lighter? I know I am. If you're a gamer or military type,...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Stopping Thought.

Before I go much further, I also want to stop and talk a little about...

May 30, 2013

Compartments.

I want to stop and talk a bit about the idea I mentioned in my...

May 29, 2013

How I Became the Only Pro-Choice Pentecostal I Knew.

Hope y'all had a lovely holiday! Are you ready for the last leg of my...

May 26, 2013

The Christian’s Field Guide to Ex-Christians: “Bad Christians”

I guess every single ex-Christian out there's heard this one: "You just left because some...

May 25, 2013

The Power of Prayer, Part One.

It's not an exaggeration to say that tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands...

May 24, 2013

Just Another Brick in the Wall (Falls Out)

It was a bright fall day. I walked into a history classroom on the very...

May 22, 2013

The Cloud Has Moved

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