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March 2018

March 11, 2018

The Last Salvo of a Failed Soulwinner: “I’ll Pray For You!”

Alas for them, this phrase--I'll pray for you!--fails on a number of fronts. I'm going...

March 04, 2018

The Cult of Before Stories: Glenn Hobbs, Totally An Ex-Satanist

I want to show you today how Glenn Hobbs' claims line up with our checklist...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

An Overlapping Venn Diagram: Christianity and Multi-Level Marketing Schemes

Lately I've been reminded anew about just how big the overlap is between MLMs and...

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...

January 2018

January 05, 2018

Live in the Wild: An Introduction to Fake Abortion Clinics

The CPC is one of the most slickly-packaged of all of the fake women's clinics,...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Evangelical Churn: The Real Goal vs. the Stated Goal

In Christianity, we're seeing this situation come into clearer and clearer focus regarding their stated...

December 20, 2017

Herd Immunity for the Christian Bubble

The denizens of broken systems tend to take very poorly to critics outside the group--and...

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...

October 2017

October 12, 2017

Testimonies: What They Are, Why They Don’t Work, and Why Christians Can’t Quit Them

Today I'll show you why testimonies always follow one specific form, why they don't work...

October 04, 2017

The Mormon Church Has Reminded Us Again That We’re the Future… and They’re Not

The Mormon Church recently let us know recently how they will be handling their future...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Satanic Panic: By Far the Most Excruciating Talk My Mom Ever Gave Me

The reason I talk about the Satanic Panic is to remind people of what happens...

September 26, 2017

Life After Deconversion: The Scary Superfluity of It All

Though many folks thought Ryan Bell's Year Without God was a stunt, I had several...

September 12, 2017

The Enneagram: Christianity’s Newest Astrology Fad.

I just noticed this hilarious new astrology system that's showed up in Christianity: the Sacred...

September 10, 2017

A Celestial Extortionist and His Sycophants

Even I couldn't have predicted the extent of that opportunism, however--though I could easily have...

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Various Christian Threats, Deciphered and Decoded

Threats are a constant and deeply-woven part of Christian culture. Even the really nice parts...

August 01, 2017

The Darker Side of Artificial Meaning and Purpose

Christians have an entire mythology built around their supposed monopoly on finding meaning and purpose...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

The Big Secret About the Meaning of Life (That Christians Don’t Want People to Know).

Strap in and hang on--keep your hands and feet inside the SUV at all times...

July 23, 2017

The Different Types of Christian Ghosting

Today I'll show you the two kinds of Christian ghosting, how prevalent ghosting has become...

July 11, 2017

The People are Revolting. (You Said It! They Stink on Ice!)

Typically the response of Christian leaders to the fact that their congregations are abandoning them...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Arizona’s Complete Lawlessness. (#11)

A new first has happened in America: an openly atheistic woman has been elected to...

June 08, 2017

The Ongoing Crisis in Christianity Continues Apace

I thought it was hilarious that this news comes out now, amid a Gallup poll...

June 01, 2017

Church Planting Amid Iron Chariots.

This ancient story is way too potent of a reminder to Christians that their omnipotent...

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...

May 09, 2017

You Lost Me: And How They Lost Us

David Kinnaman always couches Prodigals' disbelief in terms of how they came to disbelieve. The...

May 04, 2017

No, Christians. Your Churches Are Already Dead

Nowadays, many Christians act like they only run into trouble because individuals come in and...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

The Tell-Tale Heart of #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

I was even more interested in the responses to the stuff women are sharing on...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Just a Little Bit of Racism in The Shack.

The Shack, the latest in a long line of Christian glurge movies and books, lives...

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...

February 05, 2017

The Comfort of the Failed Sales Pitch

There's always a reason, in religion, for the stuff we see religious people doing. It...

February 03, 2017

Why They’re Not Ambassadors

Last time we met up, we were talking about the differences between ambassadors and salespeople--and...