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November 2014

November 18, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: Second Fiddle.

Today I read a downright heartbreaking post (that now seems to have disappeared, alas, sorry...

November 09, 2014

Jesus, Jesus, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink.

One of the most startling things to happen after I deconverted was the foretold coming...

November 01, 2014

The Call of the Wild, and Some Very Great News!

I'm very glad that I was in and out of Christianity before this current rush...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

The One Thing Christian Parents Aren’t Doing

Given the demonization done of ex-Christians and atheists, given how little most folks--especially fundagelical parents--know...

October 24, 2014

(Christians Are Not) The Designated Adult.

(CN: Domestic violence, abuse, gaslighting.) Hi and welcome back! We're cruising right into the weekend,...

October 18, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: The Real Threat.

Last time we talked about how church leaders and teachers have been pushing the false...

October 16, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: Yes Yes, But What Does It Look Like?

I wanted to briefly discuss something I talked about last time, about couples "basing their...

October 13, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: The Most Important Thing.

Hi y'all! We've been talking lately about how quite a few Christians base their marriages...

October 11, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: The One Pillar.

Welcome back, R2Ders! We're heading into the Unequally Yoked Club today. One thing I was...

October 10, 2014

What to Expect When You’re Deconverting (Life After Deconversion)

What you might be able to expect as you leave Christianity.

October 04, 2014

Shane Hayes’ Questions We Can’t Escape

Today, we return to Shane Hayes' new apologetics book, The End of Unbelief. Here, we...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 7: All Things Being Unequal.

Welcome back. We're discussing Shane Hayes, who wrote the new apologetics book The End of...

September 28, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 6: His Actual Argument.

Hi folks! Hope your weekend is going swimmingly so far. We've been looking at a...

September 26, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 5: A Short Definition of Apologetics and, Apparently, Theism.

Hi again! We've been discussing a new apologetics book by Shane Hayes and today we'll...

September 24, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 4: Will You Stay Or Will You Go Now?

Hey, y'all! We've been talking this week about newly-published author Shane Hayes' new apologetics masterpiece,...

September 22, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 3: The Pursuit of Happyness.

Hi and thanks for joining me! We've been talking lately about Shane Hayes' new apologetics...

September 20, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 2: Dorkness and Lies

Last time we talked about the author Shane Hayes and his new book, The End...

September 16, 2014

What’s Your Sign?

I was reading today about some horoscope writer who is sick and about how her...

September 14, 2014

Drilling Down

Today I saw this piece in Religion News Service about how some evangelicals are still...

September 12, 2014

Left Behind: The Pandering.

When a horrible remake gets made of a movie that was already horrible to begin...

September 10, 2014

Operation Pitchfork and A Moment of Crisis.

Like so many ex-Christians before me, for just a brief time I dangled on a...

September 08, 2014

The Diner That Night.

OMG! We hit 300 posts! Thank you so much! This thang is as much about...

September 02, 2014

How Historicized Mythology Works.

Sorry about yesterday; I was laid up with one of those fun migraine-and-nausea episodes I...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Choices, Choices.

Oh, where would we be without entertaining stories of faux-persecution from American Christians? Today I...

August 26, 2014

A Brief Primer About What Proof Looks Like.

It's gotten almost old dealing with Christians who are convinced they have some kind of...

August 21, 2014

(Un)Prophetable.

Prophets--the divinely-touched emissaries of a god--have always had a very special place in human minds,...

August 16, 2014

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: The Things We Did Wrong

I've mentioned before the Pentecostal-yardstick act that erupted whenever I or someone from my church...

August 04, 2014

Consolidation and the Dwindling of Belief

I saw this really interesting piece about "church cannibalism" and it ties into something else...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: Dale’s New Book

Good news for folks in the UYC! Dale McGowan's newest book, In Faith and In...

July 23, 2014

Divine Wooing: It’s So Romantic

(CN: Religious abuse, domestic violence, stalking.) Today we're going to talk about one of the...