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June 2018

June 26, 2018

About That “Dear Facebook Friend” Image Going Around Lately

I'm not a fan of the open-letter format of social media posting or blog post....

June 11, 2018

A TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Coach Reminds Us That Shaming Doesn’t Work (LSP #46)

If you haven't heard of Dave Daubenmire, he is every single thing you need to...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

The Hilarious Glory of a Failed Showdown

Toxic Christians like to set up big showdowns between two diametrically-opposed sides to force other Christians...

May 24, 2018

Plot Twist: Even Faith-For-No-Good-Reason Has Very Big Reasons

See, faith-for-no-good-reason doesn't really exist. People who believe things that aren't true actually have reasons for...

May 19, 2018

Stan Gudmundson and His PROOF YES PROOF

By far the biggest dishonesty Stan Gudmundson commits in his LTTE centers on what he...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

Why the Christian Right’s Sex Scandals Are Only Increasing With Time

Another day, another bunch of scandals erupting out of fundagelical Christianity, and yet more predators...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

The Limits of Twitter Glurge-Evangelism: Believe in Yourself Edition. (LSP #34)

It was one of the funniest blowups I've seen on that site lately: a professional...

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 06, 2018

False Persecution and Dogwhistles: Mike Huckabee Gives Away the Game

Mike Huckabee's latest attempt was a few days ago, when he was appointed to--and then...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Dan Foreman of Idaho Shows Us the Real Face of “Christian Love”

Here's what Christian love really looks like--and why stone-cold hypocrite Dan Foreman is reacting like he...

February 20, 2018

Five-Year Blowout: A “Where Are They Now?” Update. (LSP #30)

I thought it'd be fun to walk down Memory Lane to revisit some of its...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Christmas Services Sure Seem Weird This Year

I think I've heard like a dozen people so far talking about just how militant...

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...

December 04, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over a “Love Quiz” that Mark Driscoll Fails Miserably. (#21)

I just can't stop laughing today over Mark Driscoll's current post. It's about a Love...

November 2017

November 17, 2017

Roy Moore and How His Excuses Fail.

Roy Moore was simply acting out the fantasies of every red-blooded Southern fundagelical man--and now...

November 10, 2017

Another Day, Another TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Hypocrite

In the lifetime of this blog, we've talked often about how hypocritical the most fervent...

March 2017

March 04, 2017

The Gaze of Dead Children Follows Me Today

These stories are related. They both reflect an endemic issue within Christianity: its broken systems'...

February 2017

February 12, 2017

An Idaho Judge Shows Us Exactly Why and How Christian Morality Fails

When Cody Herrera--who is accused of the rape of a 14-year-old girl--came before Judge Randy...

February 08, 2017

Jermaine Simmons: Clearly This Hypocritical Pastor’s Jesus Aura Was on Point

Today we're going to take a brief segue before we plunge into the murky world...

February 01, 2017

Why They Are Failed Ambassadors.

I'm a child of the 80s, which means that I've pretty much memorized Top Gun....

January 2017

January 22, 2017

News from the World of Gozer. (Update Time!)

I've been reading a lot lately about the strange shift in right-wing Christians' morality over...

November 2016

November 04, 2016

Ray Comfort and the Cruel Dilemma

Evangelical leaders are forcing their followers into a showdown, one that it can ill-afford at...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

Election 2016: Why Billy Bush’s Dog Won’t Hunt.

Fundagelicals and Republicans alike went into full damage-control mode the second this tape surfaced. They...

October 10, 2016

Election 2016: Michele Bachmann’s Startling (New) Conspiracy Theory

Michele Bachmann, a former US Representative from Minnesota and infamous religious fanatic and right-wing-nutjob, has...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Why People Don’t Like Christians, According to a Christian (Real or Not Real Edition)

Located on a site called Bible Reasons and called "25 Reasons Why The World Hates...

September 15, 2016

How the Persecution Will Go

You're probably noticing a common thread running through the messages and media aimed at fundagelicals...

August 2016

August 15, 2016

Hallelujah! Pat Robertson Has Heard from Jesus About Another Election!

For a group of people who really hate evolution, fundagelicals sure have evolved on their...

August 06, 2016

Josh Duggar’s Having a Tough Time These Days.

Last year we covered the scandal erupting around the Duggar family when eldest son Josh...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

I Want Them to Know, From the Bottom of My Heart

Today I'll show you some of the things that particular bunch of Christians do that...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

Evangelical Churn: The Fury of the Tribe

You can probably imagine that Christians aren't terribly happy about Shannon Low's deconversion. Today we'll...