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January 2019

January 24, 2019

Why Mockery Destroys Authoritarians

Bludgeons can't have soft edges. And neither can those wielding them.

January 05, 2019

Two Different Christians With One Problem: KIDS TODAY

Our lovely commentariat has found two completely different posts by two completely different Christians about...

December 2018

December 15, 2018

When Evangelists Play Deceptive Games

Last time we met up, we covered a book about evangelism called Soul-Winning Made Easy, by...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Andy Stanley Has Found Five Reasons Why Nobody Leaves the Church

Andy Stanley illustrates some potent takeaways in his essay. Today, let's walk together through "Five...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Broken System: How Predators Keep the Prey in the Fold

Predators gravitate toward these systems because they are a reliable source of the prey they...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Lord Snow Presides Over A Sign of the Christian Times (LSP #52)

Christianity continues to decline with a loud, wet FLUMP. As it does, Christians leap on...

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....

May 2018

May 14, 2018

Christianity’s Evangelicalism Problem (LSP #42)

Leia knew that controllers only speak one language, that of control. That, literally, is what they...

May 08, 2018

How Would-Be Christian Evangelists Are Set Up To Fail (And Why)

If a Christian wants to successfully recruit new people to join Christianity, they quickly discover...

May 07, 2018

“Come Sunday” – A Review (LSP #41)

Today, Lord Snow presides over a movie that might be about Christians and tackle a...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

Letters from Tim: What Christians Don’t Realize They’re Telling Us

Last week letters turned up in my mail that really encapsulated exactly what Christians do...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Billy Graham and the Culture-War Model of Evangelicalism

Billy Graham's work both created a juggernaut of coercive power for his religion--and in turn...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Evangelical Churn: Why Christian Leaders’ Orders Never Change

It took Christian leaders some time to recognize that yes indeed, they were facing not...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

Soda’s Back on the (BYU) Menu, Folks

The administrators of BYU recently made a proclamation that really drives home exactly how out-of-touch...

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 31, 2017

How to Keep Kids Christian For Life, According to Christians

I'll show you the weirdest and worst of those teachings here--and more importantly I'll show...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

No, No, Wait, Everyone: A Progressive Christian Shares the Real Reason Why Christianity is Failing

Today we've got a progressive Christian who's here to give us the real skinny about...

July 08, 2017

Coercion and the Global Marketplace of Ideas

The religion's leaders 100% believe that there's some magical way to return Christianity to its...

July 06, 2017

No No, Gang, THIS Christian Is Totally Going to Fix Catholicism!

I'll pick apart his speech today, and then show you--for good measure, since I'm helpful...

January 2017

January 01, 2017

Coercion Through Virtue Signaling: The Last Ditch.

We've been talking about the various ways that Christianity has used coercion to convert and...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Christians’ Dominance Is Ending, But Not Without a Fight

We've been talking lately about the various ways that Christianity rose to power as the...

December 25, 2016

A Christianity Without Coercion Isn’t Much of a Christianity At All.

What would happen if Christians suddenly understood that the entire mythology of their religion is...

December 18, 2016

From Tolerated to Dominant (Christian Coercion)

We've been talking lately about the early history of Christianity and how different it is...

December 16, 2016

The Edict of Milan and the Dawn of Legitimacy (Christian Coercion)

Its evangelists competed hard for followers and resources in a culture marked by a huge...

December 14, 2016

How Christianity’s Golden Age of Coercion Began

We've been talking lately about the origins of Christianity and how it retains power even...

December 02, 2016

Church Discipline: Evaluating the Claims

When power-hungry people want to abuse others, and they are given the means by which...

November 2016

November 13, 2016

How (Not) to Fix Everything: School Prayer Edition

Often we see Christians offer suggestions that don't actually help the problems they see. Those...

November 11, 2016

We’re Already Seeing ‘Christian Love’ in the Wake of the Election

WWJD? Obviously he would insult those who are suffering; malign those who are hurting; laugh...

November 08, 2016

A Tale of Two Arguments

Christians claim that they have one holy book and one god, one truth and one...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

The Declines of Empires

Anything that takes effort to build and create can fall apart if it doesn't get...