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October 2021

October 10, 2021

Evangelical Vaccine Denialists Latch Onto 666 Hysteria

I promised you a treat today, and here it is: a recent post I ran...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

Assessing the False Claims of a COVID Denialist

Christian claims always have a pedigree, if our two series, Journey Into Hell and 1st-Century...

September 22, 2021

Why Wingnuts Don’t Care About Real-World Evidence

Today, let's see how wingnuts like Patrice Lewis assess truth claims in the first place....

September 21, 2021

How a Wingnut Perceives the Loss of Dominance

If wingnuts get their way in a squabble, then they have gained or held their...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

QAnon Lies, and People Die

Hi and welcome back! News of the COVID-19 surge has been unrelentingly awful. One theme...

July 2021

July 31, 2021

Why QAnon is Attacking Evangelical Leaders Lately

Hi and welcome back! In the past, we've discussed QAnon -- the new moral panic...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

QAnon: Ed Litton Wants Southern Baptists to Stop Listening to ‘Fables’

Today, let's explore Ed Litton and his strange opinion of QAnon, and then let's see...

June 21, 2021

Yahweh as an Anunnaki: The Trouble With Imaginary Beings (LSP #197)

Hi and welcome back! I had a laugh earlier today looking at something online that...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Sovereign Citizens Ideology Has Infested New Zealand (LSP #179)

Hi and welcome back! Well, I suppose it was inevitable that wackadoodles in New Zealand...

January 2021

January 20, 2021

QAnon: The REAL Cabal Was the Friends They Made Along the Way

In organizing like they did, in the violence they constantly created, the hatred they spewed,...

January 19, 2021

Beliefs vs. Behavior: Evangelicals’ Redefinition of Occam’s Razor

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I mentioned briefly that White evangelicals' own stated beliefs regarding...

January 11, 2021

The Traitors Having Trouble Finding a New Social Media Home (LSP #174)

Hello and welcome back! Since their thankfully-failed attack on the Capitol Building last week, America's...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

Fear and Rage: Evangelicals’ Two Responses to Their Diminishing Power

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you an evangelical's request that his tribe quit...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

When Your Position Depends on Lying: Geocentrism Edition (LSP #167)

Hi and welcome back! Years ago, I wrote about how culture warriors' message absolutely requires...

November 13, 2020

The Day A.J. Kiesling Noticed Christian Men’s Fear of Divorce

'Perfect love casts out fear,' wrote someone long ago. Going by that standard, today's evangelical...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

How Evangelical Leaders Gift-Wrapped Their Flocks for QAnon

Yesterday, I showed you the hilarious story of how evangelical leaders like Ed Stetzer got...

October 29, 2020

How QAnon Got Personal For Ed Stetzer

Evangelicals have glommed right onto QAnon, and no wonder: its creators target them specifically with...

October 28, 2020

How the Satanic Panic Led Straight to QAnon

After a couple of years of ignoring the whole thing, evangelical leaders have finally noticed...

October 27, 2020

Evangelical Leaders Have Finally Noticed QAnon

Recently, I've seen a number of evangelical leaders frantically trying to squash QAnon conspiracy theories...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

Hunt for the Red Heifer: Suck-Starting the Apocalypse

Hi and welcome back! Back when I was Pentecostal, most of my denomination obsessed over...

April 2020

April 01, 2020

The Idaho Earthquake Is NOT A Sign of the Endtimes, Sorry

Just as I was wrapping up my post yesterday evening, my state experienced a very...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Kenneth Copeland: Why Grifters Gotta Grift (Chat Post #5)

Kenneth Copeland has been making waves with his newest money-making scheme. His involvement in the...

March 21, 2020

The False Claims of ‘The Secret’

The creator of The Secret, Rhonda Byrne, taught woo enthusiasts they could think themselves rich, healthy, and...

October 2019

October 19, 2019

TOWTTHO: That One Weird Thing That Happened Once, Cat Edition

Often, these experiences feel significant to us and even alter our lives. My little family...

August 2019

August 26, 2019

Evil Ecumenism in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #105, Ch.7)

In this installment, we get our first real look at one of the other villains...

January 2019

January 01, 2019

The Super Blood Wolf Moon Is Coming!

In yet another episode of the evangelical parade of Endtimes guesses, a Super Blood Wolf...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

Hal Lindsey (a Prophecy Huckster) Thinks Prophecy is Very Important

I ran across a list that was downright hilarious. In it, a relic from decades...

August 2018

August 08, 2018

No, Nobody is Violating Alex Jones’ Right to Free Speech

No, Alex Jones didn't suffer a violation of his American rights. His right to free...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

Christian Equivocation About Faith

People use two very different definitions of the word faith. As you can guess, those...

May 17, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #8: Meet Texe Marrs.

I'm looking at end-of-the-world conspiracy theorists right now and ran across a name I hadn't...