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October 2021

October 12, 2021

Forced Optimism: MLMs Overlap With Christianity Yet Again

Hi and welcome back! I just ran across this multi-level marketing (MLM) industry website today....

June 2021

June 03, 2021

A Brief Prehistory of Hell (Journey Into Hell #6)

Today, let's talk about the prehistory of the Christian notion of Hell.

May 2021

May 13, 2021

‘Political Privilege’ Might Backfire Hard on Evangelicals, Says New Study

For a long time now, I've noted the increasing political activity and polarization of America's...

February 2021

February 04, 2021

The Shaky Foundation of the Pre-Trib Research Center

Recently, I ran across a group I've somehow never heard of: the Pre-Trib Research Center....

December 2020

December 07, 2020

The Seekers: What Sold-Out Christianity Really Means (LSP #169)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over the most sold-out Christians of them all, and how they...

October 2020

October 05, 2020

‘A Word from the Lord’ Still Doesn’t Make Sense (LSP #160)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over these bizarre little performances and how they're used in authoritarian...

August 2020

August 25, 2020

Jerry Falwell, Jr. and the Morality That Created Him

Jerry Falwell, Jr. is a product of his culture, completely and through-and-through. Today, let me...

June 2020

June 02, 2020

A Quick Introduction to the Endtimes

Evangelicals think a lot about the end of the world, but current events have had...

February 2020

February 03, 2020

An Exorcism in Christian Fantasy-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #128, Ch. 15)

In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ wages honest-to-goodness spiritual warfare--and he wins, because of course...

May 2019

May 21, 2019

The Problem of Wingnuts: How One Untrue Belief Inevitably Becomes Many

Untrue beliefs only proliferate. That's really the quintessential Problem of Wingnuts: What gets weird can...

May 16, 2019

Above Reproach: What Jesus Isn’t Telling the SBC

A bunch of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ accidentally revealed that reindeer game recently with a study called...

March 2019

March 04, 2019

The Doctrinal Yardstick Illustrates A Serious Problem With Christianity (LSP #81)

The doctrinal yardstick illustrates one of the most profound and serious problems Christianity suffers. I know...

February 2019

February 21, 2019

The Cult of Family and Its Failure to Launch

Do the most extremist, authoritarian flavors of Christianity really have a monopoly on the best marriages...

February 07, 2019

Antiprocess: How Christians Deal With Challenges to Their Beliefs

When people receive information that challenges a cherished belief, they have at their disposal a...

November 2018

November 08, 2018

THROWDOWN: Ex-Atheist Testimonies vs. Ex-Satanist Testimonies

Today, I'll show you the shared features of these two popular testimony styles, and which...

March 2018

March 18, 2018

The Israel Obsession: An Introduction to Endtimes Fantasies

To put it simply, Israel and Jews themselves are absolutely required components of these Christians'...

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...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Compartmentalization: A Life in Boxes

Another explanation for how Christians maintain belief in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence is...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar of 1986

I wanted to show you the roots of that cultural shift today, as we move...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

CBMW: Why Complementarianism Fails So Dramatically.

Today we'll examine the CBMW's central conceit, complementarianism, since it informs both of their culture...

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 27, 2017

Busting the First Myth About Having Meaning and Purpose in Life

It can be hard to detangle all that indoctrination when someone deconverts, because their entire...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

The Trouble with Tribbers

A long time ago I wrote about fundagelical preppers and how the doom-preparation community had...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

The Twin Selling Points of a Fundamentalist Rapture Scare.

In the same way, it is simply bizarre to me that people who have built...