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December 2021

December 08, 2021

Why Evangelicals Lean So Hard on Original Christianity

Now more than ever, authoritarian leaders must grab for every source of power they can....

June 2021

June 01, 2021

Fear: Why Hell Succeeds as a Christian Threat (Journey Into Hell #4)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Hell -- as a concept, yes,...

May 2021

May 12, 2021

Gaslighting: How Dare We Expect Evangelicals to Fulfill Their Promises!

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I alluded to the mistreatment evangelicals heap upon people who...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Deconversion: Brett McCracken Gets It Completely Wrong

Sure, it might seem like Brett McCracken is just insulting his tribal enemies. And he...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

Ex-Christians and the Myth of the Virtuous Deconversion Excuse

Today, let me show you what a virtuous excuse is, and why you'll find none...

February 2021

February 14, 2021

‘Millions of Souls’: the Manipulation Tactic Christian Predators Love

Hi and welcome back! Happy Chocolate Day! We are still snowbound here at Casa Cas....

January 2021

January 23, 2021

Afterlife: When the Science Spoke At Last to Me

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I noted that I struggled mightily with my belief in...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

The Bridge Evangelists Build to Make Sales (Refutes Their Own Claims)

Today, I'll show you the most earthly and human part of this very earthly and...

November 25, 2020

‘Christian Love’ as a Tool for Gaslighting

Hi and welcome back! We've got a quick little segue ahead of us. A recent...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Chris Watts: Virtue Signaling His Heart Out

Today, let me show you how Chris Watts is leveraging his understanding of evangelicals to...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Weaponized Pet Names: Recognize This Control-Grab

Hi and welcome back! I find inspiration in the strangest places sometimes. Case in point:...

September 09, 2020

Joe Battaglia: Let’s All Jesus Harder to Fix America!

Yes, we've found ourselves yet another Christian who thinks he's figured out the way to...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Dark Triad and Virtue Signaling

Hi and welcome back! Recently, a study came out regarding something of great interest to...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Unchurched: The Coin Lee Strobel Offers

Hi and welcome back! Let's turn now to an important idea in Lee Strobel's 1993...

May 2020

May 02, 2020

Sean McDowell and the Cruel Dilemma

Though it was mercifully brief, Sean McDowell alluded to one of the nastiest bits of...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

The Ongoing Panic Over Evangelical Churn

Today, let me show you some stuff from evangelicals that indicates that they're still panicking...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Why People Rightly Distrust Evangelical Research

In fact, this study demonstrates exactly why we should not trust any studies designed, led, or...

November 2018

November 10, 2018

Magic Christians: Gosh, If I’d Only Known!

We've been talking lately about the lamentably-common trope of Christians expressing great sadness over our...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

When Christians’ Hearts Hurt Over Non-Belief

Christians often sound downright sorrowful about non-Christians. By remarkable coincidence, I'd just had some Christians say something...

September 2018

September 13, 2018

The Red Flags I Didn’t Notice

Red flags are those in-your-face warnings that a situation could be going pear-shaped in short...

June 2018

June 12, 2018

Evangelical Churn: The Falling Away of the Young

As the next generation in Christianity, young people have quite a burden to shoulder! And...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

A Thief in the Night Retrospective: Where They (And We) Are Now

It's been so eye-opening for me to see just how deeply and painfully these movies...

February 2018

February 02, 2018

The Pseudoscience of the Crisis Pregnancy Center

This section is a stunning demonstration of that strategy--as well as a disheartening look at...

December 2017

December 08, 2017

The Rights of Consumers in the Post-Christian Marketplace

We're going to look more closely at one important aspect of the spiritual marketplace: would-be...

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 2014

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,...