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November 2019

November 14, 2019

How the Satanic Panic Hurt My Friend in the 1980s

Big David was larger than life. He had beautiful crystal-blue aquamarine eyes that seemed to...

November 12, 2019

Church Volunteering: Just Like Group Work From School

Over the past week, I've noticed a lot of discussion regarding church volunteer work. Not...

November 11, 2019

Abusing the Help in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #116, Ch. 11)

In today's installment, we see how demons take defeat--and how poorly they treat their human...

November 09, 2019

Evangelical Self-Interest: Why This Shoulder Angel Always Wins

Last time we met up, I showed you yet more bad news for Christian leaders:...

November 07, 2019

Planting Seeds: The Jesus Roofies of the Christian World

I've touched on today's topic more than a few times over recent months--and it comes...

November 06, 2019

The Christians In Denial About Christianity’s Decline

Somehow, some Christians stick out their widdle lower lips and screech that NO, they can't...

November 04, 2019

The Big Church Meeting in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #115, Ch. 10)

Finally, we enter the big scene Peretti set up as the big conflict from the...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

The Sacrifice of the Marriage Lamb: An Evangelical Horror Story

Today, we travel the horrifying route between what evangelical leaders teach about marriage, and what...

October 22, 2019

Natasha Crain’s Horrible Christian Parenting Advice

Natasha Crain occupies one specific niche within that industry, too: apologetics aimed at Christian parents...

October 17, 2019

I Bet You Had No Idea It Was This Easy to Become an Apologist Like Natasha Crain

Today, I'll introduce you to Natasha Crain and show you how she went from a...

October 14, 2019

Evangelicals’ Hatred of Psychology in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #112, Ch. 8)

For a while now, we've been talking about Frank Peretti's cringeworthy 1986 book, This Present Darkness....

October 10, 2019

Christian Evangelists Keep Asking the Wrong Question

Apologists take as a given that once they demonstrate that gods in general might exist,...

October 08, 2019

Russell Moore Tells Us How to Fool a Monster

Monsters dwell here. One band of them might have a silly-sounding name--eh-van-jellicles. I see you...

October 05, 2019

Deconversion: Christian Leaders Throw Down Against Ex-timonies

In the wake of some high-profile deconversions, toxic Christians have begun to notice ex-timonies again....

October 03, 2019

The Question Christians Vastly Prefer (to Ask)

Recently, we discussed a question Christians really don't like. Today, I'll show you one they...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

HumanGate: Al Mohler’s Emotional and Weak-Minded Amnesia

Poor Al Mohler. I can only imagine that his fragile emotional state, caused by his...

September 14, 2019

HumanGate: Al Mohler’s Dishonest Game

Al Mohler helped set parenting up as a game his people can't win anymore. And...

September 10, 2019

Jerry Falwell Jr: What He Does in the Darkness

Today, let me show you just how insulated Jerry Falwell Jr. is from reality, and...

September 09, 2019

Evangelicals’ Projection in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #107, Ch. 7)

In this installment, we get a pointless meeting to tell us stuff we literally already...

September 07, 2019

Al Mohler Objectified Women As Usual, But This Time He Faced Backlash

Last week, Al Mohler did something he usually does: he objectified and literally dehumanized women....

September 02, 2019

Pretending They Won Anyway in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #106, Ch.7)

We're still on Chapter 7. Here, we look at a very common modern-day evangelical practice:...

August 2019

August 31, 2019

Christian Peace vs. ‘The World’s Peace’

To start this section, today we'll be looking at how Christians try to make 'Christian...

August 27, 2019

How ‘Christian Peace’ Becomes a Marketing Tactic

Today, let me show you the dark side of the false promise of Christian peace:...

August 24, 2019

Finding Peace After Deconversion

As I showed you last time, Christianity brought me anything but peace. Today, I'll show you where...

August 19, 2019

The Accidental Pastor of ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #104, Ch.7)

In the first half of the chapter, two Christians play a rousing hand of Happy...

August 15, 2019

Why So Many Christians Act Mystified About Their Religion’s False Claims

In the settling dust of apostasy, a few common Christian responses swam into focus. One...

August 13, 2019

Loudly-Christian Businesses And The Company They Keep

A while back, I showed you some disturbing information about businesses that trumpet how very...

August 12, 2019

Legends In Their Own Minds in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #103, Ch.6)

In this installment of our mega-mega-review, the author lovingly describes in Chapter 6 the weakest...

August 08, 2019

Lost Coercion: The Center of Christianity’s Current Decline

That cultural change was and is a loss of Christians' onetime powers of coercion. Today,...

August 05, 2019

Training Spiritual Warriors in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #102, Ch.6)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over the overwhelming arrogance of spiritual warfare--and its surprisingly earthly origins.