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February 2017

February 19, 2017

Sorry, Bible. Christians Just Aren’t That Into You

I recently ran across this gobsmackingly self-deluded blog post from fundagelical group The Gospel Coalition...

February 17, 2017

Changing Course in a Broken System

Sometimes I see something happening in the real world and compare it to how things...

February 08, 2017

Jermaine Simmons: Clearly This Hypocritical Pastor’s Jesus Aura Was on Point

Today we're going to take a brief segue before we plunge into the murky world...

February 05, 2017

The Comfort of the Failed Sales Pitch

There's always a reason, in religion, for the stuff we see religious people doing. It...

February 03, 2017

Why They’re Not Ambassadors

Last time we met up, we were talking about the differences between ambassadors and salespeople--and...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Needs Must When the Culture War Drives

We are in the midst of a vast change in morality that is every bit...

January 25, 2017

What Christians Get Wrong About “Objective Morality.”

I've been noticing for some time that Christians' morality appears to be shifting--very subtly, but...

January 22, 2017

News from the World of Gozer. (Update Time!)

I've been reading a lot lately about the strange shift in right-wing Christians' morality over...

January 20, 2017

It’s 2017: How Did Charisma’s 2016 Prophecies Go?

Well, gang, it's the beginning of a new year--which obviously means that all the Christian...

January 15, 2017

A Fragile Bubble: Criticism Avoidance

Last time, I showed you that a person can have love, or they can have...

January 12, 2017

Love in the Time of Culture Wars

Sometimes it's downright painful to see a Christian skate right up to the edge of...

January 11, 2017

When Change Isn’t Possible

Do more of that, and harder. It's a mantra by now. It hasn't actually worked...

January 08, 2017

Without Tax Exemptions, Christianity Will Collapse (Sort Of)

One of the most fascinating bits of fallout from the ongoing secularization of America is...

January 06, 2017

Oh Noes! The Baptism Drought Continues for the SBC!

The biggest Protestant denomination in the United States continues to suffer serious churn in its...

January 04, 2017

Kim Burrell’s Homophobia

Kim Burrell is a gospel singer and minister who wants us all to know that...

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 23, 2016

A Free Gift That is Neither Free, Nor Really a Gift

But there's one part of their vision of Christmas that is particularly grating: the idea...

December 21, 2016

The Tantrum on Christmas.

Christmas fast approaches, and with it the usual litany of Christian sermons about what they...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Chick Tracts: A Cultural Artifact, Cheap at Twice the Price.

We idealize the stuff we liked, gloss over and forget the stuff we didn't, and...

June 2016

June 26, 2016

The Three Deceptions Found in “People to Be Loved”

Preston Sprinkle's book People to Be Loved outlines the right-wing Christian case for opposing same-sex...

April 2016

April 24, 2016

Tony Waller and the Cruel Dilemma

Do you folks remember Anthony Waller? He's a youth pastor I discussed about a year...

April 08, 2016

Churn Rate: When They Are Grown, Apparently They DO Depart From It

Back when I was Christian, there was one Bible verse considered to be the ultimate...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Why Evangelicalism Fails: Hell as Outdated Marketing

Recently I was reading a blog post by a Christian* who was very, very concerned...

March 07, 2016

Captain Cassidy’s Quest for Happiness: Where It Wasn’t

One of the big threats Christian leaders make to their flocks about deconversion is that...

February 2016

February 07, 2016

Upon My 20-Umpteenth Year of Apostasy: A Word About Authenticity

I just realized that I've now been out of Christianity for longer than I was...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Donald Trump and His Fans Viciously Attack Megyn Kelly, Accidentally Demonstrating Why Christianity is Failing So Hard

From TheWrap.com comes this story of yet another incident involving Donald Trump and his supporters...

January 29, 2016

The Predators in Plain Sight (in a Broken System)

It seems like there is a never-ending litany of miserable stories about abusers, predators, and...

October 2015

October 15, 2015

The Titanic Band is Striking Up the Next Song (of Decline)

Some churches like their lights to be super-bright; some prefer their churches to be dark...