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August 2015

August 08, 2015

How Non-Christians’ Marriages Work (Um, Right?)

Considering the overweening and galactic-level hubris they're displaying by daring to offer serious advice to...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Meet Nick and Sarah Jensen, Two More Christian Bigots Upset That Other People Are Happy

Meet Christian bigots and hypocrites Nick and Sarah Jensen from Australia. They're committed Christians who...

June 09, 2015

Jordan Root and Yet Another Child Abuse Scandal Erupting in Christianity Right Now.

We're still reeling from the Duggar sex abuse scandal, but on the heels of it...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

Something for Nothing: the Greed at the Heart of Christianity

Prosperity gospel preacher Creflo Dollar recently asked his followers to give him a USD$65 million...

April 04, 2015

The Women of “God’s Not Dead”

Changed my mind; we'll do the Christian episode later. Today I want to talk more...

April 03, 2015

The Unequally Yoked Club: Relationships in God’s Not Dead

(Please consider all of my posts about this movie to be spoilerrific.) Last week I...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

The Handbook: Soaking in a Bubble Bath

We've talked here about the "Christian bubble." The Christian bubble is an insular world with...

December 2014

December 21, 2014

Moral Failings

Way too many Christians talk a very big game about having a monopoly on morality....

November 2014

November 26, 2014

The Real Reason for the Season

We've been talking lately about Kirk Cameron's horrible new movie, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, and...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

Drilling Down

Today I saw this piece in Religion News Service about how some evangelicals are still...

August 2014

August 16, 2014

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: The Things We Did Wrong

I've mentioned before the Pentecostal-yardstick act that erupted whenever I or someone from my church...

August 10, 2014

Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead (Mark Driscoll’s Disgrace)

(Content note: religious abuse, mind-blowing misogyny and anti-LGBTQ bigotry.) Big, big news, R2Ders! Over the...

August 04, 2014

Consolidation and the Dwindling of Belief

I saw this really interesting piece about "church cannibalism" and it ties into something else...

August 01, 2014

It’s the Thought That Counts, Apparently

I was allowing myself to buy into the illusion of gourmet cooking without developing any...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Predators Go Where the Prey Grazes (Elder Abuse For Team Jesus!)

If you needed a good mad for the day, here's all you'll require to get...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

Silence, Happiness, and Enthusiastic Consent

There's been a whole lot of talk lately about this new idea called "enthusiastic consent."...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

Exiting Far East: A Mother’s Love.

Today, on Mother's Day, let me show you what real love feels like to experience....

March 2014

March 09, 2014

The Four Facts of the Resurrection (Aren’t)

I was shocked to see it worded like that, like it was some kind of...

March 08, 2014

I’ve Got 65 Problems, But Natasha Crain’s Apologetics Ain’t One

Today we're going to talk about how older Christians are dealing with the growing tide...

March 05, 2014

The Terms of Their Surrender

Ross Douthat, mouthpiece of the Religious Right, announces his surrender.

March 02, 2014

Sex Scandals: I Don’t Think This Is How Jesus Loved the Little Children

Meet 35-year-old sex offender Robert David Wright, who was a youth pastor. You're already cringing,...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

When Christians Do the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons

I've written before about Christians I think who are kinda getting that whole "love your...

February 14, 2014

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

This is a love story, but it is not about another person. That would come...

February 07, 2014

Mental Health

This link is about the son of Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds, who suffered a...

February 06, 2014

Christian Mary Sues

This blog writes itself. Case in point: The night before last, my doorbell rang. I...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

An Update on That Macklemore Grammys Story

I didn't feel like updating the story I did about the Grammys yet again (hopefully...

January 28, 2014

“Billy Did It Too” is Not An Adequate Reason to Misbehave

Sexism is over. Rand Paul said so, so we can all just relax.

January 25, 2014

Crushing on the Antichrist

If you've never seen The Damn Show, a homebrew sketch comedy show out of Austin,...

January 22, 2014

The Superiority Complex

I don't know if diversity education works--the jury seems to be out on that one--but...

January 20, 2014

Life After Grace

I used to hate Sundays, but I love 'em now. No fuss, no muss, get...