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December 2019

December 05, 2019

Chick-Fil-A Meltdown: Evangelicals Are Giving Us the Most Glorious Meltdown EVER!

Before, I thought Mike Huckabee's 2015 tantrum over rainbow Doritos was the most awesomely funny...

December 03, 2019

The Crybullies of Christianity (Don’t Understand Themselves)

Last time we met up, I showed you a survey that revealed what evangelicals believe...

November 2019

November 30, 2019

Evangelicals: The Narcissism That Passes All Understanding

Yes, nobody loves evangelicals quite like they themselves do. And I do mean that assertion...

November 28, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Turkey Day Super Special! (#14)

Today's that happy day when Americans celebrate fun, family, and delicious food. Well, theoretically that's what happens,...

November 23, 2019

The Jesus Beatings Shall Continue Until Salvation Improves (Only God Can)

Lately we've been talking about the horrible Christian movie Only God Can. In it, we encounter...

November 16, 2019

Evangelicals, Their Witness, and Why It’s Falling Apart Lately

Hi and welcome back! Off and on, I've mentioned a bit of Christianese that's key...

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 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 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...

October 2019

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 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 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....

September 2019

September 19, 2019

HumanGate: Selfishness, Al Mohler’s Big Gun

Intentionality only carries women so far. To make the distance, to become even conditionally human in...

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 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 03, 2019

How Christians Use Promises of Peace To Dehumanize

But peace is way more than a nice feeling that most Christians don't really understand....

August 2019

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,...

July 2019

July 22, 2019

The Time We Have Is Now (LSP #100!)

I find my thoughts turning to another subject: one of love, grief, and ultimately hope. Today,...

July 11, 2019

The Power Struggles in TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Churches (Explain a Lot)

If you ever found yourself teetering on the fence about this religion, then this post...

July 09, 2019

The Problems and Pitfalls of Church Revitalization

This type of business, church revitalization, might well be one of post-Christian America's most lucrative cottage...

July 06, 2019

Thom Rainer’s New Gig (Won’t Help His Religion)

Thom Rainer just retired from LifeWay. Immediately afterward, he plunged full-time into his new old...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

Complementarianism: The Fight For Their Life

The SBC's leaders deployed two main strategies: pretending to care about the abuse scandal that's...

June 27, 2019

#SBC2019: Where Man-Pain Substituted for Change

These SBC leaders settled on a strategy long familiar to secular women: they acted very,...

June 25, 2019

#SBC2019: The SBC Pretends to Care About Sex Abuse

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) just had its big Annual Meeting this year. There, they...

June 20, 2019

Ed Stetzer’s Curious Ties To James MacDonald (Are Hurting Their Religion)

Since we've been talking about the SBC's decline generally lately, it fits in quite well....

June 11, 2019

The SBC’s Sex-Abuse Scandal Is Getting Worse

The 'Abuse of Faith' scandal happened right on the heels of the denomination's other sex-abuse...

June 04, 2019

Questions About Hell I Never Thought to Ask When I Was Christian

Deconversion opened up a whole new capacity to make observations and ask questions that I'd...

May 2019

May 25, 2019

A First Look at the SBC’s 2018 Numbers (OW OW OW OW)

Before their convention every year, SBC leaders like to offer up some sneak peeks at...

May 14, 2019

The Biggest Broken Promise Christians Make

Call it a sterling example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon if you like, and to be...