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August 2020

August 27, 2020

Utility vs. Truthfulness in ‘Atheist Overreach’

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Christian Smith's 2019 book, Atheist Overreach. In it,...

August 10, 2020

The Fate of Pat Krueger in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #153, Ch. 35)

Hi and welcome back! The showdown at Ashton continues today in Frank Peretti's novel This Present...

August 09, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ Blames the Wrong People

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we checked out the 2019 book Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can't...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

How Positive Thinking Backfires

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about the cult of positive thinking. That's an...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

More Terrible Christian Marriage Advice in the Unequally Yoked Club

Years ago, I started a long blog series called The Unequally Yoked Club. It aimed to...

December 2019

December 24, 2019

Biff vs. the Dianic Separatist Lesbians: A Heartwarming Christmas Tale

There exists no universe in which Biff did not make a beeline straight for the...

December 12, 2019

Of Awakenings, Revivals, and Other Christian Lies

One popular Christian lie centers on what they call revivals and the importance of these things...

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 01, 2019

When Christians Express Serious Doubts To Each Other

A year or so ago, our friend Brad asked Christians what it'd take for them...

September 2019

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 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 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 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.

July 2019

July 01, 2019

The Sad Decline of Ashton in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #97)

We've talked about all kinds of stuff about the novel and its historical context. Today,...

June 2019

June 22, 2019

Meet the Christians Who Are HOPPING MAD About ‘Good Omens’

This time around, our brave widdle culture warriors flew into a lather over a television...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

What Thom Rainer Teaches Pastors About Anonymous Complaints

Today, I offer up a recent blog post from none other than Thom Rainer, one...

May 18, 2019

Matt Nelson Knows Exactly How to Convert Atheists

Because I am extremely helpful, I thought I'd offer my evaluation of it here, in...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

Before the Cult of “Before” Stories: Tricking Authoritarians

I came face-to-face with two completely untrue beliefs I held: that my god transformed people...

January 2019

January 24, 2019

Why Mockery Destroys Authoritarians

Bludgeons can't have soft edges. And neither can those wielding them.

December 2018

December 15, 2018

When Evangelists Play Deceptive Games

Last time we met up, we covered a book about evangelism called Soul-Winning Made Easy, by...

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...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

The Worst Advice Biff Got from Christians About Marriage

If there's one thing ex-Christians in the Unequally Yoked Club know, it's that our Christian...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Lord Snow Presides Over A Sign of the Christian Times (LSP #52)

Christianity continues to decline with a loud, wet FLUMP. As it does, Christians leap on...

July 05, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: How Marriage Became a Cult in Toxic Christianity

Today, we're going to look at why Christian leaders push so hard to get their...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

Stan Gudmundson: A Christian Culture Warrior Embodies Its Underbelly

Hemant Mehta recently found what he's calling "the worst attempt at converting atheists [he's] ever...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Lord Snow Presides Over the Newest Evangelism Failure (LSP #38)

The recent incursion of Christian trolls we've seen around here highlights the failure of evangelism...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

An Overlapping Venn Diagram: Christianity and Multi-Level Marketing Schemes

Lately I've been reminded anew about just how big the overlap is between MLMs and...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

Herd Immunity for the Christian Bubble

The denizens of broken systems tend to take very poorly to critics outside the group--and...

December 15, 2017

How Fundagelical Leaders Will Reassure the Tribe After Roy Moore’s Defeat

Many political commentators have noted that the election wasn't just a statement from voters who...