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July 2021

July 04, 2021

Roll to Disbelieve Freedom Super Special! (#17)

Hi and welcome back! Today being the 4th of July, I thought I'd offer some...

May 2021

May 09, 2021

An Evangelical Site Tries Hard to Ignore Their Single Moms

In the April issue of Christianity Today (CT), their cover story involved the most hilarious bait-and-switch attempt...

April 2021

April 03, 2021

Monty Python’s Life of Brian: The Best Easter Movie Ever

Hi and welcome back! Today being the day before Easter and all, I wanted to...

January 2021

January 18, 2021

The Dream MLK Had (Won’t Belong to Evangelicals)

Hi and welcome back! Today being Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day, I've had his...

December 2020

December 25, 2020

Meow-y Christmas! (Off-Topic Winter Wonderland!)

Today, let's just have a nice off-topic Winter Wonderland to celebrate whatever joy we can...

December 24, 2020

The Birth of Jesus: Anything But Heartwarming

Hi and welcome back! It's very nearly Christmas, that special, magical time of year when...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving: What Is Most Important

Captain Cassidy grew up fervently Catholic, converted to the SBC in her teens, and became...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

Check Out Jesus’ Tomb in Japan This Easter!

For this Easter holiday, we check out one those sorts of beliefs. Today, let me...

April 11, 2020

How Religion Hijacks the Weirdness of Liminal Spaces (Pre-Easter Post)

I want to dive into the way that liminal spaces affect us--and how they've impacted humanity's view...

March 2020

March 12, 2020

Roll to Disbelieve Early Lucky Day Super Special! (#16)

Gosh, where'd the time go? Here we are sitting on top of Easter, that season...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

2019’s Top Ten Posts! (Super Special #15)

now that 2019's all tidied away and lining the cosmic birdcage, so to speak, I...

December 2019

December 25, 2019

I Faced Persecution For Refusing to Deny My Beliefs (About Santa)

Christians love to boast about how they would totally never deny Jesus. No way! They'd stand strong...

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...

July 2019

July 04, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Summer Fun Super Special! (#10)

Hi! Today, I thought it'd be fun to take a day to look back at...

April 2019

April 20, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve EGG-Stravaganza Easter Super Special! (#8)

This weekend, much of the world celebrates Easter. This holiday represents a celebration of renewal...

December 2018

December 22, 2018

Away in a Manger: The Christmas Story That Never Was

This one, Christians are sure, must have truly happened: a god-baby, born in a barn,...

December 11, 2018

A Christmas Miracle: Speaking in Tongues at the Company Party

One of the most dramatic miracle claims that far-right evangelicals make is that of speaking...

December 09, 2018

Jesus, Santa Claus, and the Putting Away of Childish Things

Often, ex-Christians describe deconversion as being very similar to children realizing there's no Santa Claus....

December 06, 2018

The Ambot Who Loved Me: Contexts and Beliefs

We've been talking lately about multi-level marketing schemes (MLMs) and their similarity to the worst...

November 2018

November 22, 2018

Roll to Disbelieve Thanksgiving Super Special! (#2)

If you're totally losing patience with some of the people you're around this weekend, then...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

Roll to Disbelieve Super Special #1: Halloween!

Need some extra reading material? Stuck waiting at home for the trick-or-treaters to ring the doorbell?...

October 30, 2018

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex Demons (And Weren’t Afraid to Ask)

One of the weirdest offshoots of the Satanic Panic has got to be sex demons. Here's...

October 22, 2018

Christian Opportunists Love Strange Days (LSP #65)

Halloween comes at us fast. And we all know what that means! Costumes, candy, parties, and--for...

January 2018

January 01, 2018

The Top Ten Roll to Disbelieve Posts of 2017! (LSP #24)

Today I thought it'd be fun to list the blog's top 10 posts from 2017.

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Christmas Services Sure Seem Weird This Year

I think I've heard like a dozen people so far talking about just how militant...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

That Time My Boyfriend Pulled a Sword on My Best Friend During the Christmas Pageant

I wanted to give you the best Christmas present I could--and it's one I've kept...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Halloween: It’s That Time Again

Halloween is that magical time of year when Christians can dial up to 11 their...

October 14, 2017

What Ketchup Meringue Should Tell Christians About Ken Ham (But Won’t)

His suggestion is hilariously bad, by which I mean that it's so inept and obviously...

July 2017

July 04, 2017

The False Promise of Safety in the Broken System

The criticism I have about religion really deals with the broken system that undergirds it:...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

Ed Stetzer’s Written an Easter Post and It’s Amazingly Bad

In the grand tradition of glurge, his post not only fails spectacularly to persuade those...