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January 2015

January 09, 2015

What I Learned from the Lady in White.

A long time ago when I was administering a roleplaying MUD* online, I began to...

January 04, 2015

A Response to the Response to Ryan Bell

We're coming back to the Handbook for the Recently Deconverted shortly, but I saw this...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

The Real Reason For the “War on Christmas.”

Merry Christmas and welcome back! Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Today I want to...

December 23, 2014

Joyce Meyer and The Double Standards of Christian Derpitude.

We've talked about Joyce Meyer before in this space. She's an easy target, low-hanging fruit,...

December 19, 2014

Defining Moments: Lying for Jesus, Library Edition.

Biff was so proud of himself, but I was so horrified.

December 09, 2014

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers’ Abuse–er, Love.

You'll never, ever see Christian love like you will when his most fervent adherents discover...

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...

November 17, 2014

Faking It.

The young man had a shaved-bald head and oxygen lines around his nose, and apparently...

November 15, 2014

A Tale of Two Megachurches

One of the reasons I tend to be so optimistic about America's future is that...

November 13, 2014

Captive Audiences

Hi and welcome back! Today we're going to talk about something else I noticed about...

November 11, 2014

Chick Tracts Are Awesome (for Non-Believers).

I ran into his tracts many years ago, when they were a lot more popular...

November 03, 2014

More Good News: You’re Free.

I used to talk about freedom in Jesus a lot when I was Christian, but...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

A Choose Your Own Adventure About What “Free Speech” Actually Means.

Free speech is the new favorite rallying cry used by Christians whenever they are not...

October 24, 2014

(Christians Are Not) The Designated Adult.

(CN: Domestic violence, abuse, gaslighting.) Hi and welcome back! We're cruising right into the weekend,...

October 22, 2014

The Most Misunderstood Word (Isn’t Kingdom, Sorry)

Christians like to talk about misunderstood words in their religion. But they tend to be...

October 18, 2014

The Unequally Yoked Club: The Real Threat.

Last time we talked about how church leaders and teachers have been pushing the false...

October 10, 2014

What to Expect When You’re Deconverting (Life After Deconversion)

What you might be able to expect as you leave Christianity.

October 08, 2014

Another Liar For Jesus Has Been Denied.

Hi! Did you enjoy your feast of tears? (Fat-free and zero calories!) Today we're going...

October 07, 2014

Breaking: Tonight we feast on the tears of bigots

Equal marriage is coming. It is going to be a thing despite every single bit...

October 06, 2014

Persecution Complexity

Hi! I hope your weekend's going well so far. Today I want to talk about...

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 21, 2014

(Un)Prophetable.

Prophets--the divinely-touched emissaries of a god--have always had a very special place in human minds,...

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 12, 2014

Speaking Out Against Misogyny

In the wake of the Mark Driscoll fiasco, the Christian policing act has already begun....

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 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 23, 2014

Divine Wooing: It’s So Romantic

(CN: Religious abuse, domestic violence, stalking.) Today we're going to talk about one of the...

July 12, 2014

A Legend In Their Own Minds

When someone desperately wants to have status, there are really only a couple of ways...

July 08, 2014

The Truth That Wasn’t There.

I have a real fascination with stories of liars who get found out. Today I...

July 05, 2014

SCOTUS and Collateral Damage

(Content notice: Misogyny.) I hadn't been planning to say much here about the Hobby Lobby...