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November 2013

November 21, 2013

Joyce Meyer: Prosperity Gospel for Women (Is A Crock)

UPDATE: Hi! I get a lot of drive-by commenters on this particular piece so I...

November 15, 2013

More Matt Pitt Weirdness (And It is WEIRD!)

This needed attention and it needed it right now. It's about Matt Pitt, who continues...

November 11, 2013

Another Patriarchy Type Has Bitten The Dust

First, a bit of housekeeping: Hello to the new readers! Hang out as long as...

November 09, 2013

That’s a Mighty Clean Cup You’ve Got There (On the Outside at Least).

I know this is probably not a really big surprise, but the Republican Party of...

November 08, 2013

The Kodak Marriage

Christians' laser focus on marriage unfortunately highlights the sheer inadequacy of their rules about relationships...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Dehumanizing the Enemy

Oprah Winfrey, who apparently didn't get the memo about labels, came out with this gem...

October 08, 2013

How Christian Leaders Fleece Their Sheep

It always makes me boggle when I hear Christians comparing themselves to sheep. It's like...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Hoping We’re Wrong

Excellent dialogue earlier, folks, by the way, I want to say again. I mean this:...

September 17, 2013

Hey Christians, let’s make a deal — or not

Aren't atheists just the worst? Jeez, aren't non-Christians all just so totes over all this...

September 08, 2013

Youth Pastors: I Admit, I’m at a Loss for Words

The trend of using youth pastors to minister exclusively to high school kids began when...

September 05, 2013

What is a Toxic Christian?

Sometimes I use the term "toxic Christian" to describe particular people, and today I want...

September 03, 2013

Bigoted Bakers: Can She Bake a Cherry (Picked) Cake, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?

I'm still working on my fun post-DragonCon post but had to drop this in here....

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Tony Anthony: The Cult of “Before” Stories Got a New Member Last Month.

One of my earliest blog entries, A Cult of "Before" Stories, remains one of the...

August 24, 2013

Redefining Words: Tolerance

Christians at this point have no idea what tolerance really actually is.

August 18, 2013

Failed Ambassadors.

Ephesians 6 makes a startling declaration for Christians, and one that most of them totally...

August 10, 2013

Redefining Words: Facts

I've got to admit, one word that really bothers me to see misused by toxic...

August 05, 2013

Rachel Held Evans and How to Totally Miss the Point

Recently, a Christian blogger wrote a piece for CNN about why young people seem to...

August 04, 2013

Redefining Words: Convenience

One of the more aggravating redefinitions toxic Christians regularly pull involves the word "convenience."Like their...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

This Just In: The Pope’s Hoping We Forgot Everything.

The leader of the largest organized ring of child molesters on the planet, Pope Francis,...

July 29, 2013

Redefining Words: Love

Christianity's been quietly redefining the word "love" to the point where I can't really be...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Stop the Presses: Exeunt Exodus (and good riddance)

Out of every other crime against humanity that a big swathe of Christianity has committed,...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Compartments.

I want to stop and talk a bit about the idea I mentioned in my...

May 13, 2013

Leopards Don’t Change Their Stripes

Many Christians proclaim that without firm belief in their god, nobody can possibly be a...