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March 2020

March 26, 2020

Christian Leaders and the Non-Solutions They Love

There's an insidious side to these streams of unreasonable demands. Today, I'll show you what authoritarians'...

March 20, 2020

Jim Bakker’s At It Again With Medical Woo (Chat Post #2)

Hi and welcome back to our chat series! I couldn't help myself -- I had...

March 19, 2020

The Legal Storms Around ‘The Secret’

Rhonda Byrne tells people that her Secret will give them lives of comfort, joy, and...

March 10, 2020

Christian Scammers Have Discovered Coronavirus (Thanks, I Hate It)

There's just something about con artists preying on desperate, gullible people that gets me mad....

February 2020

February 17, 2020

The Boss From Hell in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #129, Ch. 17)

In Frank Peretti's motherlode of bad writing, This Present Darkness, the author frequently reveals his lack...

September 2019

September 21, 2019

Harvest Bible Chapel Infighting Reveals Christianity’s Sordid Underbelly (Also, an HBC Timeline)

One of their new church branches--all the way over in Florida, no less--has been at...

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 12, 2019

More Bad News For Jerry Falwell Jr. (And His Hilarious Response)

Yep! Yet another evangelical leader doesn't like to follow the rules he sets for his...

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 17, 2019

The Most Important Christian Claims (Fail Too)

Last time, we talked about the Christians who act all mystified about how their claims...

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 06, 2019

Joshua Harris and the TRUE CHRISTIANS™

Don't know who TRUE CHRISTIANS™ are? Just ask them. They'll tell you! And as certain...

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 27, 2019

#SBC2019: Where Man-Pain Substituted for Change

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

May 2019

May 16, 2019

Above Reproach: What Jesus Isn’t Telling the SBC

A bunch of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ accidentally revealed that reindeer game recently with a study called...

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...

April 2019

April 06, 2019

If Only Gary Smalley’s Fans Knew (What a Hypocrite He Was)

As I read this book, I began noticing a lot of problems with it. The...

March 2019

March 02, 2019

Christian Advice: From Useless to Disastrous, For a Reason

Much of the advice that these authoritarian Christian leaders offer their flocks sounds absolutely useless--that...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

The Sales Pitch of Family Happiness

Today, we begin with how Christian salespeople utilize the Cult of Family as a sales...

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...

February 18, 2019

Where Mark Driscoll’s Been Lately (LSP #80)

From the beginning, I figured Mark Driscoll began blogging to help bury his disgrace. When...

February 16, 2019

Abuse of Faith: The SBC Continues to Circle the Wagons

Generally speaking, he and the entirety of the SBC's top leadership knew. They simply avoided...

February 12, 2019

Abuse of Faith: J.D. Greear is SO BROKEN, Y’ALL!

This investigative report has revealed that the SBC power structure allows abuse, protects abusers, and...

February 09, 2019

Abuse of Faith: The SBC Braces For a Long-Overdue Reckoning

Tonight, two Texas news outlets prepare to unleash a major report regarding an epidemic of...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

Authoritarians, Fear, and the Culture Wars

They couldn't be more obvious in their fear if they sang their messages while playing...

January 07, 2019

A God’s Eternal Standards Shift–Again–Sort Of (LSP #76)

A bunch of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) folks have changed their opinion about one of...

January 03, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve’s Top Ten Posts of 2018! (Super Special #4)

Happy New Year, everyone! Today, I thought it'd be fun to show you the Top...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

The Founder of LuLaRoe Releases the Hounds (LSP #75)

LuLaRoe's founder, DeAnne Stidham, continues to lash out regarding her multi-level marketing (MLM) empire's implosion.

December 24, 2018

‘Tis the Season–for More Christian Infighting (LSP #74)

Nothing brings out the Christian love quite like Christmas. It's that wonderful time of year when...