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December 2018

December 04, 2018

Prosperity Gospel and (the Decline of) Modern Christianity

A whole bunch of Christian leaders love the whole idea of prosperity gospel. Today, let me...

November 2018

November 13, 2018

Cold Reading, and the Christians Who Told Me All the Things I NEVER Did

We've been talking lately about how Christians treat the people they're trying to recruit. Sales-minded...

November 10, 2018

Magic Christians: Gosh, If I’d Only Known!

We've been talking lately about the lamentably-common trope of Christians expressing great sadness over our...

October 2018

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 27, 2018

Can Christians Restart the Satanic Panic?

Last time, we looked at the dishonest testimony of a totally-for-realsies ex-Satanist turned evangelist, John...

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...

October 09, 2018

Pope Francis and Satan, Sittin’ in a Tree (K-I-S-S-I-N-G)

Francis is not only not a revolutionary new kind of pope, but a retread of the...

October 06, 2018

The SBC Returns To Business As Usual

This past week, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) apparently decided that enough time had elapsed...

October 04, 2018

Hal Lindsey (a Prophecy Huckster) Thinks Prophecy is Very Important

I ran across a list that was downright hilarious. In it, a relic from decades...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

The Broken System: Change From Within (Is Impossible)

Through members' own effort, goes the logic, they can return the system to its original...

August 18, 2018

Why It Matters: That Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report

This week, the world reeled at a shocking report issued by a grand jury in Pennsylvania....

August 05, 2018

The UYC: Hope in the Middle of Christian Hypocrisy About Marriage

The other day I was telling y'all that Christians increasingly pretend to be listening to...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

Trendy Testimonies: Why Christians Keep Saying They’re Ex-Atheists

Christians might want to help ease or (in their wildest dreams) reverse their decade-long decline,...

June 11, 2018

A TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Coach Reminds Us That Shaming Doesn’t Work (LSP #46)

If you haven't heard of Dave Daubenmire, he is every single thing you need to...

June 05, 2018

Al Mohler: No, It’s Our Critics Who Are Wrong.

Today, I'll show you the techniques he used to manipulate his flocks. These are common...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

The Hilarious Glory of a Failed Showdown

Toxic Christians like to set up big showdowns between two diametrically-opposed sides to force other Christians...

May 01, 2018

Paige Patterson Is Helping the SBC Out of Its Slump (LSP #40)

Paige Patterson, a bigwig with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), gave a speech in 2000...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

How Confrontational Evangelism is Failing Christians, and Why It Doesn’t Matter.

Christian evangelists act, in a very real sense, as salespeople of their ideology. And they...

April 19, 2018

Evangelical Churn: Evangelicals Struggle With a Tainted Brand

Today we have a quick detour because of an important meeting that evangelical leaders are...

April 04, 2018

Andy Savage and the Problem of Evil

The first important thing that Frank Page's resignation shows us: that the Southern Baptist Convention...

April 03, 2018

Frank Page Shows Us What a Mighty Fine Clean Cup the SBC Has (LSP #36)

Well! Welcome back from Easter and our Prodigal Planet special! I wanted to segue briefly to...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Why Donald Trump Hasn’t Lost His Core Fanbase Yet (LSP #35)

Often we feel like others will agree with us once they know what we know....

March 11, 2018

The Last Salvo of a Failed Soulwinner: “I’ll Pray For You!”

Alas for them, this phrase--I'll pray for you!--fails on a number of fronts. I'm going...

March 06, 2018

False Persecution and Dogwhistles: Mike Huckabee Gives Away the Game

Mike Huckabee's latest attempt was a few days ago, when he was appointed to--and then...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Dan Foreman of Idaho Shows Us the Real Face of “Christian Love”

Here's what Christian love really looks like--and why stone-cold hypocrite Dan Foreman is reacting like he...

February 13, 2018

Captain Cassidy’s (Big Ol’ Huge) Deconversion.

In this blog's first year, I spent a few months outlining all the different elements...

January 2018

January 19, 2018

A Flip-Flop That’ll Cost Evangelicals.

White evangelicals are standing behind their chosen champion through all manner of scandals. I was...

January 07, 2018

How to Become a Volunteer for a Fake Abortion Clinic

One of the biggest lies told by fake abortion clinics is that they are actually...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Christian Love, Marker Beliefs, and the Cost of Dissent. (#23)

Here we see exactly what happens when a tribe claiming ultimate moral authority and a...

December 11, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Liars for Jesus (#22)

Today Lord Snow takes an off-topic day to laugh at the antics of yet another...