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December 2021

December 09, 2021

What Finally Stopped Josh Duggar

Josh Duggar has been found guilty of both counts of possession and receipt of child...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

The Duggars: Authoritarians Trying to Protect Their Tainted Brand

Last week, the Duggar clown car family hit the headlines again. Unsurprisingly, those headlines centered...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Josh Duggar and His Entirely Unsurprising Child Porn Charges

Hi and welcome back! Last night, we got the news that Josh Duggar -- eldest...

July 2020

July 20, 2020

False Accusations in Jesus-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #150, Ch. 30)

Hi and welcome back! It being Monday, we turn our attention to Frank Peretti's cringefest...

June 2018

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...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Five-Year Blowout: A “Where Are They Now?” Update. (LSP #30)

I thought it'd be fun to walk down Memory Lane to revisit some of its...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

News from the World of Gozer. (Update Time!)

I've been reading a lot lately about the strange shift in right-wing Christians' morality over...

August 2016

August 06, 2016

Josh Duggar’s Having a Tough Time These Days.

Last year we covered the scandal erupting around the Duggar family when eldest son Josh...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

The Predators in Plain Sight (in a Broken System)

It seems like there is a never-ending litany of miserable stories about abusers, predators, and...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Update Time! Where Are They Now?

While writing about Ben Carson, I realized that it's been a while since I checked...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

The Religious Right’s Having Bad Luck with Mascots Lately.

I was just thinking today about the extremely bad luck that the Religious Right's been...

September 15, 2015

The Ashley Madison Hack Was a Factor in a Seminary Professor’s Suicide

Last month, a Professor of Communications at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary took his...

September 01, 2015

Josh Duggar: What It Took

But sometimes, despite the huge safety net evangelicals have built up over decades to prevent...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

And Speaking of Josh Duggar: The (Second) Fake Rehab Center He’s Going To.

One definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different...

August 28, 2015

The Ongoing Ashley Madison Crisis: 400 Pastors Might Resign on Sunday. Maybe. Any Minute.

From Ed Stetzer, a Southern Baptist Convention leader who absolutely never gets anything seriously wrong...

August 23, 2015

Another Professional Christian Ends Up on Ashley Madison (And That’s Not Even the Worst Part)

This professional Christian video blogger (or "vlogger") showed up on Ashley Madison in their customer...

August 22, 2015

Anna Duggar and the Impossible Decision: Why They Stay.

There are reasons why women in Anna Duggar's position don't leave husbands like Josh Duggar....

August 21, 2015

… And Now We Learn About Josh Duggar’s Secret Facebook Account

I need to be really careful about what I say. Last time we talked, I...

August 20, 2015

Let the Spinning Commence for Josh Duggar

Yesterday I noted that Josh Duggar, whose name has been linked to the Ashley Madison...

August 19, 2015

Josh Duggar, OKCupid, and Ashley Madison Walked Into a Bar…

I thought there wasn't much of a way that a sanctimonious bigot-for-Jesus who molested and...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

5 Reasons Why Christian Apology Campaigns Fail

We've talked off and on in the past about various Christian "apology" movements, wherein earnest...

July 10, 2015

Judging Hypocrites

I've been talking about Christian hypocrites for years, so I already knew that Christians like...

July 02, 2015

Josh Duggar is Facing a Civil Lawsuit, and That’s a Big Problem (For Him).

Josh Duggar clearly didn't differentiate between his sisters and any other vulnerable young girls in...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

3 Reasons Why We Aren’t Shutting Up About the Duggar Abuse Scandal.

Supporters of Josh Duggar and his parents continue to abound, so I thought it might...

June 16, 2015

Do Not Piss Off Lesbians, And Other Surprising New Revelations About the Josh Duggar Abuse Scandal.

It's been a pretty weird week for the Duggars and their ongoing sex abuse scandal....

June 07, 2015

The Voice of False Submission and the Duggar Sisters’ Interview.

Michelle said in her breathy, wondering, affectation of a little-girl voice, "an.... agenda???" That voice...

June 04, 2015

A Parade of Lies: The Duggar Interview Review

I always despised the Duggar parents, but now I actively hate them thanks to this...

June 02, 2015

Awareness is Growing About the Duggars’ Insincerity

Even some folks in the right-wing Christian world are waking up to the understanding that...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

What Josh Duggar Shows Us About How Not to Apologize.

Here is what a real apology looks like, and notice, please, that the response of...

May 26, 2015

3 More Christian Defenses of Josh Duggar, and Why They Fail.

Here's a quick between-meals snack of three new defenses that are emerging around the Josh...