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May 2016

May 11, 2016

The National Day of Grandstanding and How It Fails

Last time, I uncovered some interesting links between the National Day of Prayer (NDP) and...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

HB2: A Strangely Incomplete Crusade

Today I want to look at one group that right-wing Christians routinely ignore when pursuing...

April 17, 2016

HB2: The Real Bathroom Panic That Right-Wing Christians Are Totally Ignoring

Because I'm enormously helpful, I thought I'd help all those Christian bigots-for-Jesus understand why their...

April 14, 2016

HB 2: Louie Gohmert’s Lie, and What It Reveals.

Louie Gohmert just told a lie. It's an important lie because it reveals a lot...

April 13, 2016

Getting Them Where It Hurts: A Huge Porn Site Just Banned NC IP Addresses

The law is called "the bathroom bill" and its repercussions may well strike North Carolina...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Priorities, Priorities: Freedom 2015

Sometimes when people can't possibly achieve a goal, they start setting some downright odd priorities...

October 2015

October 13, 2015

The Anatomy of Doublespeak: That ACBC Conference

Last time I talked about a recent conference held at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...

October 10, 2015

Al Mohler Has Crept One Inch Forward, And It’s Nowhere Near Enough

A few days ago, Al Mohler said something very important regarding the SBC's stance on...

October 06, 2015

Mike Huckabee’s Failed Attempt to Stratify the Tribe.

Tribalism is a term used to describe social groups that are very uniform in how...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Leopards Don’t Change Their Spots: Kim Davis Edition

Kim Davis is from a family of super-duper-fervent Christians in a super-duper-religious town, but she...

September 19, 2015

I Bet Kim Davis Thought This Was Super-Sneaky And Oh So Clever

In the ongoing saga of sanctimonious bigot Kim Davis, apparently she is not content to...

September 18, 2015

Here’s Why The Christian Right is Totally Wrong About This Clobber Verse

In this post, David J. Murphy specifically addresses one of the several "clobber verses" Christians...

September 04, 2015

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely: Kim Davis Edition.

Kim Davis, the bigot-for-Jesus County Clerk who refused to issue licenses because she thought equal...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: Reclaiming the Journey

I'm reading this book, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome by Reba Riley, and I wanted to talk...

August 08, 2015

This Affair Represents A New Twist on the Old Story of Christian Bigots Turning Out to Be Hypocrites

We've got a full post planned for tomorrow, but for now, I saw this and...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

The Handbook: The Original Greek and Hebrew (Is Still Nonsense)

Back in my Pentecostal days, there was a phrase I heard non-stop: "the original Greek...

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 21, 2015

Three Questions That Destroy Bigoted County Clerks’ Charade

But I saw an image not long ago that really put things into perspective for...

July 18, 2015

Lying for Jesus, Audaciously.

I'm just going to warn you now: stuff like we're about to discuss today is...

July 04, 2015

SCOTUS: Tony Perkins Has No Idea What End is Up, As Usual.

I had no idea Tony Perkins was as blitheringly ignorant, incredibly dense and intellectually dishonest...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

I Don’t Think Anti-Gay Christians Really Trust Their God Much

Taken to the nadir, religion can become a means that truly predatory, shameless people use...

June 26, 2015

Heads in the Sand: Equal Marriage Edition (“We Lost This One”)

There's one part of the country that is not happy about the recent SCOTUS decision,...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

The Loyalty Test and Ireland’s Referendum

They ache for the legitimacy of having a good reason to believe--all while having no...

May 07, 2015

A Tale of Two Christianities

There really are two types of Christian in this world, and one of them hates...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

The Cult of Before Stories: Heather Barwick, Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth

I wish it could shock me anymore, seeing a family ripped apart by religion. It...

March 04, 2015

Scott Lively and the Bonus Plan.

Sounds like a children's serial novel, doesn't it? Scott Lively and the Bonus Plan. Scott...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

The Handbook: Knowing What a Claim Looks Like.

There is a book. The book details everything people need to know. Everything. But especially...

November 2014

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 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 02, 2014

Their Way or the Highway

My friend Neil's been talking lately over at Godless in Dixie about some brouhaha going...