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May 2021

May 25, 2021

Yes, But WHICH Hell Shall We Fear? (Journey Into Hell #1)

Hi and welcome back! After I ran that post about how my fear of Hell...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

Last Ideology Standing: The Worst Reason to Slam ‘Bespoke Spirituality’

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a dumb post that Brett McCracken...

April 16, 2021

Deconversion: No, Actually, We Don’t Need to Try Every Flavor First

Today, let me show you the Christian salesman who insists we must try his product before...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Reconciling Christian Experiences With Deconversion

When people realize that Christianity's claims aren't true, often they reassess a lot of their...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Turkey Day Super Special! (#14)

Today's that happy day when Americans celebrate fun, family, and delicious food. Well, theoretically that's what happens,...

August 2019

August 20, 2019

Know Jesus, Know Peace/No Jesus, No Peace: That Wasn’t True Either

Christians love to claim that their religion brings believers a state of peace--and not only...

June 2019

June 04, 2019

Questions About Hell I Never Thought to Ask When I Was Christian

Deconversion opened up a whole new capacity to make observations and ask questions that I'd...

November 2018

November 20, 2018

Finding Meaning in This “Vale of Tears”

As we approach Thanksgiving here in America, I reflect upon the idea of finding meaning...

November 06, 2018

Captain Cassidy’s Help for Hurting Christian Hearts

Not long ago, I noticed that post had received triple the amount of social media...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

The No True Scotsman and Christians’ Version of Atheism

I'll show you what this fallacy is, why and how Christians use it, and why...

June 26, 2018

About That “Dear Facebook Friend” Image Going Around Lately

I'm not a fan of the open-letter format of social media posting or blog post....

June 16, 2018

Yay, Another Innovative Christian Non-Solution

Another day, another non-solution for life's universal daily struggles. This particular non-solution comes to us...

May 2018

May 07, 2018

“Come Sunday” – A Review (LSP #41)

Today, Lord Snow presides over a movie that might be about Christians and tackle a...

April 2018

April 23, 2018

Christian Lies About Deconversion–and EXTIMONY TIME AHOY! (LSP #39)

Christians sure have a lot of theories about deconversion, namely about why people are rejecting...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Rapture, Tribulation, and the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

The type of Christians who go in for the Rapture also tend to suffer from...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

An Overlapping Venn Diagram: Christianity and Multi-Level Marketing Schemes

Lately I've been reminded anew about just how big the overlap is between MLMs and...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

#ExvangelicalCatchphrases (LSP #27)

An Exvangelical is someone who has walked away from evangelical Christianity, similar to how an...

January 26, 2018

Compartmentalization: A Life in Boxes

Another explanation for how Christians maintain belief in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence is...

January 23, 2018

Antiprocess: That Get-Out-of-Uncomfortable-Truths-Free Card

I literally didn't notice the Bible's most troublesome passages. I don't even think I was...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

Herd Immunity for the Christian Bubble

The denizens of broken systems tend to take very poorly to critics outside the group--and...

November 2017

November 18, 2017

How Christians Lied to Me About Life Without Christianity

I can see why Christians have all sorts of untrue notions about life outside their...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Life After Deconversion: The Scary Superfluity of It All

Though many folks thought Ryan Bell's Year Without God was a stunt, I had several...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

And Yet It Moves: Dismantling the Second Myth About Meaning and Purpose

This second myth drives people to extraordinary lengths--and leads them to make life-altering bad decisions,...

July 27, 2017

Busting the First Myth About Having Meaning and Purpose in Life

It can be hard to detangle all that indoctrination when someone deconverts, because their entire...

July 25, 2017

The Big Secret About the Meaning of Life (That Christians Don’t Want People to Know).

Strap in and hang on--keep your hands and feet inside the SUV at all times...

November 2016

November 24, 2016

How Deconverting Made Thanksgiving Better

A lot of things have changed over the years for me, but one of the...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

What to Expect When You’re Deconverting (Life After Deconversion)

What you might be able to expect as you leave Christianity.

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Taking the Religion Out of the Ex-Christian After Deconversion

You can take the person out of religion, but it's sometimes much harder to get...

January 2014

January 16, 2014

Leaving Church–Forever–And What Happened Afterward

Today we're going to talk about leaving religion--and what happened to me after I made...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

We All Crazy, and We Do What We Do (and yes, that means Teo Bishop, too)

There's this guy named Teo Bishop who left Christianity to become a druid and he...