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November 2021

November 23, 2021

Pew Research: Sometimes Bad Things Just Happen

Ever since humans gained self-awareness, we've been wondering why bad things happen to us.

September 2021

September 07, 2021

Let’s Play: Spot the Apologetics Fallacy!

Today, I've got a little treat for us: a self-proclaimed apologist who has never met...

June 2021

June 19, 2021

How Augustine Changed the Hell Game (Journey Into Hell #10)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about how the idea of Hell began...

August 2020

August 04, 2020

The Big Coincidences Build in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #152, Ch. 33-34)

Hi and welcome back! Now, let's turn our attention to the finale gaining steam in...

August 03, 2020

American Gospel: Christ Alone (Red-Hot Mega-Review!)

Yesterday, we watched American Gospel: Christ Alone. In this 2018 documentary, Christians bicker and argue about...

August 01, 2020

How Ray Comfort’s Parachute Analogy Fails

Hi and welcome back! I recently ran across a news article on a Christian site...

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...

May 2020

May 12, 2020

Pastoral Suicide: A Sad Dealbreaker for Evangelicals

Recently, I learned of very sad news: Darrin Patrick, an evangelical pastor, has apparently died...

April 2020

April 18, 2020

Tim Keller: In His Dreams, He Is Free Indeed

Welcome back! My husband has this hilarious way of describing really delusional people: In our dreams,...

April 02, 2020

Atrocity Apologetics Meets the Pandemic

Hi and welcome back! A long time ago, I talked about atrocity apologetics. Christians pull atrocity...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

The Jesus Beatings Shall Continue Until Salvation Improves (Only God Can)

Lately we've been talking about the horrible Christian movie Only God Can. In it, we encounter...

November 19, 2019

Only God Can: Pre-Review Warmup!

Today, we're reviewing a 2017 Christian movie called Only God Can. It's the annoying heartwarming story...

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...

March 2019

March 12, 2019

Christianity Works For Them, and Evangelists Hate Being Reminded Of It

When Christians try to sell us their religion, they bristle when we treat their assertions...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

The Thai Cave Rescue Is Inspirational Precisely Because It’s NOT Miraculous

A dramatic rescue unfolded in Thailand this past month. Now, with its successful conclusion, people...

April 2018

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...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Why This Common Response to the Problem of Hell is Ridiculous

Well gyarsh, Shaggy, the Christian god can't provide anyone with 100% solid proof of his...

August 2017

August 11, 2017

“I’m Not Ashamed” Mega-Review.

Here follows the mega-review and a short rant about the movie, as is traditional; we'll...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Sophia’s (False) Choice.

The Shack, the latest popular Christian glurge to get made into a movie, pretends to...

March 26, 2017

The Shack: A Land Where Dreams Come True.

The Shack is one of a very long line of Christian glurge media that recreates...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

PRATTling in Christianese.

Quite a few Christians cherish and use these failed, long-debunked arguments--and they are not interested in...

November 2015

November 15, 2015

Regarding Christians Who Gloat About People Burning in Hell

There is something truly grotesque about the way so many Christians seem to get off...

November 03, 2015

Life, Death, and Kittens.

This is what happened the day we took Monster to the vet, and after, and...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

But For Good People to Do Real Evil, You Need Religion.

The popular saying is attributed to a physicist named Steven Weinberg and goes thusly:With or...

December 2013

December 09, 2013

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: The Atrocity Apologetics Act Needs To Stop. Now. (I’m Not Kidding)

If you've ever had a friend who was dating an extraordinarily bad person, you know...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

The Scary Superfluity of Religion.

"It's either mean or it's arbitrary," said the little boy in the strip, "and either...