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November 2021

November 22, 2021

Have YOU Seen This Missing 100-Ton Recycling Plant? (LSP #219)

Today's story involves a big cash reward, so listen up! Maybe you will solve the mystery....

October 2021

October 10, 2021

Evangelical Vaccine Denialists Latch Onto 666 Hysteria

I promised you a treat today, and here it is: a recent post I ran...

September 2021

September 22, 2021

Why Wingnuts Don’t Care About Real-World Evidence

Today, let's see how wingnuts like Patrice Lewis assess truth claims in the first place....

September 21, 2021

How a Wingnut Perceives the Loss of Dominance

If wingnuts get their way in a squabble, then they have gained or held their...

September 15, 2021

How Toxic Christians Are Destroying Christianity From the Inside

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I ran into a few different articles on Christian sites...

August 2021

August 24, 2021

Confirmation Bias: A Mindset That Prevents Growth

Hi and welcome back! The other day, I showed you an odd little essay by...

August 08, 2021

An Introduction to Kent Hovind, a Notorious Christian Huckster

Hi and welcome back! The news has been busy lately with this story about Kent...

August 01, 2021

QAnon Lies, and People Die

Hi and welcome back! News of the COVID-19 surge has been unrelentingly awful. One theme...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

How Dante Revolutionized Hell Beliefs (Journey Into Hell #12)

Out of every Christian I can think of (yes, even including John Milton), Dante may...

June 23, 2021

QAnon: Ed Litton Wants Southern Baptists to Stop Listening to ‘Fables’

Today, let's explore Ed Litton and his strange opinion of QAnon, and then let's see...

June 14, 2021

Black Holes, Theories, and Being Wrong (LSP #196)

Years ago, I used to be so scared of being proven wrong. In my old...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Celebrity PKs Arise: The Preachers’ Kids Speak

Hi and welcome back! Of late, I'm noticing a new trend in the news: the...

April 17, 2021

Unsurprisingly, ‘New Catholic Movements’ Turn Out to Be Hotbeds of Abuse

File this one under News That'll Surprise Nobody Who Hangs Out Here: a Catholic lady...

April 06, 2021

Matt Gaetz: Nobody’s Even Surprised

Today, let me show you the scandals swirling around Matt Gaetz -- and just how...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

Why Culture Warriors ALWAYS Flunk the ‘Greatest Commandment’

Hi and welcome back! Evangelicals' support of super-conservative politics and conspiracy theories has been getting...

February 05, 2021

Pre-Trib Research Center: Taking Reality Over Fantasy

Yesterday, I showed you the Pre-Trib Research Center. Their three stated reasons for existing all...

February 04, 2021

The Shaky Foundation of the Pre-Trib Research Center

Recently, I ran across a group I've somehow never heard of: the Pre-Trib Research Center....

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Prophecy: Why Evangelicals Can’t Deal With False Prophets

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about a set of predictions made by Greg...

January 21, 2021

‘Logical Christians’ and the Great Divorce Between Beliefs and Behavior

Hi and welcome back! For the past few days, we've been talking about a theme:...

January 06, 2021

The Capitol Attack and Evangelical Leaders’ Reactions to It

Today, let me show you some reactions evangelicals had regarding the Capitol attack today --...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Why Gullible Christians Believe the Ouija Board’s Hype (LSP #166)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another huckster creating -- and then coincidentally filling --...

November 02, 2020

The New Mo-RAL Pa-NIC: Syncopation! (LSP #164)

Back in 2011, a Christian salesman tried his best, bless his cotton socks, to start...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

How Evangelical Leaders Gift-Wrapped Their Flocks for QAnon

Yesterday, I showed you the hilarious story of how evangelical leaders like Ed Stetzer got...

October 29, 2020

How QAnon Got Personal For Ed Stetzer

Evangelicals have glommed right onto QAnon, and no wonder: its creators target them specifically with...

October 28, 2020

How the Satanic Panic Led Straight to QAnon

After a couple of years of ignoring the whole thing, evangelical leaders have finally noticed...

October 26, 2020

Spiritual Warfare: Translating the Christianese (LSP #163)

With their grandiose language, spiritual warriors certainly sound impressive. Ah, but if you lift the...

October 25, 2020

John Ramirez: A Star Might Be Fading

He's carved out a small career for himself by trying to resurrect the old Satanic...

October 17, 2020

Where White Evangelicals REALLY Lost Their Way

Richard T. Hughes thinks he has finally nailed exactly what went wrong with white evangelicals....

August 2020

August 20, 2020

Deconversion: How Reality Drained My Faith Pool

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a Christian book called Atheist Overreach....

August 15, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ and the Problem of Wingnuts

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been looking at the 2019 book Atheist Overreach by Christian Smith....