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November 2021

November 15, 2021

Before Evangelicals and Fundamentalists Fused Together (LSP #218)

Essentially, the evangelicals I knew back then thought fundamentalists were dangerous zealots and wingnuts who'd...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

We Found an Exoplanet in Another Galaxy! (LSP #215)

Consider my mind blown today: scientists think they've found an exoplanet in a whole other galaxy....

June 2021

June 02, 2021

How Hell-Believers Deal With Hell-Disbelievers (Journey Into Hell #5)

Today, let's look at how Hell-believers deal with this very potent conflict with their Happy...

June 01, 2021

Fear: Why Hell Succeeds as a Christian Threat (Journey Into Hell #4)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Hell -- as a concept, yes,...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

The Night My Fear of Hell Died

Today, I'll tell you what happened the night I finally lost my fear of Hell.

May 12, 2021

Gaslighting: How Dare We Expect Evangelicals to Fulfill Their Promises!

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I alluded to the mistreatment evangelicals heap upon people who...

May 10, 2021

Astrology Is Just So Hilariously Fake (LSP #191)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I saw an astrology column that made me laugh. Somewhere...

May 03, 2021

Grab Your Dicebag: It’s the 8th Birthday of Roll to Disbelieve! (LSP #190)

In a few days, Roll to Disbelieve will be 8 years old. What a rush,...

April 2021

April 24, 2021

An Ex-Christian Evaluates a Gospelbound Podcast

Gospelbound's own marketing claims that it will give listeners 'firm faith in an anxious age.'...

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 14, 2021

Jesus-ing as a (Poor) Substitute for Self-Improvement

Their Dear Leaders long ago taught Christians that Jesus-ing represented the only valid path to...

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Tim Keller and the Lies He Tells About Death

Christians promise up and down that their product can give people peace of mind about...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

“Million Souls” and Lying for Jesus

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we talked about a threat that Ravi Zacharias made to...

February 14, 2021

‘Millions of Souls’: the Manipulation Tactic Christian Predators Love

Hi and welcome back! Happy Chocolate Day! We are still snowbound here at Casa Cas....

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...

December 2020

December 11, 2020

Evangelicals’ Strategies for Avoiding Change (Don’t Work in Real Life)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, I've had evangelicals' inability to change on my mind. It's...

December 07, 2020

The Seekers: What Sold-Out Christianity Really Means (LSP #169)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over the most sold-out Christians of them all, and how they...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving: What Is Most Important

Captain Cassidy grew up fervently Catholic, converted to the SBC in her teens, and became...

November 21, 2020

Cas the Zealot vs. the College Pagans (Lay Your Bets!)

When I was a teen zealot in college, I encountered a group that was similarly...

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 --...

October 2020

October 22, 2020

The Magical Powers of the Gospel

Today, let me show you what evangelicals think the gospel accomplishes -- and how that belief works...

October 18, 2020

The Fantasy Youth Evangelists Sell Pastors (Doesn’t Ever Happen)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about an evangelist named Greg Stier. Like...

October 16, 2020

Counting the (False) Costs of My Teen Zealotry

As we reviewed evangelist Greg Stier's three totally-surefire teen evangelism strategies, many of us got...

October 15, 2020

‘Counting the Costs’ is Music to Authoritarian Ears

Before I get into the harm his suggestions do to children, I realized I needed...

September 2020

September 24, 2020

Christian Games, Incomplete Participation, and Suspension of Disbelief

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about authoritarian Christians in terms of roleplaying games....

May 2020

May 24, 2020

Biff and the Mormons: Scrubbing Toilets in Heaven

Years and years ago, some Mormon missionaries tried to sell my then-husband Biff on a...

May 13, 2020

A Pastor’s Apology in Portland (Revealed Way Too Much)

On Sunday, I showed you something that happened to me in my freshly-deconverted days. That...

May 10, 2020

Captain Cassidy and the Case of the Mother’s Day Geraniums

Whether those connections are bound to us by blood or by choice, they're what matter...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

Check Out Jesus’ Tomb in Japan This Easter!

For this Easter holiday, we check out one those sorts of beliefs. Today, let me...

April 10, 2020

The Heartbreak of the Teen Zealot

Recently, I saw something that downright dismayed me: a young evangelical who's very upset about...