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March 2020

March 29, 2020

Dancing in the Spirit: A Primer (Chat Post #6)

One of the hands-down most distinctive practices in fundagelicalism might well be dancing in the Spirit....

March 23, 2020

The Seduction of Susan Jacobson in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #134, Ch. 19)

In this installment, we examine how one side character ended up joining the bad guys....

March 18, 2020

The 1973 Toilet Paper Panic of Honolulu (Chat Post #1)

I was just a wee little toddler back in 1973. And I remember going through...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

Power and Control: A Fitting Epilogue to the Toronto Blessing

For a while now, we've been talking about the Toronto Blessing (TTB). That's a huge...

December 2019

December 25, 2019

I Faced Persecution For Refusing to Deny My Beliefs (About Santa)

Christians love to boast about how they would totally never deny Jesus. No way! They'd stand strong...

December 24, 2019

Biff vs. the Dianic Separatist Lesbians: A Heartwarming Christmas Tale

There exists no universe in which Biff did not make a beeline straight for the...

November 2019

November 12, 2019

Church Volunteering: Just Like Group Work From School

Over the past week, I've noticed a lot of discussion regarding church volunteer work. Not...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Of Gallbladders and Unintelligent Design (LSP #114)

Yesterday, you might have noticed that for the first time in six years, I missed...

August 2019

August 22, 2019

The False Peace I Found in Christianity (Hurt Me)

The promise of peace is nothing but yet another false promise that leads to yet another bait...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

That Oogly-Boogly Feeling (Became My Awakening)

Yesterday, I showed you a scene from This Present Darkness that gave a narrative shape to...

May 2019

May 14, 2019

The Biggest Broken Promise Christians Make

Call it a sterling example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon if you like, and to be...

May 07, 2019

Why the Flocks Don’t WANNA Evangelize

Today, we'll look at why evangelicals don't want to evangelize. Their reasons--and they have many--play a hand...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

The Prayer Journal at the Hospital Chapel

I was thinking today about Christians who accuse ex-Christians of treating their god like an...

January 2019

January 01, 2019

The Super Blood Wolf Moon Is Coming!

In yet another episode of the evangelical parade of Endtimes guesses, a Super Blood Wolf...

December 2018

December 11, 2018

A Christmas Miracle: Speaking in Tongues at the Company Party

One of the most dramatic miracle claims that far-right evangelicals make is that of speaking...

November 2018

November 17, 2018

That Time I Wandered as a Child Into an Evangelism Tent At the County Fair

I love county fairs. Always have. I love everything about them: the food, the games,...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Original Christianity: A Vision of the Past That Clouds the Future

Way back when, when Yr. Loyal&Etc. was just a wee teenybopper Christian lass, I believed heart...

January 2018

January 10, 2018

Evangelicalism Is Now Officially Recognized as a Tainted Brand

Christianity is a brand of sorts, and slowly--oh, very slowly!--the religion's leaders are starting to...

July 2015

July 25, 2015

Hunting For What We Want to Hear

We've been talking recently about Christians' hilarious guesses about why people are leaving their ranks...

July 25, 2014

Predators Go Where the Prey Grazes (Elder Abuse For Team Jesus!)

If you needed a good mad for the day, here's all you'll require to get...