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September 2021

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...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

QAnon Lies, and People Die

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

July 2021

July 31, 2021

Why QAnon is Attacking Evangelical Leaders Lately

Hi and welcome back! In the past, we've discussed QAnon -- the new moral panic...

July 28, 2021

Beach Reach: Training the Ingroup to Hate the Outgroup

So, what is the goal of Beach Reach? Today, I'll show you. I'll warn you,...

July 08, 2021

Sermongate: The Seriously Misplaced Priorities of the Evangelical Old Guard

In the various reactions to this mini-scandal that we've seen, possibly the worst hot takes...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

How and Why Al Mohler Changed His Mind About Women Pastors

Hi and welcome back! We've been talking lately about the re-erupting squabble in evangelicalism about...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Gospelbound Talks (Ineptly) About Deconversion

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we covered a post by Brett McCracken on The Gospel...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

The Evangelical Reckoning That Will Never Happen

After Donald Trump supporters attacked the nation's Capitol Building on Wednesday, I noticed some evangelical...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Chris Watts: Virtue Signaling His Heart Out

Today, let me show you how Chris Watts is leveraging his understanding of evangelicals to...

October 07, 2020

Why Toxic Christians Hate ‘Weak Christians’ So Much

Hi and welcome back! One recent topic of interest around here is the redefinition of love...

May 2020

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...

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...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

A Complementarian Pastor’s ‘Simple Question’ (Has An Answer He Won’t Like)

As I read his disingenuous post, I got one of those surges of helpfulness that...

August 2019

August 03, 2019

Why the ‘Christian Love’ Flows After Joshua Harris’ Announcement

Evangelicals' reaction came swiftly and inevitably in the form of their usual 'Christian love.' This...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Andy Stanley Has Found Five Reasons Why Nobody Leaves the Church

Andy Stanley illustrates some potent takeaways in his essay. Today, let's walk together through "Five...

July 2018

July 14, 2018

Evangelism, Catcalling, and Abusing Retail Workers: The Common Thread

Their behavior might seem just bizarre, but it all makes perfect sense when we understand...

November 2017

November 12, 2017

Roy Moore and the Real Virtues of a Broken System

Roy Moore is someone who benefits from reaching the top of the ladder of a...

November 11, 2016

We’re Already Seeing ‘Christian Love’ in the Wake of the Election

WWJD? Obviously he would insult those who are suffering; malign those who are hurting; laugh...

November 08, 2016

A Tale of Two Arguments

Christians claim that they have one holy book and one god, one truth and one...

November 05, 2016

Evangelicals are Rearranging Their Ship’s Deck Chairs Again (‘Lighting Wars’)

Some readers tipped me off to the latest tempest-in-a-teapot going on in the fundagelical world...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

Evangelical Churn: A Defection, Observed

Thousands of people every day join the ranks of the ones who know. That number...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

The Yoke is Not As Light As They Say, For a Reason.

Sometimes right-wing Christians can behave in ways that confuse outsiders to their culture. The National...

May 01, 2016

Evangelical Churn and the Chain of Pain

As the religion becomes more and more extremist and polarized, we'll be seeing more and...

February 2016

February 21, 2016

How Lying for Jesus Became So Common.

Last time we talked, I mentioned three examples of blatantly obvious lies told by Christians...

January 2016

January 17, 2016

The Broken System and the Nature of Power

A social system becomes broken when it starts causing harm to people both in and...

January 12, 2016

The Broken System: Asking the Right Questions

I heard about this story a while ago, but I wanted to hold off on...

October 2015

October 06, 2015

Mike Huckabee’s Failed Attempt to Stratify the Tribe.

Tribalism is a term used to describe social groups that are very uniform in how...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Heads in the Sand: Equal Marriage Edition (“We Lost This One”)

There's one part of the country that is not happy about the recent SCOTUS decision,...

June 23, 2013

Clan of the Cave Jesus.

We hold the wisdom of the ages. We are the keepers of morality. We know...