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The Twisted Math of American Violence

Last updated on: September 11, 2025 at 5:39 pm By Stuart Delony

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Every time there’s a mass shooting in America, we’re handed the same buffet of scapegoats: mental health, video games, broken families, moral decline, “evil.” Pick your excuse. It doesn’t matter. Because no matter what label you slap on it, the problem will always be guns. We’ve gotten used to this rhythm. A public figure or school or church becomes the site of another eruption of bullets. For a moment, there’s shock, maybe grief, maybe outrage. Then the machinery of spin... Read more

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2025-09-09T09:36:09-04:00

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America’s Feeder Kink

Last updated on: September 9, 2025 at 9:36 am By Stuart Delony

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Welcome to the Fetish Economy You’ve seen the memes. You’ve shouted the slogans. Eat the rich. It’s a rallying cry. A rebellion. A demand for justice through metaphorical cannibalism. But let’s be honest—America doesn’t eat the rich. We feed them. And not just casually. We do it with religious devotion. We fatten their portfolios like we’re in the world’s most codependent kink fantasy. If late-stage capitalism were a sexual subculture, America would proudly be the submissive feeder—desperately shoveling wealth, data,... Read more

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2025-09-02T15:05:41-04:00

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Baptism as Brand Rehab

Last updated on: September 2, 2025 at 3:05 pm By Stuart Delony

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It’s been over a month since Hulk Hogan died, and if your algorithm is anything like mine, you’ve probably seen the same meme a dozen times: Hogan in white, wet from baptism, surrounded by beaming pastors in khaki shorts and polo shirts. The caption? Some variation of “Rest easy, Hulk. You’re finally home.” Evangelicals ate it up. It’s the perfect send-off: a man with a colorful and problematic past, wrapped up in a splash of holy water and a quote... Read more

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2025-08-14T17:26:05-04:00

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The Parable of the Snark

Last updated on: August 14, 2025 at 5:26 pm By Stuart Delony

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We’ve reached a point in American Christianity where the name of Jesus gets invoked more often as a marketing strategy than as a path to follow. Churches trade in brand identity, not radical love. Jesus is co-opted, merchandised, and bent to fit whatever culture war slogan the faithful need to feel righteous. And if you dare to ask where the real Jesus went? Well, prepare to be laughed out of the sanctuary. This short parable is a modern homage to... Read more

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2025-11-03T15:52:29-05:00

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We Are the Horsemen

Last updated on: November 3, 2025 at 3:52 pm By Stuart Delony

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren’t waiting in the wings. They’re already here, riding shotgun with humanity—and, frankly, we’re the ones holding the reins. Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death aren’t divine punishments; they’re manmade symptoms of our arrogance, greed, and apocalyptic fetishism. We love to blame God for the mess we created, and nowhere is that more evident than in the frothing corners of American Christianity. You’ve seen the type. The prophecy junkies. The rapture groupies. The Revelation addicts... Read more

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There Will Be Blood When Capitalism Claims the Cross

Last updated on: November 3, 2025 at 3:53 pm By Stuart Delony

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Oil, Faith, and the American Dream It always ends in the bowling alley. Two men. One lane. One of them bleeding out on the polished wood while the other mutters, “I’m finished.” If you’ve seen There Will Be Blood, you know the scene. If you haven’t, it’s the most honest altar call American religion has ever offered, and it ends with blood on the floor. Daniel Plainview—capitalism incarnate—finally does what he’s been itching to do all along: eliminate Eli Sunday,... Read more

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2025-08-06T18:16:27-04:00

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The Seven Mountains Mandate is Not a Hill You Want to Die On

Last updated on: August 6, 2025 at 6:16 pm By Stuart Delony

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American Christianity never met a conspiracy theory it couldn’t baptize. Enter the Seven Mountains Mandate—a fringe wet dream that’s clawed its way out of late-night prophecy livestreams and into the bloodstream of American politics. What started as the side hustle of D‑list televangelists like Lance Wallnau and Hank Kunneman (both regulars on The Christian Crazy for their brand of prophetic idiocracy) has become a guiding theology for theocrats with actual influence. The basic pitch is this: God wants Christians to... Read more

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2025-07-29T16:37:25-04:00

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Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It

Last updated on: July 29, 2025 at 4:37 pm By Stuart Delony

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I’ll admit it. It took me a while. But I’ve finally come around. Donald J. Trump is God’s chosen one—for such a time as this. Not because he’s righteous. Not because he’s repentant. Not because he knows the first damn thing about Jesus. But because sometimes the only way to expose rot is to rip up the floorboards. And Trump—bless his bloated, gold-leafed ego—is the blacklight America needed to see just how foul things have gotten. Especially in the church.... Read more

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2025-11-03T14:02:19-05:00

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The Gospel According to Marvel Studios

Last updated on: November 3, 2025 at 2:02 pm By Stuart Delony

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Somewhere along the way, Christianity stopped being a faith and became a franchise. You know the type—big budget, high stakes, clear villains, and a last-minute redemption arc. Every sermon has to feel like a movie trailer. Every testimony must build tension. And if your faith story doesn’t include a dramatic conversion and a soundtrack by Hillsong, are you even saved? Modern American Christianity doesn’t just tell stories—it’s trapped in one. And spoiler alert: it’s not the story Jesus was telling.... Read more

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The Epsteins of the Southern Baptist Church

Last updated on: July 10, 2025 at 4:26 pm By Stuart Delony

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The MAGA mob won’t shut up about the “Epstein files.” They want the names—demanding to know which elites were part of some sinister pedophile cabal, furiously convinced a client list is out there, buried by the so-called deep state. Meanwhile, the Southern Baptist Convention has a real list. Not a myth. Not a fantasy. An actual database of confirmed abusers—promised, publicized, and still empty. You want the names? So do I. But I’m not chasing shadows—I’m looking at the goddamn... Read more

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