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June 2017

June 16, 2017

Anti-Fundamentalism: Divisive, Not Exclusionary

When did we decide that division was an intrinsically bad thing and, conversely, that unity...

May 2017

May 03, 2017

Fundamentalism Is about Policing the Borders

Instead of building the borders and boundaries we then police, let’s tear them down, invite...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

The “Alternative Facts” of Fundamentalist Religion

I see a clear parallel between fundamentalist religion and Kellyanne Conway's defense of an obvious...

January 05, 2017

How Becoming More Secular Brought Me Closer to Jesus

Secular. Along with catchphrases like On Fire for God and Love the Sinner, Hate the...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

I’ve Decided to Leave Church

I don’t know how else to tell everyone this, so I’ll just come out and...

October 17, 2016

How Purity Culture Challenged My Self-Worth and Fueled My Eating Disorder

If you grew up listening to conservative Evangelical teachings, you know that it’s hard to...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Fundamentalism and Domestic Violence

My friend made a comparison between our relationship with God and a spousal relationship. He...

September 01, 2016

Why I Left the Mormon Church (And You Probably Would Have, Too)

Like every other ex-Mormon I know, I lost my faith because I learned something about...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

From Ignorance to Acceptance: When You Realize You Had It All Wrong

Can a person become an Unfundamentalist from a Fundamentalist world? Of course! But I didn’t...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Teaching Children About Hell

As I grew in cognitive and spiritual development, I learned there was more to the...

September 02, 2015

The Paradox of Fundamentalism

A brilliant breakdown of the fundamentalist mindset.

July 2015

July 27, 2015

I Would Have Defended My Abuser, Too

Last week, I learned that the Duggar family will be participating in a documentary on...

July 10, 2015

Why We Shouldn’t Say “Modest is Hottest”

“Modest is hottest” is a phrase that needs to disappear. Immediately. It needs to be...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

Warning! This World Has Redefined the Word Love

A UC reader recently shared this image via our Facebook Page. Since we’ve tackled “Christian”...

June 15, 2015

Christian Fundamentalism’s Grand Illusion

I often tell my conservative friends that their belief in an inerrant Bible is just...

June 05, 2015

The Duggars: Privilege and Personal Irresponsibility

Nothing has laid bare how obviously conservatives’ own privilege trumps the “personal responsibility” they demand...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Denied a birth certificate and SSN# by her fundamentalist parents

This young woman was denied a birth certificate and Social Security Number by her fundamentalist,...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

One question fundamentalists cannot answer

Why would God care more about what we believe about God, than how we live...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Back to the ’90s: My Hometown (Again) Spurns the LGBT Community

I still love going to Fayetteville a few times a year; I look forward to...

November 2014

November 01, 2014

What the hell is Southern Baptist leader Al Mohler fired up about now?

This is not just dripping with irony. It's gushing with it.

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Some Classic Lessons from a Film Classic

The Shawshank Redemption came out 20 years ago today and remains at the top of...

September 09, 2014

Al Mohler Fit the Battle of Jericho and Inerrancy Came Tumblin’ Down

The hallmark of modern Christian fundamentalism is an unwavering adherence to the notion of Biblical...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

The Lies Christian Fundamentalism Taught Me

Whenever I deal with Christian fundamentalists, I bear in mind Jesus', "Forgive them, Lord, for...

May 02, 2014

Fundy Christian college students who fear knowledge

Lying at the heart of the stereotype of the anti-Christian professor is fear that there...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Getting over “Get over it”

How does one "get over" the entirety of their past?

April 07, 2014

The Waco tragedy and the cult of Christian evangelicalism

In the negotiations between evangelicals and the rest of American Christianity, what might be learned...

April 04, 2014

Godly Christians: Don’t stop at World Vision! Keep going!

"Remember, as Godly Christians we must boycott all companies and organizations that support gay marriage!...

July 2013

July 11, 2013

Al Mohler Does It Again

If Jesus taught that what comes out of a man defiles him, surely the blatant...

July 05, 2013

The brain-washing, fear-inducing world of the fundamentalism I knew

Sometimes people ask me why I became an Unfundamentalist Christian. Well, the main reason is...

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