Christian who breached Capitol says rioters did what they had to do
JANUARY 7, 2021 BY BARRY DUKE MEET Leo Kelly, one of the first lunatics to storm the Capitol building after hearing Trump ranting outside the White House yesterday. And once…
Don’t Read the Constitution like Literalists Read the Bible
OCTOBER 16, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN Not long ago, I found myself involved behind the scenes in a squabble between the chair of my department and another department colleague. Their disagreement…
I Quit Church And I’m Happy About It
JULY 4, 2019 BY PK LANGLEY I Would Quit Again I’m not going to church anymore, I quit. God told me I don’t have to go and I listened. If…
Christian professor sacked over ‘Little Hitler’ YouTube song
OCTOBER 1, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE A SONG intended to counter ‘dangerous humanism’ that fails to acknowledge innate human ‘sinfulness’ has resulted in the sacking of the singer, Jim Spiegel,…
The Christian Conspiracy: In Pursuit of Truth
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER In “Conspiracy Theories: In Pursuit of Truth,” I claimed that New Testament Christianity may have been a conspiracy theory movement. I made that…
What it Truly Means to be Free
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN Iris Murdoch is one of my favorite philosophers and novelists, but I seldom get to use her work in my teaching. Murdoch claimed to be…
7 Common Christian Beliefs That Aren’t in the Bible
AUGUST 28, 2019 BY STEPHANIE HERTZENBERG Christians have been reading and reciting the Bible for as long as it has existed. The teachings found within its pages form the bedrock…
Religion tilts justice scale in incestuous rape of young Missouri girl
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER Christianity is often as much about supposed God-given male authority on earth as it is about belief in a cosmic God. And therein lies…
American Atheists: Is Christianity being subtly fed to students online?
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER While American public-school children are hunched over their devices attending online virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, an evangelical Christian organization appears to be…
Another Former Creation Museum Staffer Speaks Out About Ken Ham’s Toxic Empire
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Last summer, a former employee of the Creation Museum, Ariella Duran, explained the “toxic culture” of that work environment in a lengthy Facebook post.…
The Curious Case of Popular Evangelical Leaders
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 BY LIBBY ANNE This caught my eye, in an article announcing that Liberty University will be investigating Jerry Falwell Jr.’s tenure: In Monday’s statement announcing the investigation,…
Conservative Christianity Keeps Rhyming History
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 BY SHANE PHIPPS Trigger Warning: This article is not meant to be a condemnation of all who claim to be conservative Christians. It is simply an historic…
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AUGUST 31, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! As many people do now, I feel disquiet and dread when I check out what Christians are doing lately. And…
BSR 27: There Are No Good Reasons to Believe in Miracles
AUGUST 26, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Summary of reply: redefining “miracle” is not helpful, “consciousness” is no more miraculous than a thousand other abstract nouns, and David Hume’s recommendation for…
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When the Bible is Not the Word of God
AUGUST 19, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN This month marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. It started on WordPress as an outlet for short essays that I had been writing for…
Franklin Graham Calls On Christians To Defy California’s Lockdown Order
AUGUST 2, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Stupid For Jesus: In a new Facebook post leading evangelist Franklin Graham urges Christians in California to reject science, to reject any concern for…
The One True God
If Christianity (or Islam) were true, the religion should’ve appeared in other areas around the world in complete cultural isolation from biblical locales. Such evidence would point toward a universal…
When Christianity Becomes an Angry and Fearful Faith
JUNE 3, 2019 BY VANCEMORGAN At its best, faith is the overflow of gratitude, the attempt to live as if we are loved, the fragile hope for something better on…
Here’s How We Know Jesus Wasn’t White
BY HEMANT MEHTA JULY 28, 2020 The video below, from my YouTube channel (please subscribe!), discusses a question that we really shouldn’t have to ask: Was Jesus white? Somehow, this…
Christian Activist: Women’s Right To Vote ‘Product Of Soviet Bolshevik Revolution’
JULY 13, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Misogyny For Jesus: Conservative Christian activist Scott Lively claims a woman’s right to vote is a “product of the Soviet Bolshevik Revolution” and runs…