On Christian Hypocrites: Ravi Zacharias Edition
FEBRUARY 17, 2021 BY ADAM LEE I have to admit, it’s satisfying to see titans of the religious right exposed as corrupt frauds and hypocrites. In the past, I’ve taken particular…
2020 CAPITAOL ATTACK
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Authoritarian Leaders and Followers
CHRISTIANITY'S DECLINE
CRYBULLIES
Curremt Events
DONALD TRUMP
ED STETZER
Evangelical Christians
FEAR
Hypocrisy
POST-TRUTH CULTURE
QANON (LA GRANDE CONSPIRACY THEORY OF ALL)
Religion
SCANDALS
SHORT BUT HOPEFULLY SWEET
The Games we play
TRIBALISM
The Evangelical Reckoning That Will Never Happen
JANUARY 8, 2021 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! After Donald Trump supporters attacked the nation’s Capitol Building on Wednesday, I noticed some evangelical leaders saying there’d be some big…
2020 Election: Is It Over Yet Edition
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! As the election counting continues, our hopes rise ever so slightly that our next four years won’t feature an incompetent lunatic…
How the Satanic Panic Led Straight to QAnon
OCTOBER 28, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we began our discussion about QAnon, that series of overwrought conspiracy theories that many evangelicals have embraced. After a couple of…
Where White Evangelicals REALLY Lost Their Way
OCTOBER 17, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! I just saw this essay on Baptist News and had a good chuckle over it. See, Richard T. Hughes thinks he has finally nailed…
Christian Games, Incomplete Participation, and Suspension of Disbelief
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about authoritarian Christians in terms of roleplaying games. And now, I want to show you where the metaphor leads: suspension of…
How Gaming Griefers Reveal Broken Systems
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! Over the years, I’ve played and administered a whole bunch of games — both in real life and online. In that…
Reducing Christian Churn By Manipulating Parents
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! The decline of Christian dominance has been one of my interests for many years. Accordingly, I’ve always kept an eye on…
A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition
CHRISTIANITY'S DECLINE
CURRENT EVENT
Hypocrisy
Religion
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A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! Earlier, we talked about Joe Battaglia’s book Make America Good Again. As we discovered, it’s chock-full of culture-war talking points disguised in a thick…
Christianese 101: ‘Conviction’
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! For a long time now, I’ve studied Christianese. That’s the jargon that Christians use among themselves — particularly the really fervent and…
‘Christian Love’ Flows As Jen Hatmaker Divorces
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! I know nobody’s surprised when we talk about evangelical hypocrisy. They’re soaking in it! However, today’s story might represent one of…
Evangelicals vs. the Commandments
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 BY JAMES F. MCGRATH Evangelicalism’s representatives tend to be characterized by two major characteristics: loud denunciation of the sins of others combined with the revelation sooner or later…
Christian Tribalism
christianity
CHRISTIANITY'S DECLINE
CURRENT EVENT
GOD
Hypocrisy
Religion
The Games we play
The Truth About Christianity
The Truth About Hypocrite
The Truth About Christianity
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 I’m…
Abortion
Anti-Discrimination Law
BUTTS-IN-PEWS (BIPS) (MEASUREMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOMINANCE)
CHRISTIANITY'S DECLINE
CULTURE WAR
Curremt Events
DISCRIMINATION
Dogs Don't Bark at What Don't Move
Hypocrisy
Religion
Scotus
Supreme Court of the United States
The Games we play
The Republic of Gilead
SCOTUS Just Helped Christianity Decline Faster
JULY 10, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! A couple of days ago, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) helped Christianity decline just a little bit faster.…