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…
Amy Barrett, a lawsuit, a victory — and a double musical treat
OCTOBER 2, 2020 BY FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION Yes, we’ve been recently busy with Amy Coney Barrett here at the Freedom…
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,…
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…
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…
Church Bullies and the God Who Wasn’t There
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hi and welcome back! On the heels of yesterday’s discussion about two fundagelical bullies, I ran…
Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 BY THE CONVERSATION By Hebah H. Farrag of University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Ann Gleig of University…
A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition
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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,…
The Futility of Coercing or Punishing Belief
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY GENE VEITH Historically, religions have sometimes used force to compel people to accept their teachings and to…
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…
‘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…
America is functionally atheist
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION By James A. Haught Some jokes reveal truths. Remember the quip that “no…
Will The Church Survive The Covid-19 Damage? No, But This Is The Time For Rebirth
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 BY CHRISTY THOMAS I continue to ponder the long-term aftereffects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the health, and…
Sudan ends 30 year rule of Islamic law, separating religion and state
By Nyawira Mwangi -September 4, 2020 Sudan’s transitional government has agreed to separate religion from the state, ending 30 years of Islamic…
Vaccine mandates vs. religious beliefs — the legal arguments for the upcoming coronavirus lawsuits
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 BY THE CONVERSATION A vaccine for COVID-19 may only effectively stop the spread if enough people take it.Javier…
An Introduction to Bro-Dude Christianity
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Hello and welcome! A few months ago, we talked about evangelicals’ reckoning with mental illness in their…
New Research Shows the Four Conditions That Lead to a Less Religious Society
BY HEMANT MEHTA AUGUST 25, 2020 A couple of summers ago, I spent a wonderful week working with a group of policy…
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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…
New Research Shows the Four Conditions That Lead to a Less Religious Society
BY HEMANT MEHTA AUGUST 25, 2020 A couple of summers ago, I spent a wonderful week working with a group of policy…
