9 Reasons I Probably Couldn’t Be Friends With Jesus
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY COURTNEY HEARD Yesterday morning I got this note in my inbox: Hello Godless, I saw you speak of your non-profit work on Instagram. I just thought…
Megachurch Mess
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY JAMES A. HAUGHT By James A. Haught Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey helped create a four-season television series – “Greenleaf” – about a black megachurch where…
Why Are You Still Going to a Church that Does Bad Worship?
FEBRUARY 9, 2020 BY JONATHAN AIGNER I think it’s a legitimate question. I should probably included a disclaimer here. If you’re not already concerned with bad worship in the church,…
The Prison of Belief
JANUARY 20, 2020 BY JAMES A. HAUGHT By James A. Haught When people accept supernatural claims of a religion, their lives are altered. They commit themselves to belief in miracles,…
The Christian Slapfight Over the Toronto Blessing Reveals a Dealbreaker Problem
JANUARY 18, 2020 BY CAPTAIN CASSIDY Man alive, ain’t nothing more entertaining to me than watching Christians argue about doctrine. And their slapfights around the Toronto Blessing (TTB) might be…
Delaware GOP Leader Fired After Blaming Jews for Trump’s Impeachment
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 18, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, Nelly Jordan (below), the Vice Chair of the Sussex County (Delaware) Republican Committee, wrote on Facebook that some Jews…
Survey: Atheists Support Mandatory MMR Vaccines More Than Any Religious Group
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 7, 2020 Here’s the good news: According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, most Americans not named Jenny McCarthy agree with scientists and…
From Epiphany to the Theophany at Jesus’ Baptism — God with Us
JANUARY 12, 2020 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER Many Christians celebrated the Epiphany or manifestation of the Lord last week and remember Jesus’ Baptism today, though originally, they were celebrated together.…
Catholic Archbishop Blames Disobedient Wives For Domestic Violence
JANUARY 8, 2016 BY MICHAEL STONE Blaming the victim: A Catholic archbishop tells his congregation that the root cause of domestic violence is a woman’s disobedience to her husband. Speaking…
Ask Richard: My Potential Jewish In-Laws Refuse to Meet My Agnostic Daughter
BY RICHARD WADE JANUARY 6, 2020 Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I am the mother of a young adult woman (30) who has…
Catholicism scholar: ‘Religion has done more harm than good’
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER I had never seen the word “disgust” characterized as positive. Now I have, and it’s a powerful hypothesis. Eminent Northwestern University theologian and religious…
Is religious fanaticism actually Stockholm Syndrome with God as our captor?
Just look at the symptoms. What is the one thing that Religion wants to spread the most? They want us all to know that we are all sinners, the world…
United Methodist Church proposes historic split over gay marriage and LGBT clergy
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Updated 4:15 PM ET, Sat January 4, 2020 (CNN)United Methodist Church leaders are proposing a split into more than one denomination in a bid to resolve…
Trump Adviser: Policy Shift On West Bank Settlements Recognizes ‘Biblical Prophecy’
NOVEMBER 19, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE Cheering for Armageddon: Evangelicals cheer after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that Israeli settlements on the West Bank no longer violate international…
Survey Shows Majority Of Americans Want Religion Out Of Politics
NOVEMBER 21, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE Separation of Church and State FTW: New findings released by the Pew Research Center show that a majority of Americans want religion to stay…
Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back
DEC. 12, 2019, AT 6:00 AM By Daniel Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Millennials have earned a reputation for reshaping industries and institutions — shaking up the workplace, transforming dating culture,…