Jordan Peterson: a gateway drug to Christianity?
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 BY ERIK STRANDNESS atapulted to fame by his defiance of the political correctness of his academic institution. His place as a cultural icon was cemented with the…
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…
Democrats Do Not Have “Anti-Catholic” Bias, No Matter What Republicans Tell You
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 With Donald Trump expected to name his Supreme Court nominee on Saturday, and with all eyes on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, conservatives have already…
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…
Germany’s Largest and Richest Archdiocese Will Close 90% of Its Churches by 2030
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 There’s good news. So of course it’s not happening in the United States. In Germany, the Archdiocese of Cologne — the largest and richest…
Mel Gibson’s sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’ unleashes hilarity
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE AT a time when there’s so little to laugh at in this crazy, COVID-19 afflicted, Trumpite world of ours, über-conservative Catholic actor and director…
“Jesus of Siberia” Arrested for Running Cult That Extorted and Abused Members
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 Jesus was arrested. Or at least a guy who looks like Jesus. A guy who at least claims to be God’s voice in this…
Is Trump darling Amy Barrett a Trojan Horse for judicial Catholicism?
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER There is a flip side to the constitutional prohibition against “religious tests” for Americans seeking public office. It is that, once elected or appointed,…
Worshiping a Monster
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 BY ADAM LEE By James A. Haught Exodus 12 says God killed thousands of Egyptian children at Passover, “and there was a great cry in Egypt; for…
Scientific Citizenship: An Essential Political Stance for Humanism
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 BY M. L. CLARK Mark König, Unsplash.com, CC0 Licensing – Photo of Lunar Model LTA-8 in Houston TexasLet’s begin with a story. Here in Colombia, my English…
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 into another post about how to identify and…
Row erupts over Vatican’s ‘blasphemous’ black Jesus image
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE BACK in 1972, a crazy Hungarian called László Tóth attacked Michelangelo’s famous Pietà with a hammer, but that act of vandalism, according to one…
Donald Trump: If Joe Biden Wins, “There Will Be No God”
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 During his rally tonight in North Carolina, Donald Trump claimed that a Joe Biden victory this November means “there will be no God.” Atheists:…
Young Earth Creationists and the Flat Earth Conspiracy
JUNE 24, 2019 BY LIBBY ANNE I supposed up short when I came upon an Answers in Genesis article titled “Reflections on the Flat-Earth Movement.” I grew up in a…
Leading SCOTUS Candidate Amy Coney Barrett Claims Bible Precedes Constitution
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Dangerous Religious Extremist: Amy Coney Barrett, a leading candidate to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, claims the Bible precedes the…
Pastor Who Claimed Covid-19 ‘Hysteria’ Was Plot Against Trump Dies From Virus
MARCH 26, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Religious Ignorance Kills: Landon Spradlin, a Virginia pastor who claimed the “mass hysteria” around the coronavirus pandemic was part of a media plot against…
Deep State, Deep Market, Shallow Jesus, Shallow Church
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER Different attempts have been made to define and reflect upon “deep state”. Here are a few titles: “What Is the Deep State?”; “The…
A Cruel Church Signifies What?
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE What happens when the Church, as a sacrament, fails to do what it signifies? Sacraments signify and perform that which they signify. Generally…
Stupidity In Catholics: Deadly
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE Catholic stupidity is deadlier than a host of evils. Last time, I wrote about the significance and intelligibility of sacraments. What do sacraments…
Court Order Bans TN School District from Constantly Pushing Christianity on Kids
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Back in November, the ACLU and its Tennessee chapter sued the Smith County School System in Nashville over its longstanding illegal promotion of Christianity.…