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November 30, 2014
Dumbo’s Feather and the Power of Faith
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." --Philippians 4:13 Growing up evangelical,...
November 27, 2014
Why I Quit Believing, Explained
Dear Godless in Dixie, I read your blog on God not answering your prayers, was...
November 25, 2014
Mississippi’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Overturned
U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves granted a preliminary injunction today, effectively overturning Mississippi's state marriage ban...
November 24, 2014
Maybe God’s Just Not That Into You
I recently wrote a post entitled "Why I Broke Up with Jesus" and it generated...
November 23, 2014
Why I Reject Hell and Why You Should, Too
I have lost my patience with this Hell business. Completely. Not too long ago, a...
November 21, 2014
The Boxers of Christianity
[Today's guest post is written by Brian, aka The Apostate, who writes at A Pasta...
November 20, 2014
The Motive of the Questioner Is Beside the Point
When a system of belief lacks evidential support, it must compensate for this weakness by...
November 16, 2014
The Kind of Church that Benefits the World
Christianity has likely never been a single monolithic tradition. Perhaps even from its outset it...
November 15, 2014
New Blog for Apostates on Patheos
When I first "came out" as an atheist in Mississippi, the reception was not warm....
November 14, 2014
Why I Am an Anti-fundamentalist (and not an Anti-theist)
Sometimes my approach to writing about religion rubs other atheists the wrong way. They want...
November 12, 2014
Games Christians Play: Making Your Faith Impossible to Disprove
My last post, entitled “Why I Broke Up with Jesus,” inspired a predictable set of...
November 10, 2014
Why I Broke Up with Jesus
About five years ago, I broke up with Jesus. Recently someone asked me why. There...
November 09, 2014
Interstellar Dilemma: What Would Yahweh Do?
One does not simply write a single review of a Chris Nolan movie. He packs...
November 08, 2014
Am I Raising My Kids to Be Atheists?
We’ve had a fun intramural spat here on The Heathen Channel at Patheos over whether...
November 06, 2014
Who’s to Blame When Hell Gets Taught?
You want to hear an excuse I’m not going to accept anymore? "You can’t blame...
November 05, 2014
Grieving the Loss of Your Faith
[Today's guest post is written by Matt Oxley of RagingRev.com and is a follow-up to...
November 03, 2014
Anti-humanism: How Evangelicalism Taught Me the Art of Self-Loathing
I have a confession to make. I still struggle with a deep self-hatred which I...
November 02, 2014
Do We Really Want More Religion in Our Politics?
[Today's post is a part of an upcoming series for the Patheos Public Square on...
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