You’re a sinner, you’re a sinner, you’re a SINNER!

December 21, 2011 By 17 Comments

  I just read this article about how fundamentalist Christian boarding schools are luring in Chinese exchange students with promises of sound economics and repaying them with religious indoctrination. This quote from one such student struck me:   “Before, what I believed, what Chinese people believe, is that people are innately good,” she said. “I [...]

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Christianity, Sin, and Thought Crime

November 10, 2011 By 37 Comments

Growing up in a fundamentalist evangelical home, I had little chance to commit any serious sins. To some extent this didn’t matter: I was taught that a sin is a sin is a sin, and talking back to your mother is just as bad in God’s eyes as was murder. Practically, though, what sins I [...]

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A Self-Created Problem

October 15, 2011 By 36 Comments

For a long time, I couldn’t understand how anyone would turn down God’s gift of salvation. Who wouldn’t want to be saved? But really, the answer to that question was right in front of me, and I should have seen it. I was taught that the first step of evangelism involves convincing a person that [...]

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Shame, shame, shame!

September 10, 2011 By 71 Comments

I came upon this video via The Friendly Atheist. It’s about what Christians are really thinking about during worship. The Friendly Atheist watched it and laughed; I watched it and wanted to cry. Why? Because this video was produced by a church. It’s no simply “funny song,” it’s a blatant attempt to shame parishioners. And it’s not [...]

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