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The PACA Plan and the Second American Civil War
A flyer about the PACA ("Pray America Christian Again") Plan was stuck on the outside...
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August 31, 2017
Distracted Christians Meme
Inspired by a different version created by Beau Quilter and shared on this blog here. What...
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Christians in Name Only
This cartoon has been making the rounds. It is a pity that some are treating...
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October 24, 2015
Fundamentalism is a Lack of Self-Awareness
The quote comes from Richard Beck's blog post "Emotional Intelligence and Sola Scriptura." Here is another...
October 02, 2015
Christian Meteorology
I had been meaning to blog about "Christian meteorology" again well before Westboro Baptist Church...
April 2015
April 05, 2015
The Disinterment of Jesus?
Having blogged on Friday about my book The Burial of Jesus, which talks not just about...
February 2015
February 06, 2015
Banning God from Schools and T-Shirts
It is interesting that an atheist could apparently see that the theology on the t-shirt...
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October 12, 2014
The Harrowing of Hell House
Fred Clark has come up with a response to the phenomenon of conservative Christian "hell houses"...
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July 03, 2014
The Word You Are Looking for is “Moderate”
Michael Patton shared the diagrams below. What strikes me about them is the attempt to...
June 2014
June 24, 2014
“Liberty” Church
Stuff Fundies Like and Bruce Gerencser both pointed out this self-description from a fundamentalist church...
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March 29, 2014
Fundamentalist Pharmacy
By Signe Wilkinson
October 2013
October 05, 2013
Just Following the Bible
Stuff Fundies Like posted the following gem: I just follow the Bible. I just follow...
August 2013
August 07, 2013
Interpreting Scripture in Light of Scripture
I wrote the following in a comment on Facebook and thought I would share it...
June 2013
June 18, 2013
Christians at the Forefront
David Hayward shared a cartoon today depicting the church as a deliberately slow and obstructionist...
May 2013
May 28, 2013
Core Doctrines Between the Lines and on the Margins?
Has anyone else ever noticed that conservative Christians of various sorts tend to emphasize things...
January 2013
January 15, 2013
Many Christians Are Compromised
In the country I live in, the vast majority of Christians (assuming one is willing...
January 06, 2013
Don’t Force Us To Obey The Bible!
Someone made a point on Facebook that I thought was really insightful and worth turning...
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December 28, 2012
Converting to/from Fundamentalism
David Hayward shared this older cartoon of his today: The title seems to me precisely...
December 18, 2012
Skewed Conservative Christian Priorities
Bob Cargill created and shared this checklist: I think Bob is right about some things...
November 2012
November 09, 2012
Does Life Begin at Creation?
"Life begins at conception" is a common phrase to encounter in discussions of abortion and...
October 2012
October 23, 2012
Who Owns the Bible?
Over on her blog Love, Joy, Feminism, Libby Anne has joined in a conversation between...
October 22, 2012
President Obama is a Christian
It is incredibly frustrating to see American after American say that Barack Obama is not...
October 12, 2012
What “Most Christians” Think
My last post included a slide that mentions "most Christians." And so I thought I...
October 07, 2012
Congressman Paul Broun’s Lies from the Pit of Hell
The news has been circulating for several days that congressman Paul Broun described evolution, the...
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August 18, 2012
Young-Earth Creationists Substitute Words of Men in Place of the Word of God
Time and time again I have heard young-earth creationists say that one has to choose...
August 17, 2012
Sooner or Later, You Have to Choose between the Bible and Inerrancy
A discussion I've been part of on Facebook illustrates something that I have said before...
July 2012
July 18, 2012
Conservatives, Liberals, and the 50 Shades of Grey Between Them
A substantial part of the Christian blogosphere has been distracted from further discussion of Ross...
October 2011
October 12, 2011
JesusWeen
Have you heard about the conservative Christians who are encouraging Christians to celebrate "JesusWeen" instead...
June 2011
June 09, 2011
Literalism, Critical Thinking and Science around the Blogosphere
Let's start this collection of links with Adam Kotsko's post on literalism. Here's a sample:...
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