My Self-published Breakthrough Book is Proving the Mainstream Media Emperor is Naked

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

My self-published breakthrough book And God Said, “Billy!“ exploring the roots of American religious delusion, and offering another way to approach true spirituality, is getting the best reader reviews of any of my dozen books– 79 Amazon reviews so far, 100s of emails… But… because it’s self-published (a first for me I’m trying as an experiment) it isn’t getting any mainstream reviews, notwithstanding I’ve had NY Times bestsellers, been reviewed everywhere, and have been profiled in the Times,... Read more

Just How Stupid, Mean and Spiteful is the Evangelical-Controlled GOP/Tea Party South? Here’s How Stupid

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

“What we could see, 10 years from now, is a Mason-Dixon line of health care… And [the GOP South] is doing it out of spite. Elsewhere, the expansion of Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, has been one of the few success stories of Obamacare… One side (with exceptions for conservative Midwest and mountain states) would be the insured North, a place where health care coverage was affordable and available to most people… “On the other side would... Read more

Jesus Ate a $95,000 Truffle: The Evangelical GOP Worships Wealth, So Kiss Jesus, Justice, Fairness and America Goodbye

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Just how nuts has the wealth-to-middle class disparity has gotten? Read this while thinking about how the evangelicals — who once said they follow Jesus — have become the bedrock of GOP/Ayn Rand GREED-IS-GOOD “policy” to cut government help for the poor and middle class and fight health care reform to give the poor medical care, while lowering taxes and regulations on the super wealthy. To the extent that the GOP/wealth alliance depends on the evangelicals like Ted Cruz and... Read more

To Obama Haters: The Actual Evidence of Obama’s Achievements Shows You’re on the Wrong Side of History— Again

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

There are Obama haters aplenty, have been from Day One: Snooty left wingers have offered advice he should have, could have, would have followed to success if the president had just listened to his white betters in the media. Hate-filled right wing bigots have jostled to be the loudest claiming Obama isn’t a “real American,” not one of us, from somewhere else, a liar, a communist, a Muslim, the anti-Christ… and that’s just a start. Economists have lined up... Read more

My NPR Interview on God, the Tea Party, Religion, my Books…

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

WBEZ’s Worldview Frank Schaeffer: Christian religious extremism leading to persecution of LGBT people Posted 19 hours ago19 hours Report copyright infringement Follow WBEZ’s Worldview and others on SoundCloud. Frank Schaeffer, former fundamentalist evangelical and son of famed evangelical theologian Francis Schaeffer, is worried that Christian conservatives will push America to the brink of catastrophe because of intolerance, bigotry, biblical literalism and political extremism. We’ll talk with him about his autobiographical novel, And God said Billy. The book alludes to... Read more

With “Citizens” Like the Evangelicals Rooting for Armageddon, America Needs no Traitors

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

As I explain in my book And God Said, “Billy!“, exclusionary religion — in other words all religions that identify people as “saved” or “lost,” or of the right tribe or race, or that demand the holding of correct doctrinal beliefs — is a killer. Religious faith needs to be put back in the category of personal subjective experience where it belongs. Religion that claims to be “The Truth” (a la Billy Graham delusional evangelical-type thinking) is an exercise in... Read more

As of this AM “And God Said, ‘Billy!'” has 70 Amazon Reviews av 4.4 out of 5 Stars! Thank you Readers!

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Instant Order Update for frank schaeffer. You purchased this item on September 17, 2013. View this order. Loan this book to anyone you choose. Deliver to: Try it free Sample the beginning of this book for free Deliver to: How sampling works Available on your PC Click to open expanded view Share your own customer images And God Said, “Billy!”: A Novel [Kindle Edition] Frank Schaeffer (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews) Digital List Price: $3.99... Read more

“The Day my Father Died I Felt Such a Relief…” (How the ‘Gospel’ Wrecks Lives)

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

“Dear Frank, There are times when I wish Jesus had never come to earth and Christianity had never been born. I’m not sure exactly what Christ accomplished anyway given the sad state of Christianity! Yes, you can reprint my letter. Just use my name as ‘Ben W. Atlanta, GA.'” From: Ben To: Frank Schaeffer Sent: Wed, Nov 13, 2013 9:10 pm Subject: Liberation Day Hi Frank, I see non-religious families enjoying each other at restaurants – grandfather, father and sons... Read more

A Road-map for Spiritual Ethics

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Ethics can evolve along with every area of human discovery, for instance, beyond ugly biblical myths born of justifying tribal hatred and ethnic — God-made-us-do-it — cleansing after the fact. Individual parishes, let alone individuals, may practice a compassionate and enlightened faith no matter how they differ with the “official moral doctrines” of their churches, mosques or temples left over from horrific times. I’ve seen this ethical evolution in action. In fact my new book — And God Said, “Billy!“... Read more

What my Parents Never Seemed to Have Done is Consider that the Bible Contains a Paradox

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

When my busy dad Francis Schaeffer and I spent time alone together, I discovered a quiet and humble man who seemed sadder than he was angry while struggling to conform his personality and natural interests – art and hiking — to a theological ideal that he questioned. As a result of his deep unanswered questions he defended his views all the more loudly in public. Don’t we all? Besides which; Dad was genuinely moved by compassion for the “Lost” and... Read more