Archive Index - Roll to Disbelieve

July 22, 2020

Mark Regnerus Will TOTALLY Fix Marriage, Y’all!

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at a really awful post by pseudoscientist Mark...

July 21, 2020

No, ‘The Church’ Can’t Save Marriage, Mark Regnerus

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I ran across an article in Christianity Today that dovetails nicely with...

July 20, 2020

False Accusations in Jesus-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #150, Ch. 30)

Hi and welcome back! It being Monday, we turn our attention to Frank Peretti's cringefest...

July 19, 2020

Why White Evangelicals Are Freaking Out Lately

Of late, the news has been filled with stories of the most shocking and heartbreaking kinds regarding...

July 18, 2020

Ed Stetzer: A ‘New Normal’ That Reveals WAY Too Much About Christianity’s Decline

Today, let me show you Ed Stetzer showing us exactly why evangelicals are in decline --...

July 17, 2020

Evangelicals’ Hypocritical Loathing of Cancel Culture

Until recently, it did not even occur to me that evangelicals might have any negative...

July 16, 2020

That Time Someone Tried to Revitalize an Online Game I Staffed

Revitalization efforts tend to fail because once a group is solidly entrenched in a particular...

July 15, 2020

Church Consultants: How (Not) to Fix Dying Churches

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we touched on the topic of church consultants. For the past...

July 14, 2020

Church Consultants: The New Old Trend That Definitely Won’t Save Christianity

Church consultants perform many functions for church leaders, from crafting and executing surveys to creating...

July 13, 2020

The Dramatic Sorta-Rescue of Susan Jacobson in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #149, Ch. 28-29)

In this installment, we witness a super-dramatic rescue! Moreover, it's one that could have come...

July 12, 2020

The Exodus of Single Women From Christianity Continues

Hi and welcome back! One of this blog's central concerns remains the decline of Christianity...

July 11, 2020

Owen Benjamin and His Personal Army (Collided With Reality)

Recently, Patreon deplatformed an alt-right guy named Owen Benjamin. He decided to hit back at...

July 10, 2020

SCOTUS Just Helped Christianity Decline Faster

Hi and welcome back! A couple of days ago, the Supreme Court of the United...

July 09, 2020

The Christianese to Know for the Endtimes Apocalypse

Today, I offer you a quick lesson for your Degree in Christianese at Fundagelical U:...

July 08, 2020

Hunt for the Red Heifer: Suck-Starting the Apocalypse

Hi and welcome back! Back when I was Pentecostal, most of my denomination obsessed over...

July 07, 2020

J.K. Rowling and the Measuring of a Woman

Lately, a huge controversy hit social media when J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry...

July 06, 2020

How I Learned to Focus on the Game, Not the Players

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we've been circling around the topic of how authoritarians approach...

July 05, 2020

Frank Keating: An(other) Evangelical Mascot Turned Out to Be A Total Failure

Today, I'll show you what Frank Keating did, how his effort failed, and how nobody...

July 04, 2020

When Lee Strobel Accidentally Illustrated the Nonexistent Power of Prayer

Happy Fourth of July! Today, I want to offer a funny palate cleanser for our...

July 03, 2020

Why CaringWell Won’t Help the SBC

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at what the leaders of the Southern Baptist...

July 02, 2020

Russell Moore Reveals the SBC’s ‘Abuse of Faith’ Strategy

Recently, I wondered what they've been up to on that front. What's changed since we...

July 01, 2020

Unchurched: Talking to the Voices in Their Heads

Hi and welcome back! Of late, we've been focusing on Lee Strobel's 1993 book, Inside the...

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