LBCF, No. 228: ‘The show-down let-down’

Last updated on: March 22, 2019 at 5:47 pm By Fred Clark

Buck Williams meets the Antichrist (again) and nothing happens (again). And we discuss evangelicals' confused obsession with "absolute morality." Read more

Herrenvolk ‘democracy’ and Herrenvolk religion

Last updated on: March 22, 2019 at 11:51 am By Fred Clark

The Christian Post extols white evangelicals' ideal model for good, Christian "pro-family" government: Viktor Orban of Hungary. Read more

Do you remember the moment you finally did something about it?

Last updated on: March 20, 2019 at 5:56 pm By Fred Clark

"In this mode — as a synecdoche for depravity-that-must-be-stamped-out — the charge of child sacrifice thrives, with varying degrees of subtlety and transformation, in our contemporary discourse." Read more

Unbelievable

Last updated on: March 21, 2019 at 1:21 pm By Fred Clark

We cannot believe them not just because what they are telling us is false -- wildly, obviously, demonstrably false -- but because we cannot believe that they believe it themselves. Read more

Ain’t supposed to die on a Saturday night

Last updated on: March 18, 2019 at 7:29 pm By Fred Clark

Easter wreaths are not and should not be a thing. Also: The theological aftermath of WWI (and Prohibition); rendering unto We, the People; and ghastly thoughts of blackmail. Read more

LBCF, No. 227: ‘Saving Hattie Durham’

Last updated on: March 15, 2019 at 4:23 pm By Fred Clark

Buck Williams heroically risks everything, walking into the lair of the Antichrist just so that he can try to save Hattie Durham. And then he doesn't. He doesn't even try. Read more

Born to uncertainty, destined for pain

Last updated on: March 16, 2019 at 11:11 am By Fred Clark

Even Stephen Schwartz initially flopped when he tried to stage a musical about Adam and Eve, so it's not surprising that an evangelical church went bankrupt trying to compose and produce their own big-budget "arena spectacular" based on the story. Read more

I could surrender but I’d just be pretending

Last updated on: March 13, 2019 at 5:09 pm By Fred Clark

• “I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” Donald Trump promised as a candidate for president. “Every other Republican’s going to cut, and even if they wouldn’t, they don’t know what to do because they don’t know where the money is. I do.” As president, Trump is now attempting to cut $845 billion from Medicare and billions more from Medicaid. (Yes, I posted this item yesterday. It’s still true today, too, and needs to be repeated until this campaign promise gets as... Read more

Do they love you the same as me?

Last updated on: March 13, 2019 at 12:40 am By Fred Clark

If God is a monster, then we are damned. And vice versa. Plus: Rich people caught cheating at musical chairs; and the tawdriness of international espionage. Read more

A suspiciously quiet anniversary

Last updated on: March 8, 2019 at 5:05 pm By Fred Clark

If it wasn't a lie, then everything described above would be happening. None of it is. Why not? Because even the people telling this lie cannot manage to believe it. Read more