When Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ splattered across movie screens in 2004, Christians ecstatically watched Jesus get his martyrdom on. Some Christians seemed to hail the torture porn as the greatest evangelizing tool since the Inquisition. Through the magic of subtitles, guest columnist ssj messes with film’s messaging.
In these off-topic specials, I curate some oldies-but-goodies together on a theme. Today’s theme is GAMING.
Last time we met up, we explored the authoritarian urge to control how people use language. Today, we dive into a specific example of that urge. One of the biggest power plays in the religion is occurring right now as we speak, and it concerns who exactly gets to define Read more
Authoritarian Christians try hard to police how people share information and how they share it. Today, I’ll show you why they keep trying to police how others communicate.
I downloaded a whole bunch of evangelism apps last week and ran through them. I’ll show you what they are, how they work, and how likely they are to accomplish literally anything of use to the Christians who create and use them. Join me for a grand tour of evangelism apps!
This awful list shows us some important things about the people who made the list, too. Today, Lord Snow Presides over Christians busy inventing whole new forms of friendship evangelism.
Hi and welcome to our new series on authoritarians! Last time we met up, we explored the fear that drives people into authoritarian personalities and groups. This time, we examine the main tool authoritarians use to soothe that fear: obedience. We’ll dive into a new breed of mobile apps that take advantage of authoritarians’ need for rules and routines, too!
They couldn’t be more obvious in their fear if they sang their messages while playing bagpipes in a naked procession down Main Street during the Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Today, let me show you one of the most pernicious myths evangelicals believe about atheists: that all they need is a huge catastrophe in their lives to strong-arm them into believing in nonsense for no good reason.
A bunch of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) folks have changed their opinion about one of the biggest markers of their denomination! Well, sort of.