Christians call their religion the “good news,” but there’s even better news today in the form of an explosive new survey about religious and spiritual opinions in America: we’re getting less religious and more accepting of reality. Who’d’a thunk? Harris Interactive is apparently a big polling and research company based Read more
Weddings make me so emotional. They’re such a raw, visceral statement of hope and love, such a singularity of joy, a shriek of intention heard ‘cross the rooftops of the world. So yes: every state that gets equal marriage, you can bet I’m bawling like a baby over the thrilled Read more
This time of year seems quite appropriate to talk about a virgin birth. Or rather, 46 of them and counting. In a rather surprising long-term study done over 19 years and involving 8,000 participants, researchers followed women over their lifetimes to get some information about women’s sexual behaviors and attitudes. Read more
There’s this TV show about rich backwoods hicks with ZZ Top beards. It’s called “Duck Dynasty.” They own a successful hunting-goods company of some kind and they’re rich but they dress and groom themselves like any bunch of rednecks you’d see at any Southern Wal-Mart in the United States. They Read more
Yes, I saw the Harris Poll and the thing about the virgin births, and we’ll talk about those both really soon, I promise. Today I want to talk about this idea I had as a Christian where I thought that being a Christian was this awesome and wonderful thing and Read more
One of the greatest of all the benefits of Christianity is supposed to be hope. So why do so many Christians seem to lack it? Today we’re going to look at the very sad case of a Christian man who lost hope, and we’re going to talk about some things Read more
Even if it’s totally contradictory, people will believe anything–if the person talking about it sounds sure enough of themselves. Today, I’ll show you what I mean by the phrase Duh Mode, and why it’s so important to people trying to understand Christians.
The other day I ran across this blog entry about the links between super-duper-racist rednecks and right-wing Christians and how both intersect with modern Republican politics, and it just blew my mind. I’ve read it several times and want to talk about the concepts in it. If you haven’t read Read more
The other day, a Christian radio host accused megapastor (and smirking Lizard King of misogynists) Mark Driscoll of plagiarism. He defended himself fairly well against the accusation, I thought, but more allegations have surfaced since then that he plagiarized much more than even the radio host had suspected at first. Read more
I’ve got the turkey in the oven at last (we’re moving a bit late at Casa Cas today; I was up till the middle of the night squealing with glee over today’s cooking extravaganza–menu will follow at the end, and you are welcome to join in with your own if Read more