Analyzing Christianity
The CPC manual dives into anti-abortion clobber verses
Today we’ll look at the CPC’s very own Bible study and see just what those clobber verses are. And then, we’ll clobber ’em right back.
Analyzing Christianity
Halloween: It’s that time again
Halloween is that magical time of year when Christians can dial up to 11 their Happy Pretendy Fun Time Games. It is their everything.
The Games We Play
Another World, Another Time: The Dark Crystal Returns
Join me for a rabbit-hole trip to the land of the Dark Crystal–and a look at why this newest prophecy of doom is, well, doomed to failure, just like all the other ones Christians have ever made.
The Games We Play
The day I met a pagan fundie
But there was this one incident that really brought home to me that no religion is immune to weirdos, and it didn’t take long to figure out why. This is how I converted to paganism–and then met someone who exemplified a mindset I thought I’d left way behind me, causing me to abandon religion altogether.
Analyzing Christianity
Lord Snow Presides #3: The Backlash Against the Internet Begins in Earnest
I’ve seen pastors try off and on to stop their congregants from accessing the internet, but this new book that just came out, What Falls from the Sky, really takes the cake on that score.
History and Science
Lord Snow Presides #1: Sovereign Citizens Edition.
Welcome to the first off-topic chat post!
Analyzing Christianity
The Cult of Before Stories: Bill Schnoebelen, desperate for relevance
Bill Schnoebelen has had to reinvent himself a few times, but maybe he’s finding nowadays that once someone’s joined the Cult of Before Stories, it’s really hard to leave.
The Games We Play
My Mother’s Dress
Clothes fascinate me. They’re a powerful sign of our own personal individuality and a statement about how we view ourselves, our place in whatever tribe we call our own, and what aspirations and opinions we hold. Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been fascinated with the subject. Weirdly, until recently I wasn’t much for modern fashion itself, but the everyday clothes that people choose and wear is something I could talk about all day long. In my case, the sartorial apple didn’t fall too far from the tree. Today I’ll show you how.
Analyzing Christianity
SHARONDA RASHANDA (Speaking in tongues: A primer)
One of the weirdest practices you’ll ever encounter among right-wing Christians has to be “speaking in tongues.” I strongly suspect that more people know about snake handling than know about speaking in tongues—and for a reason. So here’s a guide to this wild fundamentalist practice!
Analyzing Christianity
We Welcome Ben Carson to the Cult of Before Stories
A long time ago, I wrote a post called “A Cult of “Before” Stories” in which I described what it was like as a young Christian to realize that my then-husband had constructed a testimony full of lies–and how I realized that pretty much all of the really dramatic testimonies I heard from other Christians were largely untrue as well. On the heels of realizing that these stories were untrue, I also began to perceive the unbelievably rich rewards Christians get for concocting and sharing these dramatic testimonies. I began to see my tribe as one that was simply obsessed with these “before” stories–thus, my name for the mindset.