Christians do love miracles. After all, miracles represent PROOF YES PROOF that their god actually exists when nothing else would give anyone such an impression! Plus, Christians consider miracles part of the benefits package that they get for belonging to Read more
In response to a hardline Catholic’s response to another hardline Catholic, an evangelical agrees that there is ‘no better time’ to join up. Of course, it’s not like anyone could choose any other time in which to exist than the Read more
Evangelicals continue to argue with each other about who should be on the Republican ballot for the next election: Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis. Each camp has its own vehement opinion.
Invoking divine authority to bolster one’s claims is a long-beloved evangelical pastime. Here, it just makes them look ridiculous.
Not long ago, some evangelicals broke my heart. They were the family of a vibrant, impressionable, trusting, inexperienced young woman named Micah. In 2009, her husband murdered her. That husband, Thomas Pate, had pretended to be a true-blue evangelical to Read more
My goodness, a mere two days after roasting apologetics as hucksterism intended for evangelicals alone, I learn about a huge apologetics conference that recently happened. As I read the descriptions, I broke out laughing over and over again. Oh my. This Read more
Thom Rainer functions as a living, breathing, nonstop rebuttal to evangelical claims. Back in Ye Olden Daies of evangelical power, he reigned as the leader of Lifeway Christian Resources, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) propaganda and publishing arm. During that Read more
In 2017, a man sued Pressler for sexual abuse. Seven other men eventually came forward with similar stories. The suit was settled, but the glaring problem that Pressler represents to Southern Baptists hasn’t been so easily dealt with.
Hot on the heels of discussions about doubt and divinely-recommended computer monitors, I found us an evangelical talking about how the tribe can feel certainty about their beliefs being true (archive). We’ve talked about this particular guy and his incompetent Read more
Last time we met up, I showed you an evangelical who very solidly considered faith and belief as choices people can decide to make. In the end, that evangelical decided that he’d choose faith and belief. As reasoning, he presented Read more
Ammon Bundy is one of the lackluster sons of infamous “welfare queen in a cowboy hat” Cliven Bundy. For a while now, he’s entertained delusions of political relevance. Alas and alack for him, evangelicals as a whole just haven’t resonated Read more