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The Drama Triangle Explains a Lot
A lot of interpersonal stuff gets more stable with three people involved, rather than just two. So drama-seekers find it far more rewarding to bounce off of two people rather than just one.
Analyzing Christianity
Ronnie Floyd Just Quit His Powerful Role With the SBC
Ronnie Floyd tried his darndest, bless his li’l cotton socks, to pretend that the EC totally cared about the literal hundreds of victims that we knew about so far, thanks to secular journalists’ refusal to let the story die.
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The Ongoing Catholic Scandal: What the New CIASE Report Means
Catholic morality is nothing but a smokescreen to keep the flocks’ attention away from Catholic hypocrisy. It may sound very pretty. It’s meant to. But its beauty is barely skin-deep. Those high-falutin’ ideals dissolve on contact with a priest collar.
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Forced optimism: MLMs overlap with Christianity again
MLMs are harmful to almost all of their participants — but they’re harmful in a very familiar way.
History and Science
Facial reconstruction: Meeting the faces of our past
One of the most potent ways historians connect people to our past is through facial reconstruction. As the technology to reproduce those ancient faces progresses, we’re discovering that we need to be aware of how we use it. Our biases Read more
History and Science
The ‘Help-Rejecting Complainer’ (LSP #213)
Lord Snow Presides over the unique way that knowing how to describe something can help us frame problems—and solve them.
Analyzing Christianity
Evangelical vaccine denialists latch onto 666 hysteria
It’s very easy for Christians to ignore Jesus’ direct orders, and even easier to latch onto conspiracy theories about the number 666.
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The SBC Isn’t Handling Its ‘Abuse of Faith’ Megascandal
SBC-lings like to imagine that their denomination is a loose federation of churches that govern the denomination from the bottom up. Yep, they’re all just big ol’ Jesus-ers who Jesus together — and, coincidentally, pool material resources to convert and control the whole world. The opposite is actually the case, as the EC demonstrated in spades that week.
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Mark Lanier, Paul Pressler’s Attorney, Seeks to Sway SBC Now
Mark Lanier knows very well what’s at stake right now in the SBC’s megascandal.
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Josh McDowell: Cast Out of the Crony Network
Josh McDowell was once a power player in the evangelical crony network. Now, he’s been cast out. Come see it happen in realtime.