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The many red flags Gracepoint Church waved

In a very real sense, Gracepoint weaponized the deepest yearnings and aches of its prey, then played upon their deepest fears to gain their ongoing compliance.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years10/05/2022 ago

stop trying to make it happen because it never will | roll to disbelieve

Analyzing Christianity

Gracepoint: Yet another ‘discipleship’ church turns out to be abusive

Discipleship might be the answer to the prayers of authoritarian evangelical pastors, but it all too often becomes a total nightmare for their followers.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years10/03/2022 ago

do we swear it on a stack of bibles? (roll to disbelieve)

Analyzing Christianity

The sheer self-interest in that State of the Bible 2022 report

ABS is being as subtle as a truck fire in State of the Bible 2022.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years09/18/2022 ago

Analyzing Christianity

Not one jot or tittle: How evangelicals constantly change the Bible

Evangelicals have long ago figured out ways to change whatever they want in the Bible.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years09/10/2022 ago

it's a lot like this | roll to disbelieve | sbc 2022 annual report

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The Southern Baptist 2022 Annual Report is finally here

Thanks to the folks at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), we FINALLY have the SBC’s 2022 Annual Report.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years09/08/2022 ago

pray in one hand, spit in the other, see what fills up first

Analyzing Christianity

Prayer: Why Christians always ‘forget to pray’

If prayer worked even in the bastardized way that Southern Baptists think it works, nobody’d ever need reminding to do it.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years09/05/2022 ago

cats do not use deepities | roll to disbelieve

Analyzing Christianity

Confuse ’em and lose ’em: Christian thought stoppers

Thought stoppers are super-meaningful-sounding statements that don’t actually say anything substantive—and can’t really even be defined at all. The further into wackadoodlery a flavor of Christianity is, the more thought stoppers we’ll find there, and for good reason.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years08/22/2022 ago

10 reasons to believe that are anything but | roll to disbelieve

Analyzing Christianity

Why Mormons confuse scrutiny and mockery for persecution

The post we’re examining today contains big words like oppressed and persecution. Its writer has misdefined them all.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years08/10/2022 ago

america's favorite book to pretend to value | roll to disbelieve

Analyzing Christianity

Why authoritarian Christians desperately need literalism

The very worst sorts of Christian leaders and groups desperately need their followers to buy into biblical literalism, which is quite possibly the most childish and poorly-informed hermeneutic possible.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years07/21/2022 ago

I'm hearing the stripes theme in my head

Analyzing Christianity

Workplace evangelism: fishing off the company’s dock

In the military, with its huge, life-altering penalties for insubordination and disobedience, it’s more important for military leaders to firmly and decisively rein in these overreaching authoritarians.

By Captain Cassidy, 4 years07/02/2022 ago

Cas has tidied this post up

Slowly, I’m working through the posts in our archive library like the Lone Ranger: Riding into town one day, fixing all its problems, and riding back out to the sunset afterward. I’ve got about 2200 posts to fix, and I’ll get to them all in time!