Recently, a gospel singer named Solomon Ray saw his songs climb to the top of the Christian music heap—but there’s a catch! He’s an AI created by right-wing rapper named Topher. More than that, the AI’s music is created in an AI program called Suno. This isn’t even the first Read more…
As we’ve been checking out the app ‘Text With Jesus‘, I’ve noticed that right-wing Christians tend to laser-focus on one criticism above all: The presence of ‘Satan’ as part of the lineup of this app’s AI chatbot personalities. Today, let’s check out their consternation and fretting—and see why they’re right Read more…
Last time we met up, I showed you ‘Text With Jesus’, an AI chatbot app that lets users text with all kinds of Christian personalities. Over on the Discord, our community had a lot of fun thinking of questions to ask this app’s personalities. Here are some of our questions—along Read more…
Every year’s Annual Report from the Southern Baptists contains a lot of information. But maybe one of the funniest parts of it is always the President’s Address. The previous year’s president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) gives this address to open the Annual Meeting each summer. Usually, it’s a Read more…
In a recent opinion post, Thom Rainer frets about people age 65+, who are apparently leaving evangelical churches in great numbers. And lately, more evangelicals like him are noticing that older Americans, once the mainstays and so-called “anchors” of churches, are leaving their clubhouses in greater and greater numbers. Unfortunately, Read more…
Last time we met up, we talked about the weird take on postmodernism that evangelicals have. They consider this philosophy one of their worst enemies, but they don’t understand even the most basic things about it. Despite that trivial little problem, their evangelism experts have been hard at work coming Read more…
In Alpha Course #6, Christians try very very hard to make the Bible sound utterly relevant and important to everyone’s lives. They fail, of course, just like every other video so far has failed to accomplish its own stated goals. But as usual, it’s how specifically they fail that should Read more…
Evangelicals can’t defeat actual atheism, so they vastly prefer strawman atheism—their own unique and deliberate mangling of atheism. The real thing is impenetrable to them, and they very clearly realize it. But this strawman form of atheism is much easier to tackle. Today, let me show you how what was Read more…
Way back in 2015, Pew Research came out with their devastating Religious Landscape Study. It finally convinced Christians that their religion was well and truly in decline. If you want to trace right-wing Christians’ current behavior to its roots, this study’s fallout should be part of your essential reading. This Read more…
For most of us, leprosy—better known as Hansen’s Disease—is a horrific illness that belongs in the Middle Ages. But it’s much older than that. It’s also one of the reasons why nobody should take Jesus or Christianity seriously. Today, let me show you some of the newest research about this Read more…