Codex Disbelievium
The doctrinal yardstick illustrates a serious problem with Christianity (LSP #81)
It’s one of the biggest dealbreakers in Christianity.
Analyzing Christianity
Before the Cult of Before Stories: Tricking Authoritarians
I came face-to-face with two completely untrue beliefs I held: that my god transformed people upon conversion, and that Christians would never lie while representing that god. Hooboy, don’t ya just have to laugh sometimes? I was so innocent. So this story is about how my then-husband Biff arrived at that dais to lie for Jesus. To get there, he had to fool a whole lot of people–and that is exactly what he did. Today, let me tell you what happened right before that devastating night.
Meta Housekeeping
Roll to Disbelieve: Gaming Super Special! (#5)
In these off-topic specials, I curate some oldies-but-goodies together on a theme. Today’s theme is GAMING.
Meta Housekeeping
Roll to Disbelieve Winter Super Special! (#3)
Whether you’re excited, a little tuckered out from all that winter cheer, or feeling distinctly Grinchy, below you’ll find some reading material from years gone past.
Analyzing Christianity
When Teen Cas Innocently Suggested Testing a Miracle (LSP #73)
I took my religion’s claims seriously. In other words, I expected our claims to stand up to the same basic testing and investigation that any other claim would get. WOW, did that attitude not go over well! So today, Lord Snow Presides over how I got (gently) smacked down for daring to suggest a formal test of one of my church’s biggest miracle claims.
Meta Housekeeping
Roll to Disbelieve Thanksgiving Super Special! (#2)
If you’re totally losing patience with some of the people you’re around this weekend, then come hang out here! I’ve got plenty of stuff to read, and on the internet, nobody can tell that you’re hiding in the guest bathroom.
Analyzing Christianity
Cold reading: The Christians who told me all the things I NEVER did
We’ve been talking lately about how Christians treat the people they’re trying to recruit. Sales-minded Christians often borrow strategies from the Bible, and this one is no exception: cold reading. I’ll show you what it is, why Christians like it, what they think is happening when they do it, and then—of Read more
Meta Housekeeping
Roll to Disbelieve Super Special #1: Halloween!
Need some extra reading material? Stuck waiting at home for the trick-or-treaters to ring the doorbell? Want to get acquainted with some of the blog’s older hits? Here’s your Super Special! Happy Halloween!
Analyzing Christianity
Deconversion: My reasons for belief, just weren’t
A while ago, I wrote about why I deconverted. I’ve also written about some of the reasons I believed in Christianity. Or at least, these were the reasons I thought I believed. Today, I want to show you what the main underpinnings of my belief were, and how I figured out that those underpinnings weren’t true.
Analyzing Christianity
You must be born again (and again, and again, and again…)
Most people have likely heard of the Bible verse advising that people must be born again in order to avoid the monstrous Hell that the Christian god created. To be sure, most Christians know about it. Fundagelicals take that idea more seriously than most other Christians do, though. I’ll show you what that phrase means to them, and why they tend to do it way more than just once.