Analyzing Christianity
Orthodoxy: Why lockstep beliefs are so incredibly important to evangelicals
Correct beliefs do not correlate with rule-following, no matter how hard fervent evangelicals insist otherwise.
Analyzing Christianity
‘I prayed about it’: Why Christians use prayer as an excuse
If Jesus himself told them in prayer not to take the assignment, then what kind of Christian would the request-maker be to try to jump that chain of command?
Gaming
From gamer to ‘gamer girl’ to gamer again
Many years ago, more than half a lifetime by now, I took my first steps into gamer girl territory. Except I didn’t really see it as being a gamer girl. To me, I was simply a gamer, full stop. Now that we’re nearly at the 40-year anniversary of the classic Read more
Gaming
The rise of the casual MMORPG player
Nowadays, these games studiously court players who might only have a few minutes a day or a couple of days a week that they can spend ingame.
Analyzing Christianity
When Christian ‘evidence’ isn’t evidence at all
Last week, we talked about the Christians who do their best to avoid their rightful burden of proof. In a way, though, that strategy might be better than the one we’re talking about today. When Christians actually try to pony up support for their claims, we can see just how Read more
Gaming
The heartbreak of nerfing in games
Excessive nerfing can lead to an erosion of trust in the playerbase. It hits at the heart of our sense of fairness. And perhaps more than anything else, gamers want games to be fair—or at least skewed in their favor.
Analyzing Christianity
How a deconstruction goes wrong in ‘Before You Lose Your Faith’
This book’s second chapter perfectly illustrates what happens when a deconstruction fails to go far enough.
Analyzing Christianity
Hocus Pocus 2: Why Christians are getting hung up on the Satanic Panic again
Last week, a Texas mother named Jamie Gooch tried to beat the Satanic Panic drum over a silly movie called Hocus Pocus 2. In a now-iconic interview, she told her Troy, Texas news affiliate KWTX all about it: “A worst case scenario is: you unleash hell on your kids and Read more
Analyzing Christianity
Authenticity, and how TRUE CHRISTIANITY™ destroys it
We’re going to look at how Christians market themselves as the only place to find authenticity, and then we’ll see how their tribe tramples it to the ground.
Gaming
Competitive gaming: Gamemaster vs. players
When it comes to gaming, I’m all about creating and telling a great story with other people. But there’s a lid for every pot, and long ago my pot was shaped differently. When I first got involved in tabletop gaming and video games, I found my bliss in competitive gaming, Read more