Category Archives: Theology

The Handbook: Recognizing an “Argument From X” Attempt.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

We’re going to be heading back to God’s Not Dead next week, but before we do that, I wanted to finish up something we were talking about last time we covered the Handbook for the Recently Deconverted: one of Christians’ very … Continue reading →

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The Handbook: Wishful Thinking in Apologetics.

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Today we’re talking about wishful apologetics: those arguments that ache and yearn for an idealized form of Christianity. Special Guest: C.S. Lewis. Continue reading →

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The Handbook: Apologetics: Pascal, Ontological, Cosmological.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Today we’re going to be taking a twenty-five-cent tour of some of the apologetics arguments people are likely to see once they’ve deconverted, along with an overview of the arguments’ flaws. Continue reading →

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A Monopoly on Manliness.

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

One of the genuinely weirdest turns that fundagelical Christianity has taken in recent decades has been its bizarre emphasis on hypermasculinity and rejection of all that is even vaguely perceived as feminine. I first encountered this strange focus when looking at … Continue reading →

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I’m Still Not a Francis Fangirl.

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

I’m still not a Pope Francis fangirl. Here’s why. Continue reading →

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Attack of the Mini-Jesuses.

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

I was thinking today about the various ways in which Christians keep trying to do stuff they think Jesus did in the Bible–and failing miserably. I really wish they’d stop, because it is simply cringe-inducing to behold. Today I’m going to … Continue reading →

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The Handbook: Building a Worldview Around Consent.

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Today I want to talk about one of the biggest shifts I had to process in my thinking after my deconversion. Not to make it sound all dramatic or anything, but it was about the biggest 180 I could possibly have made, and chances are some of y’all are facing that same challenge now. Continue reading →

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When It’s Not Funny.

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Last time we talked, we covered a straw man essay written by a Baptist pastor, Bo Wagner, that he called satirical. A pity he doesn’t actually know what satire is, any more than he knows what atheism is. Last time … Continue reading →

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What We Can Learn About Atheists from Atheist-Whisperer Bo Wagner.

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Last time we talked, we covered a “satirical” straw man essay written by a Baptist pastor, Bo Wagner, about a fictional atheist. A pity he doesn’t actually know what satire is, any more than he knows what atheism is. Today … Continue reading →

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The Handbook: Understanding the Straw Man.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Christians are very, very fond of telling everybody who’ll listen that they just love non-believers. Oh my, they just love us to death. But if they keep talking, a curious thing happens: they show us exactly what they’re really thinking. Continue reading →

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