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The Women of “God’s Not Dead.”
Changed my mind; we’ll do the Christian episode later. Today I want to talk more about how the movie God’s Not Dead deals with its female characters, because last time we talked I touched briefly on one aspect of the movie–its … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Guides, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Alison Bechdel, atheist, Bechdel test, Christian apologetics, Christian views on marriage, Dean Cain, Duck Dynasty, Evangelical Christianity, evangelical Christians, God's Not Dead, Marriage, Relationships, United States, Women
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The Unequally Yoked Club: Relationships in God’s Not Dead.
(Please consider all of my posts about this movie to be spoilerrific.) Last week I got hammered and watched God’s Not Dead so you don’t have to. One thing I learned watching it was the rather surprising fact that the various reviews … Continue reading
God’s Definitely Dead, and Mortally Embarrassed. (SPOILERS)
“God’s Not Dead” is an incredibly inept and horrible movie, and this is my full summary of it. Continue reading
Weekend Edition: Stuff I Wish I’d Seen.
There’s a lot of weird stuff lurking in the unread pages of the Bible. Here are some of the strangest stories–ones I wish I’d seen when I was Christian. Continue reading
The Vast Comfort of Literalism.
Ever wonder how someone converts into fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity? Here’s how I ended up there. Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Feminism, Guides, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Adam and Eve, Ancient history, Bible, Biblical authority, Biblical Criticism, Biblical literalism, Christian fundamentalism, Evangelical Christianity, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, fundamentalist Christian, God, History, Indoctrination, Jesus, New Testament, Old Testament, Pseudo-History, Pseudoscience, Science, Sunday School, the Bible
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The Handbook: Unlearning a Rather Distorted Narcissism.
It’s a seductive storyline. I can’t deny that. It’s powerfully alluring. Just imagine: You’re the klutzy, totally undeserving, inexperienced, vastly underpowered childlike person who catches the eye of some huge, unthinkably powerful, completely in-control and self-possessed being whose monstrous will … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Guides, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged American Christianity, Apostasy in Christianity, BDSM, Blasphemy, Christianity, Evangelical Christianity, Fifty Shades of Grey, Handbook for the Recently Deconverted, Narcissism, No no I really am a space princess, Yes I curse sometimes
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When It’s Not Funny.
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
Roll to Disbelieve 