Tag Archives: hypocrisy

God’s Definitely Dead, and Mortally Embarrassed. (SPOILERS)

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

“God’s Not Dead” is an incredibly inept and horrible movie, and this is my full summary of it. Continue reading →

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The Cult of Before Stories: Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth.

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

If she must teem, Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatur’d torment to her! Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks, Turn all … Continue reading →

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Scott Lively and the Bonus Plan.

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

Sounds like a children’s serial novel, doesn’t it? Scott Lively and the Bonus Plan. Scott Lively and the Search for Relevance. Scott Lively and the Hunt for Gullible Rubes. Scott Lively and His Sudden Boost in Status. Scott Lively and … 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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The Handbook: Examining the Evidence.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

I wasn’t stupid, willfully-ignorant, or mentally will when I made the decision to become a fundamentalist, and I really don’t like it when someone implies that about anyone. I thought the religion had evidence supporting its claims. On that count I was wrong, and here’s the list of what I was wrong about. 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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A Particularly Ugly Episode in the Christian Culture Wars.

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

It’s been a rather mind-blowing week over in Christian Bizarro-land. The anniversary of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade was coming up, and it happened to coincide with the start of a legislative session in Congress, so naturally there’s been quite a lot of grandstanding and showboating going on as Christianist politicians and religious leaders alike jockey to demonstrate who loves fetuses the most. Continue reading →

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What I Learned from the Lady in White.

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

A long time ago when I was administering a roleplaying MUD* online, I began to notice that the staffers responsible for creating and running plots and storylines for players kept defaulting to very supernatural themes. Continue reading →

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A Response to the Response to Ryan Bell.

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

We’re coming back to the Handbook for the Recently Deconverted shortly, but I saw this today and it just cried out for examination. Ryan Bell is a Seventh-Day Adventist minister who decided to go one year as a functional atheist. … Continue reading →

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