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The Most Misunderstood Word (Isn’t Kingdom, Sorry).
I saw this interview on Religion News Service with Scot McKnight, who argues that Christians talk a big game about this idea of “kingdom,” but don’t really understand what it means in the Bible or how it should play out … Continue reading
Posted in Guides, Hypocrisy
Tagged Christian, deconversion, Gospel, hypocrisy, Jesus, Kingdom, Love, New Testament, Redefinitions, Religion News Service, Scot McKnight, WTF does kingdom even mean
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Persecution Complexity.
Hi! I hope your weekend’s going well so far. Today I want to talk about the Christian persecution complex. Over a year ago, we talked here about the demonstrably false idea that a lot of American Christians have that they … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Guides, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged abortion, American Christianity, American Republican Party, atheism, Baking, bigotry, Christendom, Christian persecution, conservative Christianity, Contraception, equal marriage, Evangelicalism, feminism, hypocrisy, Islam, Islamophobia, LGBT rights, Movies, Nazi Germany, Perscuted Movie, Persecution, Pew Forum, politics, Redefinitions, Reproductive rights, Ted Cruz, Values Voter Summit
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Logical Christians.
I hope your holidays are going well so far! Welcome back. I realized not long ago that I’ve made references to “logical Christians” a couple of times here, and I wanted to talk about that idea a little bit now. … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Guides, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Christianity, Evangelical Christianity, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Harold Camping, Love, Rapture, Redefinitions
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Redefining Words: Sexism and “Agreeing to Disagree.”
I saw this impassioned plea made by a Christian for people to agree to disagree on the subject of women’s ordination. The writer of the piece, Tish Harrison, insists that “objection to women’s ordination is not equivalent to sexism.” The … Continue reading
Redefining Words: Tolerance.
tol·er·ance noun 1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry. 2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Guides, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Christian Church, Christianity, hypocrisy, Jesus, Love, Redefinitions, Religion and Spirituality, Tolerance, Toleration
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Redefining Words: Faith.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . . Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Gaming, Guides, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Apostasy in Christianity, Bible, Christian, Christianity, deconversion, Doubt, Faith, gaming, MechWarrior Online, MWO, Redefinitions
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Redefining Words: Theories (Aren’t Bills).
Recently, Ball State University came into the spotlight when their administration had to rein in an associate professor who decided to teach Intelligent Design in a class called “The Boundaries of Science,” and in coming into the spotlight, BSU has … Continue reading
Redefining Words: Facts.
I’ve got to admit, one word that really bothers me to see misused by toxic Christians is the word “fact.” I feel like giving them my best Inigo Montoya glare and telling them, “You keep using that word. I do … Continue reading
Posted in Guides, Hypocrisy, The Games We Play
Tagged Christianity, deconversion, facts, hypocrisy, Inigo Montoya, Redefinitions, Religion and Spirituality, truth
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Redefining Words: Convenience.
One of the more aggravating redefinitions toxic Christians regularly pull involves the word “convenience.” Like their other redefined words, this one’s been so stretched and warped it barely looks like its dictionary definition or common usage. Of course, not just … Continue reading
Posted in Guides, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged abortion, Christian, convenience, hypocrisy, Redefinitions
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