Tag Archives: Relationships

The Women of “God’s Not Dead.”

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

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 →

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The Unequally Yoked Club: Relationships in God’s Not Dead.

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Captain Cassidy

(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 →

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The Unequally Yoked Club: Dale’s New Book

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

Good news for folks in the UYC! Dale McGowan’s newest book, In Faith and In Doubt: How Religious Believers and Nonbelievers Can Create Strong Marriages and Loving Families is coming out soon. I wanted to start talking about it, since … Continue reading →

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It’s So Romantic.

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

(CN: Religious abuse, domestic violence, stalking.) Today we’re going to talk about one of the most sickening aspects of modern Christianity: this idea that the Christian god “woos” people by abusing and hurting them. “To woo someone” means to seek … Continue reading →

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Constructive Anger in the Wake of the Hobby Lobby Ruling.

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

Anger can be a considerable gift. It can spur us to action and cause us to make necessary changes. But I think somehow that our culture’s sort of lost its way when it comes to channeling that anger in constructive … Continue reading →

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Dividing to Conquer.

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

Welcome back. We’ve talked here before about Doug Phillips, uber-patriarch and onetime leader of the now-somewhat-defunct Vision Forum (I wonder if Kirk Cameron still associates with them?); onetime rock-star of the homeschooling movement and mentor to countless right-wing slavering-at-the-mouth fundies … Continue reading →

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The Unequally Yoked Club: When Love Becomes Contempt.

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

Hemant Mehta, the owner of the popular atheist blog The Friendly Atheist, recently came out with a new YouTube video for mixed-faith couples. It’s good advice all the way around, much of it focusing on parenting, but a lot about … Continue reading →

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The Unequally Yoked Club: Why “One Flesh” is Two Disasters In the Making.

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and with it, a middle-aged married person’s thoughts turn to love. I’ve changed a lot regarding how I think about love and relationships. It’s astonishing to me to think about some of the bizarre notions … Continue reading →

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Learned Helplessness.

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

I was reading a couple of different things that suddenly converged and made a singularity in my mind this past day or two and I wanted to share the idea with y’all. Namely, I wanted to talk about helplessness. Christians … Continue reading →

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This Made Me Blubber Like a Little Girl Watching “Old Yeller.”

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Captain Cassidy

In 2014, the band Macklemore and Mary Lambert performed their song “Same Love” live at the Grammy Awards. During that performance, a bunch of people got married in a ceremony officiated during the song by Queen Latifah–some same-gender, some mixed-gender, … Continue reading →

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