Here’s Why The Christian Right is Totally Wrong About This Clobber Verse.
In this post, David J. Murphy specifically addresses one of the several "clobber verses" Christians use to hammer at the idea of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The verses in question are...
View ArticleI Bet Kim Davis Thought This Was Super-Sneaky And Oh So Clever.
In the ongoing saga of sanctimonious bigot Kim Davis, apparently she is not content to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and has decided to sneak around trying to circumvent the judge's order...
View ArticleLeopards Don’t Change Their Spots: Kim Davis Edition.
Kim Davis is from a family of super-duper-fervent Christians in a super-duper-religious town, but she claims that her new birth only happened a few years ago for the very first time. As a result of her...
View ArticleMike Huckabee’s Failed Attempt to Stratify the Tribe.
Tribalism is a term used to describe social groups that are very uniform in how they think and behave and that tend to value group loyalty and cohesion over individual members' needs or any...
View ArticleAl Mohler Has Crept One Inch Forward, And It’s Nowhere Near Enough.
A few days ago, Al Mohler said something very important regarding the SBC's stance on gay people. The news came and went fairly quietly, so much so that I barely even noticed it until today. But it's...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of Doublespeak: That ACBC Conference.
Last time I talked about a recent conference held at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time I was concentrating more on a speech given there by Southern Baptist...
View ArticleRape Culture and the Sentencing of Pastor G.
Rape culture is the term we use to describe a society in which sexual aggressors are excused and even justified, while victims are silenced and often blamed for their own victimization. It's a culture...
View ArticleTo Flounce or Not to Flounce: Christians Are Starting to Admit They’ve Lost...
I couldn't help but notice a major shift in the tenor of how Christians are engaging with general culture in the wake of the Supreme Court case about equal marriage--and a new discussion emerging from...
View ArticlePriorities, Priorities: Freedom 2015.
Sometimes when people can't possibly achieve a goal, they start setting some downright odd priorities to make themselves feel like they're getting something done. Lately we're seeing some of that...
View ArticleShort-Circuiting the System Disconnect: Know Thyself.
We've been talking lately about system design in Christianity. Today I'll show you Step 1 of how a bad idea can get enshrined in a system.
View ArticleIdaho Lawmakers’ Bigotry Has Cost Their State $715,000. (Now What?)
My even broke earlier today. I can't even. Be sure you brace yours before you read this, because this is just bizarre. The Religious Right has made yet another misstep in its self-created,...
View ArticleRepublican and Christian Leaders Are Asking Which Way Their Followers Went.
Someone needs to remind Republican voters and Christians alike that their leaders are trying to appeal to women, young people, LGBTQ people, and non-white folks, not insult and drive them away.
View ArticleThe Silence in the Pews: Pro-Choice Evangelicals.
Fred's written an excellent piece at Slacktivist about how Lifeway has discovered that a third of evangelicals are pro-choice, meaning they think abortion should be legal. As you can imagine,...
View ArticleThe Broken System: When the Greater Good and Harm Don’t Exist.
Last time, we began talking about broken social systems--starting with the most dangerous question someone in one of these systems can possibly ask: Why is this system not working out in reality the...
View ArticleHB 2: Louie Gohmert’s Lie, and What It Reveals.
Louie Gohmert just told a lie. It's an important lie because it reveals a lot about his mindset and how he and his tribe think, and so it's one I want to examine today. People's lies tell us a lot...
View ArticleHB2: The Real Bathroom Panic That Right-Wing Christians Are Totally Ignoring.
Because I'm enormously helpful, I thought I'd help all those Christian bigots-for-Jesus understand why their current "bathroom panic" over transgender people is so ridiculous. Namely, I'm going to let...
View ArticleHB2: A Strangely Incomplete Crusade.
Today I want to look at one group that right-wing Christians routinely ignore when pursuing their agenda of stoking fear and increasing distrust of innocent people. This ignorance reveals much about...
View ArticleTony Waller and the Cruel Dilemma.
Do you folks remember Anthony Waller? He's a youth pastor I discussed about a year ago who got caught with a lot of child pornography on his computer. At the time, I considered his story to be yet...
View ArticleEvangelical Churn and the Chain of Pain.
As the religion becomes more and more extremist and polarized, we'll be seeing more and more people damaged by it. Christianity--especially the right-wing versions of it--has managed to press into its...
View ArticleThe National Day of Grandstanding and How It Fails.
Last time, I uncovered some interesting links between the National Day of Prayer (NDP) and the Red Scare manufactured by the Religious Right in the 1950s. Today I want to touch on how the "holiday" is...
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