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Calling Out Fundamentalist Privilege
I’m calling b.s. on fundamentalist privilege. Oh yeah, “fundamentalist privilege” is a thing. In fact, I want to argue that, at least in America, fundamentalist privilege has screwed up the adventure...
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Why the Mormon Church Just Moved Closer to Fundamentalism
Embed from Getty Images — What was a main reason for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaving Scouts BSA? “The Lord and Savior.” The church said that Tuesday, when it announced it is...
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Six Ways Fundamentalists Need to Grow Up
A while back, Mike Pence publicly referenced that he abides by the Billy Graham Rule, which is to never eat a meal alone with any woman who is not his wife. I wrote about the fiasco and said this about...
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Coming Out and Leaving Fundamentalism Behind
Someone recently wrote me about his experience on coming out after being involved in the evangelical Christian church. “I guess I feel a bit like I’m in a blender,” he said, “On the surface I feel...
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I’m Not Clowning Around
Embed from Getty Images I am afraid of clowns. I also fear dis-organized religions, crowds of more than three people and dentists. But mostly, I fear clowns. Of course, circus clowns and rodeo clowns...
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Unfundamentalist Parenting
Cindy Brandt wonders how to be an unfundamentalist parent while she raises her her children with faith. ___ You could interpret unfundamentalist parenting in two ways. It could be read as raising...
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Mass Terror Attacks: Blame the Easy Targets?
How do we decide whether a shooting is caused by mental illness or terrorism? What if it’s both? ___ I was stunned when I learned about the Beruit and the Paris attacks. Days later, I am torn apart...
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Hypocrisy, Despair, Faking it, or Giving up — the Choice is yours, Dude
We need goals. But if these goals are much too far out of reach—if they are (for most, if not all) unattainable—then they force us to choose between hypocrisy and despair, between faking it and giving...
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Is My Gay Agenda Anti-Christian?
A former evangelical minister turned LGBT advocate comes clean about his motives. —— This week I was accused of having it out for Christians. In fact the person said that all she seems to find from me...
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Every Civilization Faces a Dark Age
Spencer Pennington doesn’t fear Muslims, he fears Islamophobia. ––– I realized even though I belong to the dominant culture, I feel gripped with a sense of fear and a feeling that it would be wise to...
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Taking the Religious Imagination Seriously
Is it time to accept religion as a real motive force behind violent action in the world? ––– “Whether we share the Greek poet’s belief that ‘sometimes it is a pleasure even to be a madman,’ or Plato’s...
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A Troll’s Quest: On Holly Fisher and Other Remoras
In just a few days Holly Fisher has gained 23,000 Twitter followers, been featured in nearly every “news” source and has became, at once, an overnight darling and an overnight joke. But how did she do...
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Why Republicans Are Even Losing Middle-Aged White Guys Now
Christopher Dale isn’t as liberal as he used to be, but he’s not ready to vote for bigotry and craziness either. I’m not quite the Democrat I once was. As my single, city-dwelling 20s have given way...
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Dear God, Where Did I Go Wrong With You?
Jesse Bradley considers where our spiritual scars come from, drawing from his many years as a pastor listening to people share their stories and experiences. — How many times have you wondered,...
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The Camel in the Living Room: Christianity & Capitalism
It is a commonly held belief that, some 2,000 years ago, a book, in complete form—edited with annotations—fell from the heavens. Nothing could be further from the truth. The work of scribes, prophets,...
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Why Do Men Need Male-Only Groups on Campus?
At universities around the world, men’s groups are banned. The widening gap between the proportion of men and women who attend university seems to be coinciding with a rise in militant opposition to...
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Six Things That Aren’t “Literally” in the Bible
It’s fine if you want to believe these things. Just stop saying they’re in an easily-checkable text, and stop taking other people’s word for it that they are. It’s one thing when really out-there...
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What If Being Gay Were A Choice?
Let us imagine a world where choosing your sexuality is as conscious, and awkward, as sex ed was. So another religious fundamentalist has spoken out in support of a downright evil law against...
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Beautiful Liars
Carl Pettit wishes politicians would stop insulting his intelligence, and put more effort into their lies. Lying used to be a subtle art. A well-crafted lie, tumbling from the lips of an accomplished...
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Soul Is Hard to Find
After all the hard work he’s put in, Rick Belden wonders if there are some things we just can’t change. We think there is a soul We don’t know That soul is hard to find … —Joe Strummer, “Johnny...
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