Keith Michael·Jan 15, 2022Member-only9 Memes That Send Christians Into ConniptionsUse these pointed memes to get your Evangelical friends to think. We all have them—those family and friends who still go to church and who think that you’re going to hell because you don’t. Ironically, when they try to dialogue with you about what they believe, and you present facts…Christianity8 min readChristianity8 min read
Jameson StewardinCentered on Christ·Oct 14, 2021Member-onlyWhat if Jesus Wasn’t Raised from the Dead?How this one event changes everything. — What would Christianity mean if Jesus was still dead and buried? Would there be any value at all in “the faith” if Jesus was not raised from the dead? The New Testament addresses this, and the straightforward answer is: No. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then…Religion2 min readReligion2 min read
Keith Michael·Oct 8, 2021Member-onlyChristianity’s Counterfeit Jesus, Part 1How The Church Created Its Mythical Version of “Jesus” — In a previous article, Why Jesus Left the Church, I called out how and why the early Catholic Church created a NEW Jesus, one that did not actually exist. Some readers wanted to know what the REAL historical Jesus would have been like. …Jesus18 min readJesus18 min read
Noel Corpuz·Oct 9, 2021Member-onlyShould the People of God Celebrate Birthdays?In the Bible, none of God’s people celebrated their day of birth, not even Jesus, should followers of Christ then adopt this worldly practice? — God did not say do not celebrate. He also did not command His people to celebrate. But the Bible has no record of the people of God celebrating their birthdays. Neither in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament. …Religion8 min readReligion8 min read
Done with ReligioninBackyard Church·Oct 2, 2021Member-onlyThere’s No Way Christians Should Try to Live BiblicallyThere is a better way — We who are part of the Christian faith have a lot of terminology we use but often do not think about the real meaning. Rather than continue to use some of these phrases, we should stop and think about what they really mean. If you have been around church very…Christianity7 min readChristianity7 min read
Susie Meister·Feb 16, 2016Member-onlyWhy I Left the Right: How Studying Religion Made Me a LiberalIt was January 20, 2001, and I was at George W. Bush’s inaugural ball. I had spent months campaigning for him, and it had not been easy. After the Florida electoral debacle complete with “hanging chads,” Katherine Harris (and her fifteen minutes of shame), and ultimately the Supreme Court’s Bush…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Dan FosterinBackyard Church·Sep 28, 2021Member-onlyJesus Hasn't Returned because People Aren't Donating Enough MoneyAbsurdly rich, evangelical pastor tells people to pay up if they wanna see Jesus — I remember being at a Christian summer camp when I was 15 years old. The preacher slammed his fist on the pulpit and delivered an impassioned plea for us to accept Jesus as our Lord and savior. "I believe that this generation will see the return of Jesus Christ," he…Christianity4 min readChristianity4 min read
Done with Religion·Jul 10, 2021Is It A Good Thing Certainty About God Is So Damn Uncertain?by Mike Edwards It can’t be proven God is real or not. If God is who believers claims, God should be capable of speaking to the hearts of either believers or skeptics. Billions that are convinced there is a loving God cannot be declared definitively irrational or delusional. …Christianity4 min readChristianity4 min read
Keith Michael·Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyWho Changed the Bible and Why?Why the Bible is NOT inerrant, infallible, and perfectly inspired — If I had a dollar for every time a Christian told me that Bible was perfectly inerrant, inspired, and infallible, I would be a wealthy man… well, I’d have enough to buy a good coffee and a bagel at least. The fact of the matter is, the Bible has been…Bible8 min readBible8 min read
Jonathan Polettiinʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇʀ·Aug 6, 2021Member-onlyWhen God talks dirtyRaunchy language in the Bible? — Was a lot of dirty talk in the Bible cleaned up by translators? I’m going through scholarly literature discussing that apparent fact. Take Ezekiel 8:17, when God is throwing a fit at worshippers who turn their backs on the Temple. The English translation says: “Look at them putting the branch to their nose!” The Hebrew scholar Edward Ullendorff says this literally means “and they stick their penis in my nose” — but…Religion7 min readReligion7 min read
Jonathan Polettiinʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇʀ·Mar 15, 2021Member-onlyA Bible Before the Bible?In 1883, a strange manuscript was dismissed as a forgery. Now scholars say it was real. — The world of Bible scholarship is abuzz with a remarkable announcement. Has a 137-year-old mystery been solved? There’s been a nagging problem of what had seemed to be an ancient scroll that surfaced in 1883. In a scene full of religious anxiety and ‘scientific’ accusation, it was declared a forgery— and lost.History7 min readHistory7 min read
Michael A Gold·Jul 27, 2021Member-onlyDiving Into the Strangest Apocryphal Book of the BibleWhat exactly happens to Enoch after Genesis Chapter 5? — For the first several centuries of the Church’s history, there was no official approach to determining what was and what was not part of the Bible other than what most communities accepted. It would be several centuries after this before the books of the Bible were regularly bound in a…Bible7 min readBible7 min read
Tim ZeakinExCommunications·Jul 1, 2021Bible Stories Never Preached in Church…Part TwoMore evidence that the Bible was not inspired by a perfect God — We now review a few more Bible stories that are sometimes preached in part, but never with the whole story or their contradictions included. Often the preachers’ main point or emphasis, is the total opposite of what the Bible is actually saying when carried out to any fair and logical…Bible11 min readBible11 min read
