Fresh Snark, Straight from Patheos
Weekly column skewering faith, politics, and the absurdity of American Christianity.
How Evangelicalism Trains People to Fear Reality
Evangelicalism doesn't just teach bad theology — it installs fear. A sharp look at phobia indoctrination, deconstruction anxiety, and how a tradition that inherited "fear not" became a fear machine.
The Bootstrap Paradox of Faith
Religion often survives by creating circular logic loops: the Bible is true because the Bible says so, leaders are right because they say they are, and questions become threats.
The Cloning Problem in Christianity
A new mouse cloning study offers a grim metaphor for modern Christianity: faith copied over and over again until it barely resembles the original. Borrowed certainty eventually breaks down.
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Your regular dose of satire, storytelling, and spiritual side-eye.
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Do We Still Need Ritual? with Jeremy Steele
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Quantum Theology and the Death of Certainty
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Living on the Edge of Faith with Jeremy Jernigan
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Hard questions and honest takes on deconstruction, mental health, culture, and unlearning the nonsense.
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64 - Bob Minor - What Makes Us Human
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63 - JD Forehand - The Politics of Looking Away
63 - JD Forehand - The Politics of Looking Away
63 - JD Forehand - The Politics of Looking Away
The Quollective
Weekly essays on faith, power, and the absurd—outside the church PR machine.
The Tribulation Survival Guide
A deadpan field manual for the end times we actually live in.