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On Saturday afternoon, May 2 a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit western Michigan. It was centered 8km south of Galesburg, outside of Kalamazoo. Earthquakes are fairly rare in Michigan, but not unheard of. In fact, this is only the second-strongest one ever recorded in that state. About 120 or so miles to […]

Earthquake In Michigan Caused By UPC Church Service

May 18, 2015 in The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / bogus miracles / preachers / Rev. Lee Stoneking / UPC by admin

I discovered this gem while researching for my article on Lee Stoneking lying to the United Nations. Seems his “miraculous healing” isn’t all that Stoneking likes to play loosie-truthies with. That story could (if you’re feeling really generous) be labeled a (gross, extreme, huge) exaggeration. This one, however… not so […]

Lee Stoneking Lies Again: Osama’s 40 Wives

May 15, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged fake / Lee Stoneking / lies / preachers / UPC by admin

The fact that we were sitting together at lunch on Saturday could be considered a triumph of enduring friendship. We’d been friends since riding the same bus to junior high in 1980-something. I remember when he first came out, his first boyfriend. He was one of my very closest friends. […]

Why Are Conservative Christians So Terrified Of Gays And Their ...

May 14, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

Christianity is losing members, according to Pew Research. The foundation released polling data completed in 2014 that shows a 7.8 percentage point drop in the number of Americans identifying themselves as Christians since 2007. According to the survey, the sharpest decline was among mainline Protestants and Catholics – the denominations […]

Pew Research Says Christianity Declining In America. Wonder Why?

May 12, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin

It was the third day in a row, and my 3 year old son was tugging on my hand. “Please, Mommy!” he was saying. “Don’t sit in the chair today!” I looked into his big green eyes, so like my own. I loved him so very much. I desperately wanted to […]

Not Loving Stay At Home Motherhood Is Because Of Satan

May 8, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin

We Pagans had Beltane last week. This week, the Christians have a holiday, well sort of. The National Day of Prayer was originally called for in 1952 when Congress passed a law saying one day a year should be set aside for prayer. In 1988 Ronald Reagan signed a law […]

Christian Hijacking Of National Day Of Prayer Is Unconstitutional

May 7, 2015 in The Christian Cult by admin

My Facebook feed has been so full of potential topics the last week or so I can barely keep up. This gem was shared by a young mother of 3 who grew up (and is still a member) in the UPC. While the article’s author is not Pentecostal (he’s actually […]

Moral Decline In America: Because Women Wear Pants

April 28, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult by admin

OK. At this point I have to say I am embarrassed and ashamed. I was actually once one of these people. How did that happen? Where was my common sense? I remember listening to radio programs such as our first installment here. This is an interview Dennis Prager did with […]

Right Wing Nut Roundup: Bobby Jindal and Dennis Prager

April 27, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

I’m not sure I can properly express what a HUGE DEAL this post is to me. It started off benign enough… my Facebook feed was full of the video clip below. All the people I used to go to church with are excited because one of their own, an evangelist […]

Rev. Lee Stoneking Lies To The United Nations

April 22, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult by admin

On Friday, April 10, 13-year-old Nauman Masih was walking home from his job as an apprentice tailor. Two men, whom he did not know, stopped him and asked him what his religion was. “I told them that I am Christian,” Masih said. “They started beating me, when I tried running, both […]

Is There A “War On Christianity” In America?

April 16, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

Today, Deborah Maynard became the first Wiccan in Iowa history to deliver the morning invocation at the State House. And of course the conservative Christians have gone apeshit over it. According to local news coverage: “It was kind of a rush,” said Maynard, 43, a project manager for a company […]

Wiccan Priestess Boycotted, Protested In Iowa State House

April 9, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

I have finally figured it out! I was in the middle of writing a post about the mess in Indiana this week, and about the little Pizza restaurant that has basically been shut down because the owners said they would hypothetically refuse to cater a hypothetical gay wedding with their […]

Christians Have Decided To Stop Converting Sinners

April 3, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin