If the Bible is wrong about women’s equality, how can it be right about everything else? — This week, former Christian pastor and self-described “facilitator of The Backyard Church Online,” Dan Foster, wrote a piece on Medium that reads as an apology letter to all women who have “grown up in the church.” In it, he expresses regret for being a part of the patriarch — elevating…

What the hell is that all about? Exactly. It’s about hell. Child Evangelism Fellowship, an enormous multi-national Evangelical Christian organization running Good News Clubs in our public schools (yes you heard that right), uses fear and intimidation tactics to convert elementary school kids to their fundamentalist brand of Christianity. They…

Note: This story was written for OnlySky after the mass shooting at Tops grocery store in Buffalo NY in May 2022. After the most recent mass shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee, I thought it apropos to bring it here, to the new Secular Parenting column on Medium. I’m…

Desperate times… — Last weekend, my youngest son invited his best friend to come over and play. They had a great time. They played video games, built some Lego creations, and somehow made enough slamming and banging noises throughout the house to make me think we invited his entire first-grade class over. But…

Fischer’s Focal Point radio show and podcast will no longer be aired by AFA. Bryan Fischer, the conspiracy theory slinging, protest-too-much radio host who is uber-focused on homosexuality, has finally lost his only remaining (non-social) media platform. On Tuesday, Fischer’s Focal Point show on American Family Radio was canceled, effective…

CEF’s 5-Day Clubs Are a Mix of Sports, Art, and Eternal Damnation — Coming to a town near you, Child Evangelism Fellowship’s 5-Day Clubs are attracting parents with a “free” weeklong camp that will intermingle “dynamic Bible lessons, creative learning activities, inspiring missionary stories, meaningful songs, and life-changing Scripture memorization.” While we’re all aware there’s no such thing as a free lunch, we…

You may be recovering from religion, but for so many more, the trauma of indoctrination has yet to take hold. What can we do to stop it? About 4 million children are born in the US each year. And of those, the vast majority will be raised in religious families…

Celebrating the death of political opponents is uncalled for and abhorrent Today, several news agencies are reporting the death of US Representative Ron Wright of Texas. Wright was 67 and was diagnosed with COVID-19 two weeks ago. In the recent past, Wright battled other health issues including receiving treatment for…

Administrators say they were following the student handbook — An 8-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma girl has been kicked out of her school after telling another girl she had a crush on her. That’s quite an extreme reaction. Chloe, a second grader at Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, had a sit-down with a school administrator after the incident, and was told…