What a Series of Cosmic Evangelical Thrillers Tells Us About Money in America

The sixteen-novel Left Behind series of evangelical thrillers is at least as influential a text in the annals of latter-day prophecy belief as the Book of Revelation. Which, of course, happens to furnish source material for the series’ intensively literalist accounting of the rapture, the tribulation, and the final…
Christian Trump Surrogate: You Can Tell Donald Loves God Because He Points Up a Lot
Donald Trump might not act like a Christian and he might not sound like a Christian, but, according to one evangelical leader, he sure as hell points like one.
“Dear Sir, I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the son of God. Yours faithfully. Ch. Darwin”
Growing Up Fundie: The Painful Impact of Conservative Religion
In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, and with research indicating that the numbers of Americans who identify as religious are declining, the Religious Right seems to be losing its grip on American politics.
Quiverfull of Shit: a Guide to the Duggars' Scary Brand of Christianity
Before this week, when reality star and conservative political activist Joshua Duggar admitted to molesting several underage girls, including his own sisters, what most people knew about the Duggar family could be counted on two fingers: They have 19—19!—kids, and they’re extremely religious Christians.
Creflo Dollar Getting More Into Satan
Something—the sneaky finger of Jesus, perhaps—seems to have taken down the web page where His Holiness Pastor Creflo A. Dollar was asking followers to give him $65 million to buy a new private jet.
Muslim Woman Claims Jail Made Her Attend Christian Prayer Service
A Muslim woman in Ohio is suing a county jail after she says corrections officers forced her to go to Christian church services, the L.A. Times reports.
America Is Too Smart to Build Any More Churches
Ye foolish sheep. So easily led astray. Ye have thought that the War on Christmas was just an annual event, lasting a few weeks. But what if this war hath been going on for decades?
Ex-Ex-Gay Minister Marries Male Partner
Once the leader of the world's oldest "ex-gay" Christian ministry, former Love In Action director John Smid announced last Sunday that he had married partner Larry McQueen.
Here Is What a Double-KO to the Nuts in a Christian Fight Looks Like
"Fight Church" is a new documentary about the counterintuitive subculture of Christian mixed martial arts fighting. The clip above gives you a taste of what a full contact Muay Thai fight night in a Christian church looks like.
Michele Bachmann: Gays Will "Freely Prey on Little Children Sexually"
Michele Bachmann—former presidential candidate, soon-to-be-ex-congresswoman, corn-dog enthusiast—wants to make sure you know what's at stake in the gay-rights debate: tyranny, deviancy, and most of all, lots of child rape.
Fired Editor Sues for His Religious Freedom to Write About "Gaystapo"
Back in May, the Newton Daily News of Iowa fired its editor-in-chief for comments he'd made on his personal blog. This week, the editor filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming he was fired for his sincere religious beliefs, which compel him to fight "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" to the last.
"We've come to Washington to ask our government to stop demanding for Israel to show restraint," the Christians United for Israel founding pastor told his audience. Later, an IDF veteran told the cheering, flag-waving Christians: "The soldiers of Israel must smash their skulls and break their spines."
Naked and Unafraid: Baring Witness at a Christian Nudist Festival
The first thing everybody at Lake Como Nudist Resort seems to want to tell me is they're not like those creeps over at Caliente, the resort up the street. "They're not even nudists," says a nurse in her late 40s, with a red sarong around her waist and grand breasts that rest just short of it, as she drinks a beer at…
