Reading Time: 4 minutes Ralph Rebandt, a Christian pastor and Republican candidate for governor, embarrassingly makes a case for banning the Bible in schools.
Kevin Davis
Kevin Davis is a columnist and activist focused on topics associated with life as a nonreligious American. He's a father of two boys in a predominantly Christian town in Western NY and writes about the challenges that accompany raising secular kids in an environment where everyone is presumed Christian. His book Understanding an Atheist is written for families and friends of nonbelievers and is aimed at improving relationships between the religious and their atheist loved ones. Kevin also covers politics, religious news, and all the other things you’re not supposed to bring up at the dinner table.
Posted inParenting & Family
How do we explain gun violence to our kids?
Reading Time: 3 minutes How do we strike a balance between honesty and shielding when we discuss Sunday’s mass shooting in Buffalo?
Posted inReproductive rights
How to discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade with our kids
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’ve heard about the SCOTUS decision. Changes to abortion laws are coming. Now it’s time to discuss it with our kids. Here’s how.
Posted inLGBTQ
Should street preaching be considered hate speech?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Should it be so that just because something is in the Bible, it couldn’t or shouldn’t be viewed as hate speech?
Posted inCulture
This pastor wants you to get high and find Jesus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winter solstice, spring equinox, virgin birth, holiday trees, morality—all examples of things that predate Christianity but have been taken over, adopted, or encroached upon by Christians. Guess what… they’re not quite finished yet. Pastor Craig Gross, once known as the “porn pastor” who founded an anti-pornography church called XXX Church, has his sights set on […]
Posted inWar and Peace
Child Evangelism Fellowship ‘caring for Ukrainian children’ with threats of hell
Reading Time: 3 minutes Child Evangelism Fellowship is now targeting Ukrainian children under the guise of refugee relief.
Posted inLGBTQ News
The Babylon Bee chooses misgendering as its Twitter hill to die on
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Babylon Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon is attempting to spin this into the latest outrage-fueled grift.
Posted inReligion
The creepiest headline I’ve seen from Child Evangelism Fellowship
Reading Time: 4 minutes CEF has posted some really cringy and tone-deaf articles on their website in the past. However, this one… this one is creepy as hell.
Posted inCulture
The conflict in Ukraine accentuates a warped concept of freedom in the US
Reading Time: 4 minutes Using the exact same terminology to describe a piece of cloth on your face and an invasion of your homeland by a foreign power is enraging.
Posted inSecularism
Is social media ‘church’ for atheists? I didn’t think so until now
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two weeks ago I had my Facebook account shut down for child pornography. Yup, you read that right. A couple weeks ago, I was lying on my couch on a Tuesday night, relaxing with a glass of wine and watching TV at about 10:30pm. Suddenly, a strange text message came in from a family member: […]