To Jesus, prayer was a simple affair—ask and receive. Why then all the complications? Why get others to hear your prayer, pray to a saint, light a candle?
Christian Prayer
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LEAKED: Curriculum for Kanye West’s private Christian school
In an exclusive for OnlySky, our reporters have managed to obtain details of the notoriously secretive private school, Donda, founded by music mogul Kanye West. Some of the information summarized below has been shocking to say the least: Every class begins with a Christian prayer. All references to Jesus are replaced by “Yeezus” Civics 101 […]
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In stunning reversal, TX judge can continue his coercive courtroom prayers
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Wayne Mack, a Texas judge who opens each courtroom session with coercive Christian prayers, reversing an earlier decision against him. It’s the latest example of a conservative court further eroding church/state separation in favor of performative Christianity. This isn’t even a complicated case. […]
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The Ease of Fake Sincerity in Christianity
Christians can’t discern real sincerity from the many people choosing to fake it, and that’s a serious dealbreaker for me.
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The Three Stages of Christians’ COVID Prayers
Christians always go through a distinct progression of prayers in times of stress and sickness, and indeed they must. And today, I’ll show you the three stages of prayers Christians offer — and more importantly, why these stages exist.
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Grading the Real Evidence Christians Offer (With Jessica Walter’s Help)
I can see why they worry at those three bits of pseudo-evidence like activated terriers. What they actually do have, they very logically never want to discuss with non-believers. Today, let me show you the real evidence Christians actually have — and how that works out for them.
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Cognitive Dissonance: Christian Prayer Edition
Recently, we talked about cognitive dissonance — that unpleasant feeling of tension someone gets when they realize they hold two contradictory beliefs. Christians face that tension all the time and about every belief involved with the religion (supernatural and earthly). Unfortunately, they don’t deal with that tension very well. Today, I want to show you how Christians’ beliefs in prayer create cognitive dissonance — and how they deal (poorly) with it.
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How NOT to Deal With Cognitive Dissonance
Recently, we talked about cognitive dissonance. That’s the unpleasant emotional state we get into when we get close to realizing we hold two contradictory beliefs. Christianity induces a lot of cognitive dissonance in its believers, and they’ve evolved a number of ways of dealing with it — none of them constructive. Today, let me show you how not to deal with cognitive dissonance.
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How Evangelical Men Try to Divorce-Proof Their Marriages
Evangelicals in general absorb all kinds of bad advice about relationships, but today I want to show you what the men learn about leading happy marriages.
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Briefly Escaping a Hotel Gala in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #132, Ch. 18)
In this installment, the bad guy’s closest servant turns out to be a whistleblower, while angels help out way more than usual while somehow being way less helpful than they really should be, and we learn how little Frank Peretti knows about women’s fashion in the 1980s. Today, Lord Snow Presides over Christians’ illusions and mythology about prayer and angels.