Does Being Raised Evangelical Destroy Your Brain? Why The Tea Party-Evangelical Right Learned Nothing Post-Shutdown

Neuroscience has proved that the brain is malleable. Evangelicals raised on magical fact-free myths are trained from birth to believe lies. Put it this way, if you believe Noah was real you’ll be more likely to believe Ted Cruise is a truth teller too. Brains change because of the environments they’re grown in. Playing a [Read More...]

Who Hates America Now?


Schaeffer, Sharpton, MSNBC V. Ralph Reed the Con Man for Jesus

          Ralph Reed would be in jail in countries that don’t coddle religious fanatics. Frank Schaeffer, Al Sharptn together on MSNBC discussing the “Faith and Freedom” con job. Last night on MSNBC… Why do they hate the poor in the name of Jesus?   Visit for breaking news, world news, [Read More...]

The Lie of Religious ‘Victimhood’ at the Root of Culture War

  What nurtures the victimhood on the one hand and the hubris about “taking America back for God” on the other hand? When you hear words like “We want to take back America for God!” the twenty-first century expression of such theocratic ideas can be traced back to some of my old friends: the Reconstructionists. [Read More...]