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Belated thoughts on Osama Bin Laden
I feel uncomfortable celebrating the death of anyone. I don’t care who he is or what he did. I have come to a point in my life where such vengeance gives me neither pleasure nor closure. When I heard...
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A new recipe for humble pie
I once read a manifesto by the anti-feminist True Women Movement that stated as one of its points: Selfish insistence on personal rights is contrary to the spirit of Christ who humbled Himself, took on...
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Why I’m a Unitarian Universalist
Not sure of the original source for this. Found it on a website about how the UU Church is “Satan’s Church.” Hah! I found it beautiful. I want to talk about faith for a second. I’m a Unitarian...
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It won’t be their world anymore: Universalism with boudaries
I really don’t know what I believe about the afterlife. Ever since I gave up the idea of an eternal hell, I’ve found myself able to embrace many different theories with some comfort. As a Christian,...
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On privilege and taking the stairs
Many people think we shouldn’t talk about privilege. Usually, those people who say we shouldn’t talk about privilege have quite a lot of it. But (speaking even as a relatively privileged person),...
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Damming up justice: King David, power, and rape
click for source As many of you know, I’ve been doing research on Christian dating books and their treatment of rape and sexual assault. One such book that I’ve been reading is the infamous I Kissed...
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Feminisms Fest: I need feminism because there is no love without justice.
When I heard that Preston Yancey, Danielle Vermeer, and J.R. Goudeau were hosting a three-day blog link-up discussing feminism, my first thought was “Damn this timing.” See, I was planning on...
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Crucifixion and Liberation
[Trigger warnings for abuse, rape, and violence against oppressed groups] Image by Aaron Douglas I recently wrote a blog post for Rachel Held Evans in which I talked about how many popular images of...
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The cross and radical activism
The idea that Jesus chose, out of his own free will, to go to the cross is a favorite among abusive church leaders. What better way to get people to submit to you than to compare the God they worship...
View ArticleWhen the moral arc of the universe feels more like a roller-coaster
Martin Luther King Jr. (paraphrasing Theodore Parker) once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I want to believe that’s true. I have to believe that’s true. But...
View ArticleLearning the Words: Justice
The blog Defeating the Dragons (by fellow ex-fundamentalist, Samantha) is running a series of guest posts on “the words many of us didn’t have in fundamentalism or overly conservative evangelicalism–...
View ArticleMaybe God is a “bitch”
In the months following my decision to leave fundamentalism for good, I began to shy away from the idea of God as a God of wrath. No, how could God be wrathful? God is love. God isn’t angry at us. God...
View ArticleI Don’t Care If You Call Yourself A Feminist, Part 1
In my time on the feminist internets, I often hear arguments for why EVERYONE should identify as a feminist. “If you think women are people, congrats, you’re a feminist!” “Quit saying ‘I’m not a...
View ArticleWhat if God cares more about sexism than about how much you masturbate?
“You may think your sins don’t hurt anyone…but it hurts GOD.” If you grew up in an evangelical or fundamentalist church, there’s a good chance you heard this phrase growing up. I know I did. This was...
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A new recipe for humble pie
I once read a manifesto by the anti-feminist True Women Movement that stated as one of its points: Selfish insistence on personal rights is contrary to the spirit of Christ who humbled Himself, took on...
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Why I’m a Unitarian Universalist
Not sure of the original source for this. Found it on a website about how the UU Church is “Satan’s Church.” Hah! I found it beautiful. I want to talk about faith for a second. I’m a Unitarian...
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It won’t be their world anymore: Universalism with boudaries
I really don’t know what I believe about the afterlife. Ever since I gave up the idea of an eternal hell, I’ve found myself able to embrace many different theories with some comfort. As a Christian,...
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