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What a Series of Cosmic Evangelical Thrillers Tells Us About Money in America
Chris Lehmann · 05/31/16 01:58PMThe 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 judgment. The series, by Baptist preacher-turned-culture-warrior Tim LaHaye and evangelical sports and comics writer Jerry Jenkins, debuted in 1995 and concluded in 2007, and not counting the raft of prequels, children’s adaptations, study guides, and audiobooks that have come in its wake, it has sold more than 65 million copies.
Christian Trump Surrogate: You Can Tell Donald Loves God Because He Points Up a Lot
Hudson Hongo · 05/23/16 11:55PMDonald Trump Accidentally Puts Money in Communion Plate at Iowa Church
Allie Jones · 02/01/16 09:08AM"Your Money Is in Your Heart": Baptized in the Prosperity Gospel
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/16 01:49PMHamilton Nolan · 09/16/15 01:10PM
Bernie Sanders in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone
Hamilton Nolan · 09/15/15 10:35AMChristian University Claims Unions Are Against Its Religious Mission
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/15 09:34AMGrowing Up Fundie: The Painful Impact of Conservative Religion
Jennifer C. Martin · 07/17/15 12:50PMQuiverfull of Shit: a Guide to the Duggars' Scary Brand of Christianity
Jennifer C. Martin · 05/25/15 08:00AMBefore 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
Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/15 02:16PMMuslim Woman Claims Jail Made Her Attend Christian Prayer Service
Hudson Hongo · 12/20/14 02:45PMCool Pope Just Making Stuff Up About Heaven Now
Hamilton Nolan · 12/12/14 09:55AMAmerica Is Too Smart to Build Any More Churches
Hamilton Nolan · 12/05/14 10:36AMEx-Ex-Gay Minister Marries Male Partner
Hudson Hongo · 11/23/14 01:00PMHere Is What a Double-KO to the Nuts in a Christian Fight Looks Like
Hamilton Nolan · 09/15/14 02:17PMMichele Bachmann: Gays Will "Freely Prey on Little Children Sexually"
Adam Weinstein · 07/28/14 11:13AMFired Editor Sues for His Religious Freedom to Write About "Gaystapo"
Adam Weinstein · 07/24/14 09:58AMBack 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.
Adam Weinstein · 07/23/14 12:32PM
"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
Adam Weinstein · 07/22/14 08:45AMThe 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 the Butt Hutt, the resort bar. "They're swingers," she hisses softly.