Christianity really can be like a drug. And when it’s not, people insist that it is. Take the widespread distrust of psychiatry and counseling found throughout the religion. No, psychiatry is not perfect and has its problems. Big problems. But untreated mental illness has even worse problems.
Both my parents got sucked into fundamentalism after growing [...]

A National Enquirer article came out a few days ago, talking about the darker side of the Duggar beliefs. The article accuses TLC of downplaying the scarier aspects of the Duggar beliefs. Good!  It’s about time. I grew up in a Gothard home, and it’s very scary what goes on. It’s quite true that they [...]

I have a feeling I’m about to not explain myself very well, but I’m going to try.
Through the last few years, life has been a series of peaks and valleys. The good news is that the peaks are getting higher and lasting longer while the valleys are becoming farther and farther between. They still exist, [...]

I write so much on here about how much religion has hurt me, but I thought the other day about how much worse it could have been in so many ways! In many ways, I am very fortunate. Here are 1o reasons why I’m lucky (in no particular order):

I had Steve to help me [...]

I love abstinence cartoons!

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I loved working at our church’s camp. As my mother worked nights, it was where I learned how to be a good, Christian woman. I learned how to cook and clean. I found and read a copy of Martha Peace’s The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective in the evenings and learned about how to treat [...]

For me, I’ve got joy because I am still taking some very nice painkillers after the root canal from hell turned into an apioectomy (I’ll spare you the details. Look it up if you must know!) However, fundamentalist Christians have joy for very different reasons: Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last. This little mantra has [...]

One of my favorite blogs is Finding Her Way: The Story of a Princess. We pretty much write about the same stuff, so if you like my blog, you will like hers all the more! So I was quite excited when Jo, the author, agreed to do a guest post on RHS while I am [...]

My parents, good Christians that they were, carefully monitored everything we watched on television. Very few modern shows were allowed, with even certain G-rated movies deemed “inappropriate.” (They have, by the way, relaxed a bit over the last few years.) Instead, we watched quite a few rather horrendous Christian B-movies. Some of these included the [...]

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard, “It actually takes more faith to be an atheist!” or something those lines. Apart from the obvious bullshit, I do have to wonder why people spout such asinine lines.
Is my faith MORE developed than a Christian’s? If faith is a good thing, doesn’t that mean atheism [...]