Author name: Roger Curley

Jesus wasn’t a heavenly mascot dropped down to prop up religion. He was a first century troublemaker who refused to play the games that keep power intact and people small. His authority didn’t come from supernatural fireworks or divine credentials—it came from his ruthless honesty about the human condition. He saw through the lies we […]

American theologian and pastor, John Piper, sadly wrote: “God does not stick us in the corner facing the wall! He spanks us and He does it often with great pain. Another way to say it is, I doubt it’s easy for a child to come to terms with the Biblical God of wrath if he

We’ve been waiting on Jesus for 2,000 years to return and save the world. We will be waiting another 2,000 years if we don’t shift our mindset. The transformation of the world is not going to fall down from the sky but lived out of our hearts. That statement isn’t a slogan or a critique

Let’s say it out loud: the version of Jesus many of us were handed is built on fear. A furious God. A cosmic courtroom. Humanity on trial for being born wrong. And Jesus dying to keep the Judge from destroying us. That story has shaped centuries of religion—but it collapses the moment you look at

What many of us were handed as “faith” was not an invitation into love or transformation. It was an identity demolition project. Fear‑based theology doesn’t merely offer ideas about God; it reprograms the nervous system. It trains children to associate safety with compliance, belonging with self‑betrayal, and love with the constant threat of withdrawal. It

Religion didn’t just give you beliefs. It gave you *verdicts*. Judgments about your nature, your worth, your trustworthiness, and your place in the universe—most of them delivered before you were old enough to object. These weren’t spiritual insights. They were control mechanisms. Here are ten of the most destructive lies religion teaches us—and why unlearning

“If God and Jesus are “up there somewhere,” hovering above the wreckage like cosmic spectators, then stop pretending Christianity has anything meaningful to say to this world. A God who lives at a distance is functionally useless. A salvation that’s always *later* is just religious procrastination. “Jesus will come back and fix it someday” is

This Christian Church says it all. The Jehovah Witness explain to their flock that common sense is the leading reason for leaving their Church. Other churches literally require you to abandon all objective critical thinking and Trust their word for divinity… as if they can speak for God. Which is impossible because the language God

No, it isn’t. Your authority is what your pastor, denomination, small group, favorite author, or spiritual tribe told you the Bible means. That’s not snark. That’s just honesty. The Bible doesn’t interpret itself. People do. Always have. Always will. There has never been a single, unified interpretation of the Bible. Not now. Not ever. The