UNBOUND

Episode 11: The Impossible Mission: The Gospel... According to US

 

What happens when you mix an ineffective pastor who's afraid of his board (and the rest of his congregation) with a group of people bound and determined to remain an exclusivist microculture? You get the story of hosts Spider and Shelle's first foray into organized church ministry and it is one not to be missed. I have no clue why I didn't completely call it quits to the ministry after this...

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Episode 10: Facing the Fear - Finding Your Own Way Out (Part 2)

Segment 1: "It's gotta be Rosemary's Baby..." Paula White and Satanic Pregnancies - Shelle's Christians Behaving badly segment this week is a facepalmer. Get the information on the infamous tweet and a brief lesson in Christianese.

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Segment 3: Part two of Spider and Shelle's journey out of religion. What finally did it? Was it just one thing? Was there a "last straw?" Listen and find out. We also provide some of that there promised advice for those already out, trying to get out, and who were too smart to get in in the first place.

Episode 9: Facing The Fear - Finding Your Own Way Out (Part 1)

 

Segment #1: God Was Her Co-Pilot? - Spider and Shelle look at some of the dangers of blind faith and discuss how one woman tried to prove the power of God by driving into oncoming traffic. Jesus should have taken the wheel...

Segment #2: Facing the Fear Part 1 - Spider and Shelle share experiences that led to abandoning religion - all religion - outright. In part one of the story, Spider shares the details of his crises of faith and begins his recount of three instances when his faith was stretched to the breaking point.

Episode 8: Profits Without Honor - The Truth About Tithing

In this episode, we dive directly into the main topic and shed light on the real biblical origins and mandates about tithing. Join Spider and Shelle for an in-depth look at the concept of Biblical tithing and how it differs from the practice as implemented in most evangelical churches today.

Episode 7: The Fear Factor - How They Collect You & How They Keep You

Segment #1: In this week's Christians Behaving Badly, Shelle discusses Jim Bakker's latest escapade and his desperate attempt at rebranding. Prepare thyself... no, that's the actual message. 

Segment #2: The Fear Factor - Spider and Shelle look at the myriad ways evangelicals use fear as a motivator, from the first tellings of hellfire and end-times drama to the ways they keep people in bondage to fear with the nebulous promise of post-mortem bliss. We will show you how to spot the tactics they use and how they use them, and provide advice for those coming out of faith on how to move past some of the fears instilled you by way of evangelical indoctrination. 

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Episode 6: Why Bible College is a Bad Idea (Part 2)

 

Spider and Shelle continue their discussion on the perils and pitfalls of a Bible college education, drawing on both personal experience and the reports of others who have had similar experiences.

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Episode 5: Why Bible College is a Bad Idea (Part 1)

In this episode we dive straight into the main topic, outlining some of the key problems with bibe college education and the impact of choosing a bible college over traditional educational paths on the life of the student. It's yet another intricate web of facts backed up with and reinforced by stories from Spider and Shelle about everything from useless education degrees to the suffocating restrictions placed on bible college students even when they are off-campus. Did you have to obey a curfew when YOU were 21? We did. Come here more. It just gets better from there...

Episode 4: Surviving the Holidays (With or Without Your Family)

Segment 1: Christians behaving badly looks at Hallmark's stand on same-sex marriage and the 2,345,223,444,555,367th call by the American Family Association for a boycott for their stand on the issue.The American Family Association is a registered and recognized evangelical hate group as designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Segment 2: Spider and Shelle discuss some of the dos and don'ts of spending time with theist relatives around the holidays, as well as how to deal with the loneliness and rejection if your family is leaving you out over your lack of belief.

Episode 3: Fundamental Flaws Part 2: Glossolalia - Why You Thought You Were Speaking In Tongues

Segment 1: Spider and Shelle take a look at Project Blitz and explain how evangelical thinking is taking root in American politics at the cost of simple common sense.

Segment 2: As it turns out, glossolalia is a real thing. Well, at least to the practitioner. In this segment, Spider and Shelle share their experiences surrounding the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and explain the psychology that drives many to actually believe that they are channeling the mind of God. You'll be surprised at Spider's take on this issue and, quite possibly, learn a thing or two about some of your own experiences.

UNBOUND EXTRAS #1: "The Wiccaning"

Our last stop on our trip with theism. Find out what we think about Wicca as it relates to evangelicalism and why so many evangelicals stop here on their way out of faith.