Easter and 4/20 fall on the same day this year (2025), and we’re celebrating with holy herbs and high spirits. Join us for a satirical sermon on elevation, divine munchies, and the miracle of marijuana. Amen. Pass the lighter.
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Author: The Church of Tinkerbell
Helping Others Accept the Truth About LGBTQIA+ People: A Path Beyond Indoctrination
This blog post explores how to help people move beyond religious indoctrination to understand and accept the truth about LGBTQIA+ identities. Drawing from personal experience, it offers compassionate strategies rooted in empathy, critical thinking, and shared values.
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Is Laziness Real? Understanding Motivation, Struggle, and the Human Experience
This article challenges the common belief that laziness is a character flaw, revealing it as a symptom of deeper struggles like burnout, fear, mental health challenges, or neurodivergence. It explores the real reasons people struggle with motivation and offers practical, compassionate strategies for working with those challenges. A helpful resource section provides further tools and support for readers seeking understanding or change.
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Seeing, Understanding, and Embracing Autistic People with Compassion and Respect
This article explores how to truly see, understand, and embrace autistic people with compassion and respect. It offers practical insights into communication and sensory differences, real-world examples, and actionable strategies for building inclusive, meaningful connections—highlighting the universal human need for love, dignity, and belonging.
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Biblical Prophecy, Fictional Fulfillment, and the Question of Jesus
This post critically examines biblical prophecy, highlighting failed predictions, misapplied Old Testament verses, and the possibility that Jesus’ story was constructed to fit pre-existing texts. It challenges the idea of divine foresight by exploring how narratives may have been shaped after the fact—and even questions whether the central figure of Christianity existed at all.
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The Brain, Belief, and the Illusion of Certainty
This post explores how the human brain constructs our experience of reality—both external and internal—and why that can lead to deeply felt but conflicting beliefs about gods, spirits, morality, and truth. It invites readers to examine the stories their minds generate, recognize the illusion of certainty, and adopt more reliable tools for understanding the world with curiosity and compassion.
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Words Are Just Tools: When Communication Becomes Manipulation
This post explores the true nature of communication, emphasizing that words are merely tools for transferring meaning. It highlights how miscommunication—especially when used intentionally—can be a manipulative tactic employed by politicians, evangelists, and apologists. True dialogue requires clarity, shared definitions, and a commitment to mutual understanding. Winning an argument through miscommunication is not a real victory; it’s a performance, not a pursuit of truth.
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When Shame Is Taught: How Society’s Fear of Nudity Harms Children
This post explores how society’s fear and shame around nudity negatively impact children—shaping their body image, emotional development, and ability to communicate. It challenges harmful cultural and religious norms, and advocates for a healthier, more respectful view of the human body.
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The Day We Covered Ourselves (A Mythical Tale of Body and Belief)
Long ago, in the time before time was measured, humans walked the earth with nothing …
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Autism Appreciation: Moving Beyond Awareness to Understanding and Inclusion
This blog post encourages a shift from “Autism Awareness” to “Autism Appreciation,” highlighting the value of autistic people and their diverse ways of thinking and being. It debunks myths, amplifies autistic voices, celebrates strengths, and promotes true inclusion. The article offers practical ways to support and appreciate autistic individuals and includes trusted resources for further learning.
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