Terms of Service

Effective July 28, 2026 // Last updated October 14, 2026

Welcome to The Quantum Disciple. These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and The Quantum Disciple ("we," "us," or "our") governing your use of our website and applications. Please read them carefully.

The short version: This is a free, non-commercial Christian apologetics publication operated by a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Use it respectfully, don't attack or abuse it, and understand that our written content stays ours while our software is released free and open under the MIT License. We provide everything "as is," and there are no fees to use it.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the website at quantumdisciple.com or any application we publish that links to these Terms (together, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Service.

2. The Service

The Quantum Disciple is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 41-3289790). We publish Christian apologetics content for modern thinkers: written papers, podcasts, videos, and study resources exploring questions of faith, evidence, reason, science, and Scripture. The Service is provided free of charge and is offered for educational, devotional, and informational purposes.

We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time without notice. We are not liable to you or anyone else for doing so.

3. Eligibility

The Service is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements.

4. Accounts, Google OAuth, and YouTube API Services

The Service requires no account. Accounts are optional. You can read every paper, listen to every episode, use the Study Center, and use the web app at quantumdisciple.com/app without signing up or giving us any personal details. We count visits in a way that does not identify you, as described in our Privacy Policy.

We do operate one internal, non-public tool that uses Google OAuth: the Tech Unfiltered Publishing Automation, which uploads and schedules episodes of our own podcast to our own YouTube channel. It is not offered to the public and cannot be authorized by anyone other than the channel owner. Its features and the specific OAuth scopes it requests are documented in full on that page.

That application uses YouTube API Services. Its operation is therefore also governed by the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
Our handling of information received through Google APIs is described in our Privacy Policy and adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Authorization can be revoked at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Use of Google's own services is governed by the Google Terms of Service.

Accounts. You may create an optional account in the web app or the iPhone app so your progress follows you between them. You must be 13 or older, give accurate information, choose a username that isn't offensive or misleading, and keep your password private; you are responsible for what is done with your account. We may rename, suspend or delete an account that breaks these Terms. You can delete your account at any time in the app or web app. Some features, such as our AI study tools, are available only to accounts we enable (currently our own team).

The web app. Without an account, what you create in the web app, such as journal entries, notes, progress and badges, is saved only in your browser; we do not hold a copy, so we cannot restore it if your browser's data is cleared. With an account, that data is also kept on our server as described in our Privacy Policy (your journal only if you turn on "Sync My Journal"). Sync is provided as is; keep your own export of anything important. Use Me → Your Data to download a copy.

AI study tools. AI answers are generated by a computer model and are labeled "AI-generated · not reviewed." They can be wrong or incomplete, are not reviewed by our team before you see them, and are not a substitute for Scripture, your pastor, or professional advice. Bible passages the AI mentions are shown from the ESV text, never from the AI's own wording; read each one in its context.

Shape QDCM. With an account you can vote in our topic polls, suggest topics and follow topics. Each person may vote once per poll, with one account; a submitted vote can't be changed. Please don't put personal details about yourself or anyone else in a suggestion. We review suggestions privately and may group, decline or redact them; we decide what to create, and a poll result or suggestion is not a promise that we will. You let us use the ideas in your suggestions to plan and create our content, without payment or credit; we don't publish your name or your suggestion's wording. How we handle this information is described in our Privacy Policy.

5. Acceptable Use

We ask that you engage with this material in good faith. You agree that you will not:

Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, its servers, or any connected systems or networks.
Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service, or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measure.
Interfere with or disrupt the Service, including by launching denial-of-service attacks or introducing malware, viruses, or other harmful code.
Use automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the Service in a way that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure. Well-behaved search engine crawlers are welcome.
Harvest or collect personal information about other users.
Misrepresent our content, or reproduce it in a way that materially alters its meaning while attributing it to us.
Use the Service to harass, abuse, threaten, or defame any person or group.

6. Content and Intellectual Property

6.1 Our content

Except for the software described in Section 7 and any third-party material identified below, all content on the Service — including papers, articles, podcast episodes, videos, artwork, banner images, logos, and the compiled study question banks — is the property of The Quantum Disciple and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

6.2 What you may do

You are welcome to read, download, print, and share our content for personal, educational, devotional, and non-commercial purposes, provided that you keep it in context, do not alter its meaning, and credit The Quantum Disciple with a link back to quantumdisciple.com. Quoting excerpts in sermons, classes, papers, and discussions is expressly encouraged.

6.3 What requires permission

Republishing our content in full, using it commercially, or incorporating it into a paid product requires our prior written permission. Contact us and we will usually say yes.

6.4 Scripture and third-party material

Scripture quotations, third-party images, embedded videos, and other referenced works remain the property of their respective copyright holders and are used under the terms applicable to each.

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language. Users may not copy or download more than 500 verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible. See www.esv.org. Christian News stories summarize and link to articles that belong to their original publishers.

7. Software License (MIT)

The Quantum Disciple is not a commercial product and we do not sell it. The software and source code that power the Service — including the site's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and the source code of our applications — are released free and open under the MIT License reproduced below.

Scope of this license

The MIT License below applies to software and source code only. It does not grant rights to the written papers, podcast and video recordings, artwork, banner images, logos, or the name "The Quantum Disciple," all of which remain governed by Section 6.

MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 The Quantum Disciple Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

8. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service embeds and links to third-party services, including YouTube players, a social media feed powered by Elfsight, podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio, and the Givebutter donation widget. We do not control these services and are not responsible for their content, availability, terms, or privacy practices. Your use of them is governed by their own terms. Links to third-party sites are not an endorsement of everything found there.

9. Donations

The Quantum Disciple is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 41-3289790), and donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Donations are entirely voluntary and are processed by Givebutter, not by us; we never receive or store your payment card details. Donations support the ongoing production of free content and are not a purchase of goods or services and do not entitle you to any product, service, or benefit — no goods or services are provided in exchange for your contribution. You will receive a written acknowledgment of your gift by email; please retain it for your tax records. Because donations are gifts, they are generally non-refundable — but if you made a donation in error, contact us and we will do our best to help. Nothing on the Service is tax advice; please consult a qualified tax professional about your particular situation.

10. No Fees, No Sale of Data

The Service is provided free of charge. There is no subscription, paywall, or fee for access. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information — see our Privacy Policy.

11. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any defect will be corrected.

We work hard at accuracy and cite our sources, but we make no warranty that all content is complete, current, or free of error. Nothing on the Service constitutes legal, medical, financial, tax, or professional advice, and it is not a substitute for pastoral care, counseling, or professional consultation. Theological content reflects the good-faith convictions and interpretations of its authors; you are encouraged — in the Berean spirit this site is built on — to examine the Scriptures and the evidence for yourself.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE QUANTUM DISCIPLE AND ITS OPERATORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU DONATED TO US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages. In those jurisdictions, the above exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law, and nothing in these Terms limits liability for fraud, personal injury, or death caused by negligence.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Quantum Disciple and its operators and contributors from any claim, demand, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of the rights of any third party.

14. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time simply by not visiting it. If you have an account, you can delete it in the app or web app at any time, which deletes what we store with it, except as described in our Privacy Policy (for example, poll votes and suggestion wording are kept without your identity). What the web app or iPhone app saved on your device stays until you delete it there. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or that doing so is necessary to protect the Service or other users. Sections 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 17 survive any termination.

15. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and of the state in which the Operator is located, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in that state, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue. If you are a consumer residing in a jurisdiction whose law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your local courts, this clause does not remove that right.

Before filing any claim, we ask that you contact us first. Nearly every dispute can be resolved by a straightforward conversation, and we would much rather have one.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page, and material changes will be announced more prominently. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, please stop using the Service.

17. Miscellaneous

Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service, and supersede any prior agreements.
Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions stay in full force.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a transfer of the Service.
No partnership. These Terms do not create any partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and us.

18. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms, or want permission to republish something?

Email: privacy@quantumdisciple.com
Web: quantumdisciple.com