“Mimetic rivalry and conflict have taken root in that society as the ultimate contagion, and the hostility ratchets steadily upward. The ‘old way’ of dealing with this was to allow the crowd to spontaneously choose a victim, in whose guilt they had to absolutely believe. They killed or exile this person in a spasm of righteousness, and the cathartic effect takes effect. Peace is restored. It is fitting that one man die for the sake of the people, as one operator of this system once put it.”
Write What You Know
VIrgins and Volcanoes
“We are living two millennia after Jesus died. Victimage still goes on, certainly, but not the robust way it did back when respectable people could still throw virgins into volcanoes” ().
Content Cluster [03-05-26]
An Old Trick: It Had Been an Open Road: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: And just so you know, this one is by Joe Rigney’s uncle . . . Gotta Keep An Eye On Those Things: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Vladimir Kirilov Featured Product: Smashmouth Incrementalism:Over the years, I have written a good …
And It Does Too
“One time many years ago, I went to a football game with my father. We entered the dome, where all the fans were whooping and hollering and carrying on, and my dad looked around—with a true instinct for this kind of thing—and said, ‘Well, it beats a public hanging.’”
Strategic Next Steps in DC
Under the Lord’s guidance and goodness, we began conducting worship services at Christ Church DC last July. We have been most gratified and blessed at the growth we have enjoyed. With the exception of that one freak snowstorm, attendance has really been robust, We have been greatly encouraged by God’s faithfulness—He has provided us with …
A Mound of Pink Cotton Balls
More needs to said about the idea of cultural justification. Apart from an understanding of this, there is no hope of grasping the deep divisions that the debates over same sex mirages are revealing. Note that I did not say that these debates are creating these division, but rather that they are revealing them. Same …
Grabbing for the Same Thing
“Two toddlers in one room wanting the same shiny toy come into conflict. There is no conflict between either of those two toddlers and a dog across town, the one playing with a stick. Two similar individuals want the same thing. One of them gets there first, and the fact that he clearly wants that object makes the silver medalist want it even more. The winner sees that the runner-up wants it, and this makes him cling to his prize all the more. A mimetic loop, a mimetic escalation, occurs. Conflict is the inevitable result.”
Letters Just Keep Appearing
Letter to the Editor: The Tender Mercies of the WickedYes and Amen! This is one of my takeaways from reading Rushdoony's 'Institutes of Biblical Law.'"The nearly complete elimination of capital ...
Without Admitting It
“If we reject the substitution of Jesus, then we will continue in the ways of killing in order that we might hide from ourselves the fact that we are killing all the time.”