Everything’s a Trade-off
Not Supposed to Work
“All secular idolatries must totter and fall. This is a wonderful part of the hope found in the biblical worldview—that in the long run, stupidity never works.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 108
Hanlon’s Razor and the Mar a Lago Raid
Introduction: My grandson has informed me of Hanlon’s Razor, which states “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” I was previously aware of the sentiment, but not the attribution. These are words to live by. But of course we should also keep in mind the fact that stupid people can be …
Hidden Debts
“So this is how a layman in the church might come to object to the study of ‘all this humanistic philosophy,’ and yet have his own general worldview shaped by the objectionable philosophy in question. Because he does not know his own presuppositions, he does not know if he shares them with anyone else, including Messrs. Plotinus and Locke. Avoiding philosophy does not work. American fundamentalism is notorious for adopting in substance various philosophies that have somehow been purified through an ignorance of the adoption.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 105
Aiders and Abettors By Means of Letters
I love a light drizzle . . . Letter to the Editor: I am Reed, my pronouns are whozit and watcha-ma-call-it, my nose is red, and I am a clown. I am insulted and deeply offended by those ...
Hellbent in Creepy Clown World
Introduction: Conservatives have taken to calling the cultural disintegration that we see happening all around us by the name of clown world. This is apt enough, but given the vindictive and ...
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Try Blue Cross
No RomCom Ending
Dear Darla, One of the things that is likely lurking in the back of your mind is the prospect or possibility of never getting married. I say “prospect,” but perhaps a better word for it is anxiety ...
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The Genesis of Apostasy
“The tragedy of our time is that the Church currently wants to be cool, and for a host of reasons, as long as it remains recognizably Christian, it cannot be.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 101
Cooler Than Thou
“The category of cool represents a postmodern attempt to establish a relativistic antithesis. In this view, the human race is divided into two categories, square and hip, or, put another way cool and uncool. Unless the false conservative antitheses, the boundaries keep shifting. And unlike the liberal view, there really is an avowed antithesis between those who meet the standard and those who do not.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 100