Introduction: I have hazarded the guess that you are not even close to being tired of dealing with the subject of Christian nationalism . . . well, neither am I. The two traditional topics ...
Larry Arnn and the Hillsdale Half Step
No Finger in the Air
“The fact is, the Bible does say that for a man to lie with another man as with a woman is an abomination (Lev. 20:13), that Israel should not suffer a witch to live (Ex. 22:18), that God flooded the entire globe good and wet for their experiments in federally funded genetic splicing (Gen. 6:4), that Christian slaves were instructed to work doubly hard for their Christian masters (1 Tim. 6:2), and that placing women in combat roles was beyond appalling (Deut. 22:5). There is a kind of Christian still out there who believes that exegesis of such passages is not done by licking a finger and holding it up in the breeze.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 40
Which Would be Vigorous Negative Enthusiasm
“This is why, if someone suggests bringing an explicitly religious concern into public policy discussion, the vigor with which he is shouted down exhibits the kind of negative enthusiasm you might reserve for the advocate of releasing 10,000 plague-carrying rats into Central Park.”
So Why Did I Post This? Doesn’t Matter
On Not Being Mean
“But evangelicals—babes in the woods when it comes to this kind of thing—have confused the biblical requirement to not be mean with the impossible requirement to never be accused by liars of being mean. Once you accept the latter as your standard, you can always be steered, no matter how nice you are.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 37
Let’s Think This Through
“If we are in the fire, and some suggests getting back in the frying pan, it is hardly to the point to suggest that this might lead to us falling into the fire.”
The Sin of Soft
“The modern evangelical church is effeminate. That is the problem. That is our besetting sin. When the apostle Paul rebuked the malakoi, the soft ones (1 Cor. 6:9), he was talking about the effeminate objects of sodomite lust. But that kind of softness can also trickle into bed with a girl. That kind of softness can remain heterosexual and can get institutionalized in the overarching directive to all faithful evangelicals, which is be nice and don’t be mean.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 36
Letters to Help Us Pass the Time
Letter to the Editor: I’m probably the Christian antheysus of your philosophy. I’m a lifelong Catholic and in full communion with the Holy Father. I find your faith a perversion ...
Theocracy and Fear
“Why are we so afraid of theocracy? What might happen? Might we go on a rampage and kill sixty million babies? Yeah, that would be bad. Better not risk it. Might we set up a surveillance state, with camera clusters pointed in every direction at all the intersections? Right—theocracies are terrible like that.”
True Contentment
