A Pie Dough Worldview

“As a result, we treat the Biblical world and life view as though it were pie dough—but the farther we spread it, the thinner it gets. This universal but think application of Christ’s claims has the advantage of not provoking a hostile reaction from the world, and it enables us to feel good about our Kuyperian selves.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 298

Except for That

“The woman’s unborn child can be killed for having birth defects, but if he navigates his way past our abortion law and is successfully born, we will arrange special Olympics for him, handicapped parking in every lot in town, and access into every building in the nation. In a fever pitch of moral do-goodism, we insist that such individuals have a fundamental right to be able to access anything—except for their lives.”

The Cultural Mind, pp. 290-291+

Compensatory Crusades

“In other words, when it becomes apparent that we as a people are disregarding God’s law in some flagrant way, the next thing to watch for is some kind of moral crusade that will help compensate for it. In our nation today, a woman who is six months pregnant can do to a clinic and have the child terminated. Not only can she do this, but she can receive considerable societal support in doing so. The law of God is flagrantly insulted. But if that same woman stands on a busy street corner, visibly pregnant, and smokes herself a pack of cigarettes, she would bear the brunt of a lot of cold, icy stares. How dare she risk a low birth rate?”

The Cultural Mind, p. 290