“Creating a religion of man is not the same thing as abandoning religion” (Empires of Dirt, p. 65).
Troll Tuesday
So here we are. Below are some of the letters I have received, along with my responses. Pardon our dust and all that. The comments are enabled for this post only, and so feel free to interact. Consider this Open Thread Tuesday, with perhaps the occasional Troll Tuesday. But please mind your Ps and Qs, …
Don’t Oversell It
“I give way to no one in my love for my country, my nation, and my people. But it is a nation, for pity’s sake, not a god. It is a country, a fine place to shoot off firecrackers and eat hot dogs on the Fourth. But if you want me to trot out divine …
How Then Shall We Praise or Blame?
So all eyes will be on Alabama because of the senatorial election tomorrow. And why not? 2017 has not really been gaudy enough to date, and so I think it should try to go out with a bang. For those Christians in Alabama who have a functioning conscience, and who have to decide what to …
Or Maybe Three
[Speaking of Hugh Hewitt’s idea that Ground Zero in New York is a secular sacred space] “This is the kind of political analysis that a freshman in the Eusebian School of Panegyrics might have written for his first homework assignment, late in the evening and after a couple of beers” (Empires of Dirt, p. 60).
Conservative Colleges That Don’t Conserve
So then, as Dylan said, you don’t have to be a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing. Progressives like to pretend that they are “the Resistance,” but the real resistance is going to have to come from people who believe the Bible, all of it. And one of the key battlegrounds with …
The Way It Sometimes Goes
Mojo Not Firepower
“History is littered with examples of empires, nations, and cities that fell to inferior forces when by all rights they should not have” (Empires of Dirt, p. 58).
Not a Pretty Sight
“The Muslims are coming after the values of our hollow secularism, and watching it is not like watching an actual contest—it is like watching someone take a jackhammer to a soufflé” (Empires of Dirt, p. 57).
Farewell, Comments, Hello Letters
After some reflection, I have decided to disable the comments feature here at Mablog. I think there are advantages to this, obviously, or I wouldn’t do it. But at the same time, there are disadvantages. I trust that we have come up with a solution that will ameliorate, at least somewhat, those disadvantages. This post …