#Relativism

Scott Coley

scott_m_coley

The reason that so many conservative evangelicals these days appear to be moral relativists is that they *are* moral relativists.They would deny this, of course. But that doesn’t make it

Timothy Isaiah Cho

tisaiahcho

Isn't it interesting how "Romans 13," "law and order," "submitting to authorities," and the need for "peaceful protests" suddenly disappear from the rhetoric once things aren't going the way d

ThyGeekdomCome

ThyGeekdomCome

There is no “right” to commit a sin. Rather, sin involves the *abuse* of freedom.Hence, there is no right to abortion such that supporting a right to abortion could be

Matt Emerson

M_Y_Emerson

One of the biggest obstacles in contemporary evangelicalism is that many of us have been catechized and liturgically formed more by cable news and talk radio than we have been

Brendane Tynes, M.A., MPhil

b_tynes

I think it's time for us to have a conversation about the harms enabled by How To Be Antiracist by Ibram Kendi. I will return to this with receipts soon.

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

It's fascinating to me when people declare it awful that I, an author they admire, have opinions they dislike. It's never stuff like "Genocide is awesome," (to be clear, I

David Lay Williams

LayWilliams

1) Looks like Charlie Kirk is speaking to my area of expertise, citing Plato's influence on Rousseau. I happen to have written a book on this very subject, Rousseau's Platonic

Rep. Fred Deutsch

FredDeutsch

Best floor speech in my five years in the legislature comes from 29 y/o freshman legislator on the Birth Certificate Bill:I rise today to speak in support of this bill

Peter Boghossian

peterboghossian

How to destroy civilization in 10 easy steps:1) Claim that science, reason, and rationality are tools of oppression. 2) Focus on equality of outcome at the expense of equality of

Not Sigourney Weaver

brynismyname

This is an interesting use of the term "humptydumptyism", and a misunderstanding of the point of the exchange between Alice and Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass. /THREAD In

a gnarled woodland spirit

dynamic_proxy

But the liberal metanarrative about how science works as a self-correcting process doesn't really equip you to pose the question in more appropriate or perspicacious terms - which is part

Quotidian Man of the People Matt 🔆

MAAr____en

How to Evangelize: A Guide From Me, a Layman Who is Terrible At Evangelizing (H/t @theodramatist bringing up this topic) I’m not good at evangelism but thought I would share

Samuel D. James

samueld_james

On consecutive days two different articles ran at First Things. The key quotations from both articles illustrate the very real crossroads that conservatism has reached. The quote on the left

Debtlifts

Debtlifts

How feminism has failed.A thread on sex, values, and culture. In every society through history, there has been a link between achievement and sexual temperance.In every case when a nation

Zero HP Lovecraft

0x49fa98

A common misconception is that morality is "caring for your fellow man," but if in our time together I could persuade you of only one thing, my friends, I would

Yogi Jaeger

yoginho

Just finished reading “Cynical Theories” by @HelenPluckrose & @ConceptualJames. I generally found it very useful, but have one big quibble with it. Let me explain. /1 “Cynical theories” does a

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