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More Brouhahahaha over Voting
My recent suggestion that we stop doing the whole democracy thing we’re used to was, I am sorry to say, rejected by Rod of Alexandria, Christopher of Homebrewed Theology, and Joel Watts. You can go here to read their responses, or you can enjoy my highly edited summary of the reactions of Rod of A [...]
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mennonite monday, article 9: the church of jesus christ
This edition of Mennonite Monday covers a hot topic: The Church of Jesus Christ [1]. The text I will reference and quote can be found here. Related Posts:mennonite monday: on that mennonite confession, article 3mennonite monday, article 11: baptismmennonite monday, article 10: the church in missionmennonite monday: on that mennonite confession, article 5mennonite monday, article [...]
Confederacy Discussion (4): Nah, I’m Done.
I’ve changed my mind. Rather than producing a massive number of probably redundant posts on the Confederacy and the myriad of moral and ethical issues involved in its founding, the War, and suchlike, I’ve just decided not to. Though it’s been fun, I fear the Civil War is too recent for us to understand all [...]
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the division of labor
is one of the keys to human progress. We each specialize in some things and share in each other’s labors. I, for example, like to break everything down into economics. Joel, on the other hand, likes to follow the church calendar and write seasonal posts. I personally can’t stand writing posts on the church calendar, [...]
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On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositions
We approach each new thing with the aid of a handy framework that we’ve developed based on all the previous things we’ve encountered. It’s an excellent system, and it’s called learning. The things we carry with us are our assumptions or presuppositions, and the new stuff coming in is data, and it quickly is either [...]
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Confederacy Discussion (2): Apologias for Centralized Government
Rod and Watts have each produced a post on the confederacy (here and here). Both posts are long and suffer from serious problems. Related Posts:Confederacy Discussion (4): Nah, I’m Done.Confederacy Discussion (1): the Ground RulesOn the Recent Storm of Controversy over Voting.More Brouhahahaha over Votingmennonite monday, article 9: the church of jesus christ
Confederacy Discussion (1): the Ground Rules
I’ve decided to wade in on the discussion that Rod and Joel are having over the confederacy (see here, here, here). This discussion needs some ground rules, at least for what goes on on this blog, while what happens on other blogs is rightly outside of my control. A man’s right to control his own [...]
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the civil war never dies
The Civil War never dies. Nor do the caricatures of it and the political use of it. It’s a powerful and complicated set of events, and it’s impossible to approach it neutrally. In fact, I’ve possibly already annoyed someone by choosing the term Civil War, when really it wasn’t a civil war in the normal [...]
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different talking points, same game
I’m not all too happy with Joel right now. He’s slathering us all in a deep layer of the smelly stuff by ranting about a hateful right-winger who ‘will causes deaths‘ by burning the Koran and ignoring the real roots of Muslim anger: the unjust deaths of their civilians by the hundreds of thousands and [...]
On the Recent Storm of Controversy over Voting.