Q: What is the first rule of Tautology Club? A: The first rule of Tautology club.   Q: What Tautology Club’s favorite aphorism? A: It is what it is.   Q: What is Tautology Club’s core religious belief? A: The axiom of sola scriptura

Recently I was asked (paraphrasing): “why do you spend so much time shooting down Christian Patriarchy and defending women when you hate feminism so much?” At first glance this does seem to be a contradiction. In fact, it sure looks like “white knighting.” But it isn’t. The answer is rather …

See this index. On Making an Argument Almost any traditional form of Christianity (whether Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Calvinist, Mormon, or whatever) can mount a very deadly attack on… ‘the other guy’.   In other words; once you have accepted a coherent set of theological premises; you can use these as …

See this index. After I wrote “Sharkly on Women“, I was most pleased to get a lengthy comment in response. Then I continued the discussion at Spawny’s Space for many days. I’ve decided to respond to the first comment and a few others entirely in one post. This is going …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The word for wives in Greek is the same as the word for women. It is my assertion that 1 Corinthians 11:3-16 is addressed to husbands and wives, not all men and women. So I switched …

See this index. After I wrote “Sharkly on Women“, Sharkly and I got into a discussion at the Spawny’s Space blog. There, Sharkly mentioned that Origen believed that the Image of God was given to Adam and Eve, but was lost at the fall. It was not until Christ restored …

The Placement of a Comma Luke 23:43b can be translated in two ways: Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise. …and… Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise. The placement of the comma changes the meaning completely. This is somewhat …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The ancient meaning of the word kephalē, literally ‘head’ in our English Bibles, connoted preeminence, priority, exaltedness, elevation, firstness, until the 4th century when the word began to connote leadership. The connotation of ‘head’ referred to …

“Marriage regulation in the US is a state law matter. [..] Believe it or not, family/marriage law is one area the feds don’t want to get involved in, …” — Comment by thedeti @ Sigma Frame “A Concise History of Marriage Regulations” (2023-06-12) In 1996, federal lawmakers successfully passed the Defense …

In the 2013-2014 football season, Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback Michael Vick went down to an injury. Backup quarterback Nick Foles stepped up to lead the team. He had such great success that he won NFC Offensive Play of the Week, NFC Player of the Month, and set an NFL record as the first …