In abortion news, it turns out that if you ban abortion, the number of abortions will go down, but births will not go up proportionally. Only a (sometimes tiny) minority of births are due to foregone abortions. This is an astonishing finding! A huge percentage of abortions are driven entirely …

See this index. After I wrote “Why is Disproving Arguments So Hard?,” Sharkly challenged me to explain a dozen different biblical interpretations that show that the sexes are clearly not equal. He stated… “I may be wrong, but it seems like you believe that the sexes are roughly equal in …

This is part of a series on intelligence and the decline of society. See this index. One of my favorite articles ever was written by fellow blogger Free Northerner entitled “Abortion, Tomlinson, and Moral Midgets.” There he responded to the embryo trolley problem. It is well worth reading the latter and …

This is part of a series on intelligence and the decline of society. See this index. In part 1 of this series, I introduced the topic of intelligence and its impact on the economy and education in particular. In part 2 I explain why the post-covid decline in student achievement was …

This is part of a series on intelligence and the decline of society. See this index. In part 1 of the series, we discovered how falling intelligence results in an education system that cannot adequately educate kids. In this part, we will now look at the loss of learning that most kids …

This is part of a series on intelligence and the decline of society. See this index. One of the topics that I write most about is intelligence, but I only rarely write about it on this blog. Other than, this series, which wasn’t originally published on this blog, I have hardly ever …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. In the fourth point of “Paul Addressed Wives“, I took issue with those who argue that “The hair is not the only covering in 1 Corinthians 11“[1]: It is impossible for the covering that Paul is …

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 …