Well, one of our old topical standbys is being discussed again. So we’re going to take a brief break from our series to discuss it. A Bit of History Back in 2020, Jack @ Sigma Frame discovered the ESV’s version of Genesis 3:16, which at the time read as follows: …
This is part of a series. See the index here. I’ve written this post by popular demand. This is what Readers have asked for. Introduction That paper was written in 2006, nearly 20 years ago. It was entitled “Sexual Utopia In Power.” It written by Francis Roger Devlin. In this …
I asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT to generate a table for me without explaining why I wanted it: Now, guess what it said. It refused to do it. For ideological reasons. I’m actually thankful, because I could not have come up with a better real-life example of blankslatism if I had tried. …
This is part of a series. See the index here. About a week or so ago I responded to Cameron’s comment about frigid marriages—characterized by a lack of physical attraction—by saying this: This was not strictly correct. Here is what I was referencing: Source: Western University While I was right about the …
This is part of a series. See the index here. So far the focus on this series has been lopsided, with not much discussion of the theological import of what has been said. And readers are getting restless. So I’m going to discuss this topic from the perspective of the …
This is part of a series. See the index here. Synchronicities are where two unrelated events seem to be closely related, as if they it were not a coincidence. Here is a very old post that I recently read: This quote was already in an earlier draft of this article. …
This is part of a series. See the index here. My health was not 100% this past week and my ongoing conversation with Cameron has been quite involved. This contributed to a rushed writing and production of “Hypergamy or Adultery” in order to meet Friday’s publication deadline. It’s not that …
As regular readers know, one former commenter believes that the Pericope Adulterae—found in John 7:53–8:11—is an abomination that is behind modern “feminist goddess worship” in the church. I asked ChatGPT to generate an historically accurate visual image of the scene. Turns out, he might have a point.
This is part of a series. See the index here. The Problem With Hypergamy Throughout this series, I’ve alluded to a particular problem with hypergamy: it lacks explanatory power. Simply put, it doesn’t explain enough. As our study of divorce has shown, there are many problems with marriage that do …
This is part of a series. See the index here. In “A Note on Hypergamy” I wrote how one reader got what he should have gotten, and that ultimately most men end up getting what they “want.” Not as much happens by pure chance as might be assumed. He got there …