General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
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]: What is a Covering? Before we go to far, …
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): 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 simple. Christian Patriarchy and feminism are both false philosophies and they are not opposites. That they twist the truth in …
See this index. On Making an Argument One of my skills is being able to clearly see the axioms—underlying baseline metaphysical assumptions—that people do not know, or admit, they hold. This isn’t especially difficult, but it is fairly uncommon. In the case of proponents of Christian Patriarchy, I understand their …
See this index. After I wrote “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 to …
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 “On Women“, a commenter and I got into a discussion at the Spawny’s Space blog. There, he 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 …
In 1996, federal lawmakers successfully passed the Defense of Marriage Act into law to ban same-sex marriage. A majority of states passed similar constitutional amendments regulating marriage by banning homosexual unions. Then the Supreme Court enshrined the federal Constitutional right to same-sex marriage: While DOMA would eventually be repealed in the “Respect for …