General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
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Then the Supreme Court enshrined the federal Constitutional right to same-sex marriage: While DOMA would eventually be repealed in the “Respect for …
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 …
See this index. In my previous post, “The Meaning of Hell,” I objected to the blasphemous claim that “The Cross did not buy our entrance into Eternity.” I cited 1 Corinthians 1:17-18, which says that cross of Christ is the power to save, the power of God himself. I cited …
In a previous post, I had described the Radix Fidem movement as an invention of “The Traditions of Men” that violates certain biblical precepts. Today I want to talk about “Hell” in the context of a post by Catacomb Resident, showing again that the movement is borrowing external Greek concepts …