General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
I’ve recently been musing over the topic of trust, as I wrote in “A Matter of Trust.” I wrote that on the same day that Bruce Charlton had posted his article entitled “Let me be clear – Traditional Christianity is now always and all-the-time dishonest.” But before I discuss it, …
Ultimately, you have to trust someone, because no one can know everything they need to know. But, you can’t trust anyone on the internet. You really can’t. In meatspace you can form a relationship with a person and learn who they really are. You can tell if their words and …
Every so often I see a comment that is egregiously bad. But this time it isn’t just one comment, it is same one twice, both here and at Sigma Frame: I’ve seen some bad takes over the years, but this one is among the very worst. Let’s start by getting …
A recent commenter suggested that my posts have missed the mark, that they are not addressing the problems that real men are really facing in reality. And I agreed. Over the last few days I’ve repeated a single theme: Keep in mind that a couple months back, Bruce Charlton stated …
I’m not sure how long it will take until I resume my series, but in the meantime, I wanted to include a relevant comment that was posted after I published yesterday’s post, “Genesis 3:16 Revisited.” First, Jack has not responded to any of Pseudonymous Commenter Firefly’s arguments. He’s simply dodged …
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 …
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. 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 …