General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
On the internet—and perhaps in meatspace too—everyone is a genius. Consider this non-Christian’s claim (with almost a million views): Had this one taken about 15 seconds to Google check his own claim, he might have found the “Five Suns” creation myth of the Aztecs: Bloodthirsty? Brutal? It turns out that …
I’ve casually followed Michael Foster for some time on Twitter. Some of you may know of him from the “It’s Good To Be A Man” blog, which is shared with Dominic Bnonn Tennant. Readers here might have read Sharkly’s critical piece on the pair (from 2019) called “Bnonnas Foster: A …
There is a great—and revealing—discussion of patriarchy happening over at Sigma Frame. Let’s take a short break from the ongoing series on justification to discuss it. Over the last few months, I pointed out to Sharkly—time and time and again—that Christian patriarchy, by excusing male responsibility, doesn’t respect a man’s authority within his domain. If …
The series on faith is a collection of separated, but related, essays. Here is the index: Prelude #1: The Eucharist Prelude #2: The Living Voice Prelude #3: Changing Language Part 1: The Primacy of Love Part 2: What is Faith? What are works? Part 3: Faith and Works (Belief/Obedience; Unbelief/Disobedience) …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism. See this index. In my recent posts, I’ve been discussing the theme of the noble Berean approach: verifying and validating the claims of the New Testament and later church tradition by comparing them against the Old Testament. Over at GunnerQ’s Substack, …
Under my article “On Suffering“, Jack made this comment where he kindly asked me where to put my words. So I responded that he was trying to put words into my mouth by telling me what to do, a thing that he does often. Over on his blog, Jack had summarized… …and …
NOTE: This post is divided into three sections of increasing complexity to suit all reader’s tastes. Stop reading when you’ve had enough. The Short Explanation Over at Patriactionary, the author of “Eve’s Curse” thinks that Matt Cochran’s Twitter thread is a real banger (and, probably, his blog post too). Cochran explains that the …
Old Testament Additional perspectives on the theme of “It’s a Military Term” on validating theology by looking at the Old Testament. Ambiguity Another perspective on the theme of “Ambiguity in the Bible” on ambiguity in biblical language. On Wikipedia Confirmation of our finding in “The Icons of Feminism, Part 1” and …
The Manosphere is Feminine If the manosphere could be summarized in one long sentence it would be this: Suffering men—mostly divorcees and married and unmarried incels—who have been burnt by women assemble together to talk—and complain—about how naturally evil and essentially broken women are and how they need men to …
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. See also this index on Sharkly posts. Among proponents of Christian patriarchy, this passage is one of the four most cited (along with “be silent“, “don’t teach“, and “cover“): Wives are to submit to their own husbands as to the …