Cathodoxy and Miracles

As discussed in “Church Attendance,” there has been a shift in the religious young men in America. The narrative is that masculine-focused men are choosing the masculine-focused religions of Cathodoxy—Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. But it is the latter that is seeing the largest gains. The loser is, purportedly, evangelical …

More on Church Attendance

A few posts ago I wrote about “Church Attendance.” I was responding to the claim that Cathodoxy (Eastern Orthodox + Roman Catholic) is growing due to its masculine appeal towards young men. In particular, we discussed how Orthodoxy has seen an influx in young men. Let’s examine a couple follow-up …

Reviewing “Hellenism Is From Hell” (Part 2)

In this post, I’ll be discussing a comment under Catacomb Resident’s “Hellenism Is From Hell.” All emphasis has been added. There is a legitimate concern here: the barrier to entry. Getting a Masters or PhD requires a significant investment. For example, the Masters of Divinity has one of the highest …

Nothing Works Anymore

The Death Cult I’ve been writing about bureaucracy for years. I have an index of this in “The Decline of Society.” Indeed, in December, 2019, I wrote this: The point of this comment is that the institutions—all of them—are not there to help us, but that inherent evil that is …

Unlearning Inversion

Per Charlton: In a number of recent posts, I’ve been discussing blankslatism, the belief that all people are inherently equal and that any and all differences in outcomes is due to environmental differences. To the blankslatist, any differences in ability are caused by external factors, such as so-called systemic racism. …

The Origin of Covid

In his recent comment, Lastmod made an important observation while discussing the death of the manosphere due to the atomization of society: As Bruce Charlton notes in “Not Even Trying” and on his blog, since the 1950s, there has been a cultural revolution that has since completely captured our institutions. …

Where Do Leftists Get Their Ideas?

Before we can answer this question, we must first ask the question: what is leftism? What is Leftism? Leftism is a philosophy whose origins lie in the anti-spiritual/anti-Christian metaphysics of materalism/positivism/scientism/reductionism and combines with hedonism and utilitarian morality (citation). Positivism …and… You don’t have to be a philosopher to understand …

Intelligence, Education, and Covid: Part 1

This is part of a series on intelligence and the decline of society. See this index. One of the topics that I write most about is intelligence, but I only rarely write about it on this blog. Other than, this series, which wasn’t originally published on this blog, I have hardly ever …