A great many white evangelicals have a delusional persecution complex. That delusion is an expression of a desire to dominate others. Thanks to Barna’s survey, we know that’s not just a theory or just an argument, it’s a fact.
Do white evangelicals have a delusional persecution complex? Barna says yes, and provides quantifiable proof
January 28, 2013 By 280 Comments
Taylor Branch on how George Wallace invented our current political discourse
January 26, 2013 By 44 Comments
Taylor Branch: “Wallace pledged to protect segregation. Only 50 years ago. He failed. But in his failure, he invented most of the language that is chillingly contemporary today in resenting the government and the political activity that forced about these changes for equal citizenship”
White evangelicals, Republicans and wanting to ‘take our country back’
November 18, 2012 By 127 Comments
White evangelicals are big fans of ethnic diversity — just so long as those diverse folks share all the exact same opinions, perspectives and priorities as those of the white evangelical establishment. White evangelicals love the optics of a diverse-looking crowd all pledging unquestioning allegiance to the pure white evangelical agenda in lockstep conformity.
Fighting the beast: How can Clifford Russell be saved?
October 8, 2012 By 182 Comments
It cannot be our only response, and it cannot be our primary response, but at least a part of our response to people like Clifford Russell must be to offer them a chance to be saved — to find redemption, liberation and salvation.
Smart people saying smart things
October 6, 2012 By 17 Comments
Chris Heard on “Interpreting Genesis 1 ‘Literally;’” Amy Sullivan on why Paul Ryan and his bishop defenders get subsidiarity wrong; Lawrence Pitnak on journalistic firebombs; and Gary Longsine & Peter Boghossian on the unrighteousness of indignation.
The oldest image of Jesus Christ is a crude, mocking caricature
September 30, 2012 By 206 Comments
We can have laws against blasphemy or we can have religious freedom. We can never have both. We have every right to take offense and every right to give offense. But we should not seek to take offense. And we should not seek to give offense.
Smart people saying smart things
August 11, 2012 By 171 Comments
David Brin, interview with Wired magazine The notion of self-righteous indignation being a drug high seems to develop naturally out of recent scientific results that show that addiction is actually the most natural of human processes. You’ve heard the phrase “addicted to love.” Well, you can deliberately enter less salubrious mental states. You can deliberately [...]
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