Christianity has brought much good to the world, but the church also has much to answer for. Critics of Christianity often fixate on the evils committed by Christians. Natasha Moore says that the best response to such criticisms is to own up to those evils in a spirit of Christian repentance.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, is also a Christian cultural critic. In a recent speech, he develops the notion of a "Promethean self," which manifests itself in our cultural, political, and governmental problems. Against this, he proposes a politics of community and vocation.
Americans increasingly have stopped going out, choosing to just stay home, preferably by themselves. This is true especially of Millennial young adults, who have turned solitude into a fashion trend.
Marriage is a sacred covenant, but it is also a secular contract. Though some say the government should get out of the marriage business, the state has an important interest in protecting its social foundation. Yet, according to Jonathan Lange, the government has essentially stopped enforcing the marriage contract, with disastrous consequences.
We are the sum of our experiences throughout our lives, and our memories continue to shape us. Some researchers are trying to find a way to erase bad memories from the mind. What would that do to us, if we could delete any memory of painful experiences?
Anti-Natalism began as a movement to stop having children for environmentalist reasons. But now some anti-natalists are going further, saying that being alive is itself a bad thing. Since all life involves suffering, to have children--who are born without their consent--is to harm them and is therefore immoral. Since animals too suffer, it is better for human beings and all life to become extinct.
Democrats hope to pay for the new social programs they are proposing by increasing taxes on the wealthy. But, as Jonah Goldberg points out, groups that the government depends on the most for funding acquire the most political power. Political scientists call this the "resource curse." And since the top 1% in income pay 40% of the taxes, they already have an inordinate influence in our democracy.
Matt Whitman, who earlier made a video about visiting a Lutheran church, has a sequel in which he discusses Lutheran theology with Pastor Will Weedon, whose engaging, winsome explanation of what he believes can be a model for all of us.
If you visit the Colosseum in Rome, where thousands of Christians were martyred, you will pass at the entrance an enormous image of Moloch, the gruesome Canaanite deity that demanded the sacrifice of infants and small children.
Democrats are realizing that if impeachment goes to a Senate trial, they will face the possibility of a train wreck. The Republicans will control the process and will call embarrassing witnesses; the timing will conflict with primary campaigns; and Trump's inevitable acquittal will allow him to claim vindication.
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