We have "the elephant in the room" and "black swan events." To that menagerie Michele Wucker adds the "gray rhino": a highly probable high-impact event that we have plenty of warnings about. And yet we ignore it. Until the rhino lowers its horn and charges. What are some examples of gray rhinos?
Reductio ad absurdum ("reduction to absurdity") is "disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusion." This is usually a tactic used by someone arguing against an opponent. But when it comes to woke ideology, we are now seeing the critical theorists themselves pushing their beliefs so far that they are reducing themselves to absurdity.
We all want good health. Improving people's health is surely a worthy goal. There is a movement to declare that health is a "right." The problem, though, is that the right-to-health activists classify just about every leftist cause as a matter of "health."
It is still Easter, and the season will last for 50 days. Here are some Easter devotions and reflections I came across online that I had to pass along. If you've come across other good Easter material--for example, insights you picked up from Holy Week services--tell us about it in the comments.
Church of England group wanting to deconvert African Christians; The end of the internet as we know it; and how to calculate how many people you know.
St. Leo (400-460 A.D.) said this in a Christmas sermon, but it still applies! Have a joyous Easter!
If you went to the Good Friday Vespers service at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig 300 years ago, the choir, led by your cantor J. S. Bach, would have performed a little number, the St. John Passion, that would have doubtless moved you greatly as a meditation on the atoning death of Jesus Christ. An account of a performance and its meaning.
This is the place to record Easter memories, Easter reflections, Easter joys, and anything else Easter.
A review of Hermann Sasse's "This Is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar." In which "one of the foremost confessional theologians of the 20th century" surveys the history of sacramental theology, gives a transcript of the Marburg Colloquy, and explores the significance of the teaching that Christ gives us His body and blood in the Lord's Supper.
An article on Artificial Intelligence and religion reports on "Godbots," featuring AI chats programmed with religious texts. Christians have Bible.Ai, Apostle Paul AI, and a host of Jesus chatbots. And yes, there is a Godbot in which you can chat with Martin Luther. We try it out.
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