Now that the "Trump" tag turns out to be something I'll be using to index posts for years to come, here's a brief look back at some of the older posts here bearing that tag -- a handful of mentions of pre-candidate Donald Trump. Read more
Now that the "Trump" tag turns out to be something I'll be using to index posts for years to come, here's a brief look back at some of the older posts here bearing that tag -- a handful of mentions of pre-candidate Donald Trump. Read more
White evangelicalism yesterday performed the purpose for which it was designed: It elected a white nationalist as president. This was not the end of white evangelicalism, but the culmination of its purpose, its origin, its intent. White evangelicalism IS white nationalism. This is what it is, and always has been, for. Read more
"Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and repent." Read more
It’s possible that, unlike me, some of you may this evening still be capable of coherent sentences and thoughts that are worth sharing. Here is a thread for you. I’m going back to pacing, nervous eating, and muttering/praying/rambling aloud in an empty room. Read more
I attended Sunday services at a white evangelical mega-church in our closely watched swing-state county. Most of the service made no mention of the election just a few hours away. But then, tacked on the end, just after the closing hymn, the pastor and his congregation rushed through an obligatory reminder of the importance of voting because if the wrong side wins they'll lose their freedom to worship, have their Bibles confiscated, and be rounded up in FEMA camps for real, true Christians. It was simultaneously extreme and insincere -- and thus strangely appropriate for 2016. Read more
"Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil." Read more
Vigilant against the rise of a coming Antichrist, LaHaye and Jenkins are not on the lookout against the deceptions of disingenuous false leaders, but rather against anyone with a message of love and peace and understanding and brotherhood. They've gotten so caught up in guarding against wolves in sheep's clothing that anything in sheep's clothing is viewed as the enemy. So all sheep must be shot on sight. Read more
Some Thursday night odds-and-ends, including: Why the Cubs' win will provoke an identity crisis for their fans; Beyonce at the CMAs; Amy Grant singing from a hymnal is insufficiently Christian, "bookstore" claims; and yet more reasons why Ken Ham had to leave Australia to promote young-Earth creationism. Read more
There hasn't been a massive national freak-out over the ambush killings of two Iowa police officers. This is because the suspect is a white guy. He's really, really white -- a Trump supporter who was angry with police after he was kicked out of a high school football game for waving a Confederate flag. Read more
Such acts of violence and intimidation are implicitly first person plural. They convey the message "WE don't want your kind." When that undefined, presumed first person plural is not challenged -- when it is not loudly refuted and shouted down -- then acts of violence like this gain momentum and power. Read more
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