They don’t come any prettier.
America’s silent menace
Rugged mountain road
There can be no dialogue with toxic speech.
Debate opposing views, don’t label them hate: Column
Over the weekend, I very nearly un-Friended a church member on Facebook.
This woman is a pillar of the congregation, exceptionally gifted, and holds several important offices. But she frequents certain web sites that spew forth racial hatred, and she Likes certain items, and they show up in my Timeline. I will never voluntarily expose myself to such material. (Related: Change your diet.) There can be no dialogue with it: even to take it seriously is poisonous to my soul.
The First Amendment will not protect me from it. On the contrary, hate speech is normally protected. As are lies. As is verbal bullying. And heckling.
One can choose, however, what one pays attention to.
Milo Yiannopoulos is a troll.
As likewise are Ann Coulter and Joan Walsh.
There may be no lawful way to silence them, but those persons and organizations (such as Young Republicans) who sponsor them, hire them, and give them gratuitous platforms, may be persuaded that the nation deserves better.
Originally posted 2016-06-15.
Calvinism
Making life difficult.
Baton Rouge woman arrested after alleged slaying of ex’s new girlfriend
Brad Pitt, Taylor Swift, and the royals
They deserve their privacy.
Scandalous words
These words will scandalize some readers.
Sometime in the future, I will no doubt discuss the same ideas in a more well-ordered way. But I think I need to produce some expression now.
Jesus never called upon his followers to “change the world.” Jesus never confronted injustice, oppression, slavery or “the system.”
He had opportunities to do so.
(1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it.
This is the Biblical, the old-timey way.
This is the first in a series of four posts:
(1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it.
(2) Abraham and his guests
(3) Hospitality in ancient times
(4) Deuteronomy has no interest in an afterlife.
Continue reading (1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it.
(2) Abraham and his guests
Fast food, this was not.
This is the second in a series of four posts:
(1) Sourdough bread: Flour and water. That’s it.
(2) Abraham and his guests
(3) Hospitality in ancient times
(4) Deuteronomy has no interest in an afterlife.
Continue reading (2) Abraham and his guests
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