Tag Archives: fundamentalism

Letting the Children Choose

Many of our friends reacted with horror when they first found out we are raising our children Christian. The common response is something like, “I don’t want my children to be indoctrinated; I want them to be able to make up their own mind when they are old enough to decide!”. They eventually come to …

July 11, 2010 – 9:33 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (18)

YEC and “Acting White”

A well-documented cause of underachievement in black students is the “acting white” phenomenon. Black students who excel at academics are considered to be traitors who are trying to “act white”. I’ve witnessed this first-hand multiple times, and it’s a real tragedy. Interestingly, the evidence shows that this phenomenon started right when black separatism began to …

June 27, 2010 – 7:41 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Young Earth Creationism as Litmus Test

Some Christians are convinced that modern geology and anthropology are terribly mistaken, and that the earth is, literally, only 6,000 years old.  These people call themselves “Young Earth Creationists”.  I’ve read through the entire Bible a few times, and don’t remember reading that verse, but these folks assure me it’s there. Since I wasn’t there …

September 14, 2009 – 12:08 AM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (9)

Anti-Islam Propaganda

[via oldadam] Baptist Press and Catholic News Agency are both reporting that the Egyptian government has arrested 155 people for publicly eating food during Ramadan.  The implication is that those crazy Islamic fundamentalists are persecuting secularists again.  The reaction in the Western media is very predictable: Look at what happens when you let these crazy …

September 13, 2009 – 11:24 AM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Electric Guitars? God Forbid!

I recently discovered a blog named Remonstrans, maintained by someone using the handle Dissidens.  Dissidens is a skilled and entertaining writer, and he has a keen nose for idolatry, as do many of his commenters, so I am pleased as punch to have found the blog. When I first began reading his posts (like this …

May 28, 2009 – 8:38 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)