Daily Archives: Sunday, June 7, 2015 @ 12:51

Shunning your children

A Jehovah’s Witness couple discusses their shunning of one of their children. You know how it is: Good, decent, truly Godly people are always ready to betray their family and friends on command — like Abraham. Applause! Applause! Of the … Continue reading

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You-read-it-here-first department

This is interesting: A bona fide theologian has published at Jerry Coyne’s blog a letter which reprises exactly my criticisms of theology. What I ended up discovering is that there are no actual standards in theology. If there were, then … Continue reading

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The Will to Power

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoIV: How Virtue Is Made to Dominate §324   Virtue is no longer believed in; its powers of attraction are dead; what is needed is someone who will once … Continue reading

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Griswold

The Supreme Court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, which made contraceptives widely available on the ground of privacy, was announced 50-years ago today. Birth control is one of the great fundamental achievements of human reason, as important to the life … Continue reading

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