Monthly Archives: January 2016

Theology-related tweet of the day

“I know first hand that shoving scriptures down people throats is not effective.” — Bible Students Say.. (@BibleStdntsSay) January 19, 2016

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On childhood lying

A column in the Wall Street Journal takes note of recent research which finds that the lies of children are evidence of cognitive development — the ability to distinguish between true and false, and to identify the expectations of others. … Continue reading

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When pleas for civility go awry

I pointed a few days ago toward a post by a Southern Baptist pastor who takes his brothers to task for mean-spirited commentary about, among a great many other things, President Obama. I am pleased to report that the Holy … Continue reading

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Children in search of a Pied Piper

Michael Hamar points toward a piece at Politico that makes a lot of sense to me, and which identifies the Trump demographic as ‘authoritarians.’ Authoritarianism is not a new, untested concept in the American electorate. Since the rise of Nazi … Continue reading

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Feel the love-love-love department: Smell-the-sickness edition

We should have known this was coming, I suppose.

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