tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post2977336569746091849..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Yes, Ted Cruz is a Dominionist; Evangelicals Need to Stop Deluding ThemselvesDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-91486201650407010932016-07-06T23:43:42.339-07:002016-07-06T23:43:42.339-07:00Ahh I don't know if my prior post took - sorry...Ahh I don't know if my prior post took - sorry if this is a duplicate.<br /><br />David: As a millenial who was homeschooled in a church community where a lot of families homeschooled in the 90's, I only later realized how much it messed me up. <br />It wasn't just that Catholic families were using um, Protestant materials to inform their religious beliefs, and it wasn't just that they thought that to be Christian was to be Republican (as you have pointed out). <br />It was that they were in deep from beliefs that even a cursory glance should determine to be anti-Christian, immoral, illogical. But I couldn't figure out WHY until I stumbled across your wonderful blog. <br />All this to say I am a delighted reader of your intelligent, insightful blog. Thank you so, so much; you have given me the tools to see what's going on behind the nonsense.<br />P.S. I love that you adore your wife. Few people really treat women as God actually intended. Perhaps you should write something about why fundamentalists really hate feminists.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998769369107805167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-31274829870392838902016-04-14T10:14:31.666-07:002016-04-14T10:14:31.666-07:00Yes indeed. I am reminded as well of an acquaintan...Yes indeed. I am reminded as well of an acquaintance (who defriended me after I went after Doug Wilson) who really seemed to blame women for the bad behavior of men. (My review of Daniel Deronda has a typical comment from her.) Kind of missing the point of literature when you just blame the women. Zero self awareness. (In that instance, what was Lydia to do if she left her abusive husband who wouldn't grant her a divorce? Starve?) <br /><br />Interesting that you mention Aquinas. For reasons that I still don't get, he has been the bogeyman for fundamentalism. I had a lot of A Beka curriculum during my school days, and they HATED Aquinas. Once I started reading about him and his ideas as I explored philosophy, I realized he had gotten a bad rap. (Although his acceptance of Aristotle's view of women as defective men hasn't worn well.) Maybe it is just that he granted that a pagan might know some truth? Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-63774982909339403872016-04-14T10:06:28.740-07:002016-04-14T10:06:28.740-07:00Ah yes. That whole thing cracks me up. You really ...Ah yes. That whole thing cracks me up. You really should read the actual brief. <br /><br />On the one hand, I should be fair to Cruz on this point: as AG, you often find yourself defending laws because it is your job, even if you disagree. (Although lately, it has become more common for AGs to refuse to defend obviously unconstitutional laws.) I suspect Cruz believed what he wrote, but we attorneys don't always have that luxury. I've had a few cases where I said things in argument that I had to say, but hated having to say it. It's the nature of the gig. <br /><br />That said, I find it fascinating the legal argument that he made (and had to make if he hoped to win.) <br /><br />He had to distinguish the case from those involving contraception (which prior cases held were under the right to privacy) and those involving gay sex (ditto). So he ends up making the argument that unless sexual gratification might make babies (contraception) or involves a relationship (gay sex), then the state can forbid it. He then had to argue that dildos were like prostitution. <br /><br />The appellate court didn't buy it, shall we say. <br /><br />What strikes me as so Texas (or Bible Belt) is that someone actually decided it was worth using law enforcement resources to send undercover officers to a "passion party." Because nothing represents a threat to law and order like a bunch of middle aged women tittering over dildos. :)Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-77046630645621901672016-04-14T09:08:23.564-07:002016-04-14T09:08:23.564-07:00I'd rather see a law making companies that off...I'd rather see a law making companies that offshore to save on taxes ineligible for government contracts.Dana Carpenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14755223481359798197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-4442725278063185292016-04-13T19:16:56.917-07:002016-04-13T19:16:56.917-07:00Oh, and you might also be interested to know that ...Oh, and you might also be interested to know that dear old Kevin literally thinks that Nathaniel Hawthorne was demonically inspired to write The Scarlet Letter. He's apparently quite upset with Thomas Aquinas as well.<br /><br />Of course, if these people were at all self-aware, they would realize that their over-the-top violent reactions to Hester Prynne, just demonstrate yet again how right Hawthorne was about so, soooooo many things.<br /><br />http://republic-of-gilead.blogspot.com/2013/07/vision-forums-history-of-america-mega_9.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-75504069467217796432016-04-13T19:05:42.022-07:002016-04-13T19:05:42.022-07:00Here's another…er…"interesting" Cruz...Here's another…er…"interesting" Cruz-related fact I didn't know about.<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/ted-cruz-dildo-ban-sex-devices-texasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-33091086848158090732016-04-12T12:10:50.294-07:002016-04-12T12:10:50.294-07:00Honestly, this is the most depressing election I c...Honestly, this is the most depressing election I can remember. <br /><br />On the one hand, of the remaining candidates with a chance, I think Sanders is the only one I would actually like to have to dinner, but I have reservations about a number of his policies. (Just to cite one, I think his proposal that we don't trade with nations that don't have our wage standards would pretty much eliminate any trade with the 3rd world - which would be devastating to them.) <br /><br />Since I am from CA, we will probably go Democrat regardless of my vote, so I may just abstain. If it is in play, though, I would vote Democrat just to vote against Trump or Cruz. <br /><br />As far as the last question? I have no hope in politics, I'm afraid. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-65857440974302012992016-04-12T09:16:18.793-07:002016-04-12T09:16:18.793-07:00I try to. :)I try to. :)jochanaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143066702059757955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-26459187921162434582016-04-12T07:07:57.016-07:002016-04-12T07:07:57.016-07:00I think you're right. Do you see options? That...I think you're right. Do you see options? That is, do you have hope in the Democratic party?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594257332469774297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-1182602299837242016-04-11T21:18:10.146-07:002016-04-11T21:18:10.146-07:00You think?
You think?<br />Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-78144750697089419162016-04-11T21:17:58.770-07:002016-04-11T21:17:58.770-07:00That's a win. Nicely played.That's a win. Nicely played. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-17285857877306231062016-04-11T19:04:11.290-07:002016-04-11T19:04:11.290-07:00If it looks, waddles and (especially) quacks like ...If it looks, waddles and (especially) quacks like a Dominionist...!jochanaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143066702059757955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-5421675040491735342016-04-11T05:12:52.341-07:002016-04-11T05:12:52.341-07:00https://twitter.com/SimeonTheFool/status/718296231...https://twitter.com/SimeonTheFool/status/718296231940878337Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440250912113010049noreply@blogger.com