Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 48
October 25, 2017
Higher Criticism, Darwinism, & the Loss of Western Culture
Western civilization seems to be committing suicide. What else to call it when a culture starts denying its defining values and ideas, demonizes its greatest contributors, and decides that its heritage is not worth transmitting to the next generation? One aspect of the suicide of a culture has to be its repudiation of the religion that made […]
Having a baby with a sex robot
Human ingenuity has given us a new information medium of staggering potential, a major use for which is pornography. Technology continues to advance, so that we are on the verge of artificial intelligence and advanced robotics, a major application for which appears to be sex robots. But at least remembering what sex is for, one […]
October 24, 2017
Why Luther?
I was asked to write a guest post for the Tabletalk blog on “Why Luther?” Others, such as John Wycliffe and John Hus, saw the problems with the medieval church more than a century before Luther, and yet they didn’t spark a Reformation as Luther did. What was it about Luther that made him so effective? We […]
Taking Away the Independence of an Independence Movement
As we blogged about, the region of Catalonia is declaring its independence from Spain. So now the central government in Spain is revoking Catalonia’s autonomy and will rule the region from Madrid. Imagine if the federal government in Washington dissolved your state government–removed your governor, put Congress in charge over your state legislature, and took on […]
October 23, 2017
Liturgy in the Bible/The Bible in the Liturgy
Contrary to what some people say, there is liturgy in the Bible. Moreover, the Bible is in the liturgy.
Republicans Preside Over Near Record Government Spending
Numbers crunched for the end of the fiscal year on September 30 show that the federal government spent more in 2017 than at any time in history, except for 2010. That is to say, the Republican Congress spent more money than at any time in American history, save only when President Obama spent $840 billion to […]
October 20, 2017
Metachurch
I wanted to title our new book “Metachurch.” Get it? Not “megachurch” but “metachurch,” one that uniquely addresses the postmodern mind. CPH, no doubt correctly, thought that was too weird. We finally settled on Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to the Postmodern World. But the “meta-” quality of Lutheranism remains a theme of the book. […]
Why Democrats Will Never Vote to Impeach Donald Trump
Democrats would love to find a way to impeach President Trump, say if they win back Congress and the Senate in the midterm elections. But they are realizing that if President Trump were ousted, Vice President Mike Pence would take office. And though Liberals hate Donald Trump, they hate cultural and economic conservatives even more. The […]
October 19, 2017
The Christianophobia of the Rich
Hostility against Christians among the general public has not increased over the last three decades. But who has hostility against Christians has changed. Today more anti-Christian bias is coming from the rich. Because wealthy people have more power, their hostility is amplified. That is the conclusion of sociologist George Yancey, who studied 30 years of […]
Pro-Abortionists Targeting Religious Institutions
Jerry Brown, the Democratic Governor of California, is an arch-liberal. But he doesn’t let his political ideology trump his principles, among which is a concern for civil liberties. Brown vetoed a bill passed by the state legislature that would force religious institutions to go against their pro-life convictions. So now pro-abortionists are demonizing him. Here […]
