Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 65
July 12, 2017
Trinity Lutheran goes back to normal after Supreme Court victory
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, just won a landmark case before the Supreme Court. The Kansas City Star has an article about the congregation, how it hated the limelight and is now trying to get back to normal. Sure enough, the church website says absolutely nothing about the case. The “news” section is all about [Read More...]
The success sequence
If you follow this sequence, exactly, in this order, there is only a 3% chance that you will become poor: (1) Graduate from high school. (2) Get a job. (3) Get married. (4) Have children. If you omit any of these steps or if you do them in a different order (such as have children [Read More...]
A smoking gun?
Donald Trump, Jr., has released the e-mail exchange that led to his meeting with that Russian lawyer, promising dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of the Russian government’s attempt to help the Trump campaign. That’s what the emails say, and Jr. says how he “loves it” and wants to bring his father’s campaign manager and [Read More...]
July 11, 2017
Christian multi-universe theories
The scholastic theology of the Middle Ages was very much in thrall to the philosophy of Aristotle. One of the themes of the Reformation was to move away from Aristotelian thought in favor of the Hebraic thought of the Bible. But already in the Middle Ages, Aristotle had his critics. In 1277, the Pope asked [Read More...]
Why it was good that we broke away from Britain
Some say that the American revolution was not really necessary. That staying with Great Britain would not mean the loss of freedoms or succumbing to tyranny. Great Britain and its former colonies that are now autonomous members of the Commonwealth under the monarchy are quite free today. If the American colonies didn’t have their revolution, [Read More...]
Russian adoptions and the Donald Trump Jr. meeting
President Trump’s son, Donald, Jr., admits that after his father’s nomination, he met with a Russian lawyer who said that she could provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton. But that he and his father’s key advisors Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner walked out when her story didn’t amount to anything and it became clear that [Read More...]
July 10, 2017
“Make America Great Again”: The Hymn
For the background of this song, see this: Church Choir Debuts ‘Make America Great Again’ Hymn. It is performed by the choir of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, the same congregation that held the patriotic service we blogged about. This venue is not the church but a 4th of July celebration at the Kennedy [Read More...]
“What are your preferred pronouns?”
In the Disco era, the opening get-to-know-you line was “What’s your sign?” Before that, it was “What do you do for a living?” Or “where are you from?” Now in our gender-fluid era we are told to ask “What are your preferred pronouns?” Not just “he-his-him” and “she-her-her-”, which must now be used according to [Read More...]
Jewish school in UK faces closure for not teaching LGBT issues
An orthodox Jewish school for girls in London may be closed down for refusing to teach its students about homosexuality and gender reassignment. The private school has pupils ranging from 3 years old to 8. In the UK, all schools, including private religious institutions, must adhere to the Equality Act of 2010, or they can be [Read More...]
July 7, 2017
Reformed sign on to “joint declaration” & find no theological differences with Lutherans
The World Communion of Reformed Churches–an association of liberal Calvinists–has signed on to the Joint Declaration on Justification, an accord between the Roman Catholic Church and liberal Lutherans. The World Methodist Council has also agreed with the document. The Anglican Communion is expected to do so in a later meeting. We Confessional Lutherans in the [Read More...]
