My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
All too often you see tolerance vilified as a cop-out to avoid having to extend greater levels of acceptance. But this attitude is unwise and unhelpful, as you can’t force yourself to like someone. You can, however, force yourself to Read more
Late last year, a web-site called Divided States of Women did a really great video on the topic of confronting our unconscious biases. This is a very important issue in Algorithmic Rationalism and is key to improving our level of Read more
The article Why Churches Disbelieve Victims and Believe Pastoral Abusers has a great discussion on the irrational biases that are responsible for so many churches failing to take allegations of abuse by cleargy seriously. While it is far from perfect Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4: Composed 2018-02-21 in the afternoon. A Psalm of Sophia recounting being driven from a long-time church at the start of gender transition. Why have those I thought of as friends turned on me? They say that Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 2: Composed on 2018-02-11 in the evening. How long will the foolish stay in power? How long will they continue their reckless schemes? How long will they hold the world in jeopardy Believing that God will fix Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 2: Composed on 2018-02-11 in the evening. How long will the foolish stay in power? How long will they continue their reckless schemes? How long will they hold the world in jeopardy Believing that God will fix Read more
While the ease with which many socially-conservative Christians complain about being “persecuted” may seem like mere empty rhetoric – it is actually a sign of an extreme sense of entitlement engrained in their perception of the world around them. Recently, Read more
The push for transgender dating equality does not aim to suggest that people are not entitled to their individual preferences – but rather, aims to oppose societal pressures, prejudices, and double-standards that extend far beyond such inevitabilities of personal taste. Read more
The “tolerance” that anti-progressives complain that progressives withhold from certain religious groups is not at all the same thing as the “tolerance” that progressives demand marginalized minorities be accorded. Recently, a blog-article was brought to my attention in which Jaci Read more
Target’s policy of standing up for the dignity and safety of their transgender employees and customers has resulted in that company coming under fire. For this reason, it is important at this time to rally in support of Target and Read more