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What the well-established menace to society requires this to thrive is this: His own will to violate the good order of the society must exceed the combined will of the rest to maintain that order. Thus does the one man’s … Continue reading →

The problem with that question on the board was not that it wasn’t excellent; it was that it was the teacher’s question, and not our own. We were not asking it; she was.

About once a year or so, I’ll have a chat with somebody about religion, to which his or her response is an enthusiastic outburst about how, surely, his or her pastor and I would get along just great.

He ventured to mention some doctrines he wanted me to believe. So, naturally, I raised some questions and objections to what he was saying. But confidently, he promised he would bring me a book that spells it all out in … Continue reading →

The churches are packed with millions and millions of members who should not be there, according to Jesus. They are not the sort to repent of their sins, and should have been confronted about it and put out a long … Continue reading →

Society A has been engineered and maximized by its leaders to reap as much profit as possible (for themselves) from the citizens. Society B is engineered and maximized by its leaders to promote the maturation of its individuals in virtue … Continue reading →

If this is all That goes on hereI might suppose it wereBy some sad mistakeThat I had come eitherTo the wrong whereOr the wrong when. But it seems as yetI’ve still got the right why.

Let me be blunt: I submit that the following passage in Jesus’ teaching is widely disobeyed in the churches―and probably by your church, too. Read the following passage carefully, and then ask yourself whether this is your regular habit whenever … Continue reading →

It will surprise him to learn that among the thingsOf which he robustly disapproves in this world,Are some of the righteous things of God.

He didn’t realize it,But as much of his doctrineHad come from his own culture Of psychological copingAs from the Bible. And he would never realizeHow much he had twisted itSimply to make himself feel safer.