Codex Disbelievium
How Hell evolved in 2nd-4th Century Christianity (Journey Into Hell #8)
We tracked the prehistory of Hell already, so today, let’s look at what 2nd-4th century Christians did with the idea of it.
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Black Holes, Theories, and Being Wrong (LSP #196)
Years ago, I used to be so scared of being proven wrong. In my old (authoritarian) crowd, if someone got discovered to be wrong, that meant they were vulnerable to attack — and inevitably they got attacked. But in science, it’s okay if something turns out to be wrong.
SBC Watching
Russell Moore Wants Authoritarianism, Just Without Scandals
I had not yet learned that authoritarianism itself precludes sincerity or faithfulness in Christianity. Individual Christians might cultivate these traits, but there is no way to have a whole group of them reliably doing the same thing. Sooner or later, a bad-faith actor gets into that group — and wrecks it, often before it’s even really gotten off the ground.
SBC Watching
Russell Moore: Not really a hero
In these two letters, Moore tries very hard to portray himself as a man of deep principles and great morality: a hero in every sense of the word, fighting hard against the enemies of good in the halls of power in his denomination. Alas, his actual behavior doesn’t quite support that portrayal. Today, we’ll see how Russell Moore fits into his own self-presentation as a big damn hero.
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The Entirely Unsurprising Sexism That Russell Moore Revealed
Yesterday, we talked about the sheerly vicious racism on display in these leaked letters. Today, let’s talk about the mind-blowing but entirely unsurprising sexism he reveals in them.
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The Sheer Racism in the Russell Moore Letters
Hi and welcome back! Lately, we’ve been talking about the two leaked letters from Russell Moore. Until recently, he worked for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) as the leaders of their Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). But a few Read more
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Russell Moore and the leaked letters: Who got named, when, and why
Today, let me show you a bit about the leaked letters’ provenance, what they cover, and who they name — and then, let’s talk about why Russell Moore wrote them like he did.
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Russell Moore Refused to ‘Play Ball’ With the SBC (And He Paid For It!)
Hi and welcome back! The other day, we talked about how Russell Moore ended up as the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Mostly, we talked about the absolute state of the ERLC Read more
History and Science
Ever feel like our timeline is horked? (LSP #195)
Today, Lord Snow Presides over the ways that our timeline keeps crossing with those of popular old science-fiction movies.
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Don’t Ever Believe the Hype: Authoritarian Christians and Their Beautiful Lies
Back in 2013, one of their major subgroups, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), desperately needed an image makeover. They hired Russell Moore to solve their crisis, and he did indeed solve it. But then, the SBC’s top leaders found that they had created a whole new problem, one that they couldn’t easily solve: their hype had collided with their reality. Today, let me show you why you just can’t trust a broken system’s hype, ever, no matter how ethereally perfect it might sound.