Comments for Wedgewords

Comment on Justin Raimondo on Palin by Tim Enloe

Tim Enloe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:26 +0000

Mark, you may have a point. I guess on the principle that “when guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns,” it would be equally true that true conservatism would necessarily appear radical. Kind of like the Reformation and the War for Independence?

Comment on Justin Raimondo on Palin by Mark Horne

Mark Horne — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:23 +0000

I agree with you Tim, but I think we’ve reached the point where it is inevitable that we are all going to go radical one way or the other. Pretending we can be moderate simply allows other radicals to get their way.

Comment on Justin Raimondo on Palin by joelmartin

joelmartin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:21:21 +0000

Check this out:

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/11/personal-responsibility-and-ot.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+crunchycon+%28Beliefnet%3A+Crunchy+Con%29

Comment on Justin Raimondo on Palin by Tim Enloe

Tim Enloe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:03:19 +0000

I admit I don’t pay great amounts of attention to contemporary politics, but it seems to me that the problem with Ron Paul is that much of what he says – while true – is simply too radical for most of today’s self-styled “conservatives.” The sorts of things Paul proposes are based on principles of political wisdom that most “conservatives” don’t actually have, despite all their bluster. I actually have very little faith in the American electorate, even the “conservatives,” because most political discourse on both sides is simply sophistry that neither the people saying it nor the people hearing it have the tools to recognize.

Comment on Busy Streak by Steven Wedgeworth

Steven Wedgeworth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:07:21 +0000

That last line captures my fears precisely.

Comment on Busy Streak by Rick

Rick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:48:13 +0000

A good book to check out regarding the History of the Kings of Britain is The Discovery of King Arthur by Geoffrey Ashe. In it, the author argues that much of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s history (at least concerning Arthur) is historically accurate. As far as the rest I tend to try to be credulous whenever possible. Same for Herodotus and his fabulous stories of faraway places. As Sebastian said in Brideshead Revisited “Oh yes. I believe that. It’s a lovely idea.”

Comment on Busy Streak by Uri Brito

Uri Brito — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:49:05 +0000

BTW, we don’t have presby’s in our name…just Providence Church.

Comment on Busy Streak by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:11:40 +0000

“It is always strange to see how “traditional” communions like RCC and EO are the most receptive of liberal views of the Bible.”

That’s one of their favourite arguments against Protestants. Any stick is good to beat sola scriptura with

Comment on Busy Streak by Jason Farley

Jason Farley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:15:17 +0000

Perhaps you didn’t see Herodotus vindicated (yet again).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33791672/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Comment on Talkin’ EO by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:59:22 +0000

Steven,

But that just confirms my point. They were permitted to bow down to *real* images of God, i.e. people. That doesn’t prove they could bow down to man-made images of images. At least I’m not aware of any text in scripture which presents such an act in a neutral or positive light.