The New Beginning: 9/21/14

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Site of so many Christological controversies in the Church of the first millenium...

Not very ecumenical. Some might respond that this is typical of the Latin mindset (or Latin simple-mindedness).

Humanity’s wounds and the theological “byzantisms” of Christians

The complete speech at Zenit.

Loyalty

Ethnic Extremist Leaves U.S. to Fight in Middle Eastern Tribal War by Steve Sailer

This is a good example of a general theme of mine: in 21st Century America, you can roughly divide white men up into conservatives and liberals based on their predilections toward loyalty. Everybody feels loyalties, but conservatives tend to be more motivated than liberals by loyalty or team spirit. And conservatives tend to experience their feelings of loyalty in a fairly natural concentric fashion, with their feelings of loyalty diminishing as they go outward to people less like themselves.

Tried Smashburger last week because of a coupon given to celebrate the grand opening of the new store over at Westgate in San Jose. I didn't try one of the shakes - I should have. As for what should be the main attraction, the burger - the patty was rather dry, not much fat left after it had been cooked. Maybe even drier than the patties at Five Guys. The fries were thin, shoestring - reminded me a bit of McD fries but maybe healthier. If I go again, I'll try one of the salads.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Update on Ciudad del Este

Pope removes Paraguayan priest who divided Church

One of the girls gave a presentation about some other little girl who was playing football with boys. Sad, though, when it came time for questions the boys were asking if she thought women could compete with men in any sport (or something like that), and she said no, citing the obvious differences in strength and structure between full-grown men and women. (This despite her stated intention of playing professional sports in what are now men's leagues.) Meanwhile some of the boys were calling her sexist for talking about sex differences which are obvious to a 5th grader. Uhmerica, this is your mass culture and your public education. Let it burn.