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Womanhood: The Big Western Lie

Fundamental to our modern Western notion of what men and women ought to be to each other is the Western Medieval Mythology of Mariolatry. Please note: I don’t attack revering Mary as the mother of Jesus, and this is not … Continue reading

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An Hour of Truth 3

When he didn’t elaborate, the Goth girl asked, “Do you mean ‘mission’ in some religious sense?” He stood up and casually strolled around the front of the desk. “It could include that, but it’s much more.” Resting his butt against … Continue reading

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Weddings Are So Much Fun

I’ve only performed a few weddings in my ministerial career. Each one has been so much fun, though, because I always do custom ceremonies. Today I did one which was really no ceremony at all. My mother married a fellow … Continue reading

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Game Theory, Part 4: Epilogue

Plenty of people are not in the game, and have no status in the hierarchy. If you aren’t on the market, as it were, you aren’t in the game. You need not try to identify with any of these labels, … Continue reading

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Game Theory, Part 3: Females

As noted, women are hardly immune to game. In modern Western societies, the vast majority of women are not fully conscious of game, and it is predictable precious few approach reality about their own placement, or how it works at … Continue reading

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Game Theory, Part 2: The Hierarchy

First, credit for the original research on this goes to Vox Day. What follows is simply a restatement of his hierarchy from a different perspective, a different range of experience and purpose. I have no interest in making anyone a … Continue reading

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Character Is Holiness

Oklahoma is where I was born, and where I live now. In the southwestern part of our state, the streams and rivers run clear; everywhere else they run shades of dark red mostly. In the southwest corner of our state, … Continue reading

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She Doesn’t Want Me

“Chuck, tell me that wasn’t you I saw at the Boarhead last night! And with the hottest middle-aged babe in three counties.” “Well, I was there, Merle, and the lady did seem to create a sensation with the males in … Continue reading

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Christian Mythology of Marriage

I agree with Vox in his disdain for typical marriage talk in churches. Were I to say anything on the list of statements he quotes from yet another blog, my wife would know it was hyperbole. You have to understand … Continue reading

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The Insanity Plea

A significant portion of my studies has exposed me to the field of Mental Health. Aside from some very well crafted notions on self-help, virtually the entire field is littered with mines. Make no mistake: God holds us accountable under … Continue reading

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