The failure of the US to ban surrogacy (as it has been banned even in much of Europe, which is supposedly more socially liberal) is one of our greatest moral failings of the current century. It's evil no matter who does it.
Prudential counsel about whom one should marry is just that: a prudential judgment concerning particular circumstances. It may be wise and weighty, but it cannot be universalized into moral law. Scripture determines whom one may lawfully marry; prudence helps determine whom one should marry.
The ⅵew that there’s no longer a sabbath ㏌ the new covenant because our rest is ㏌ Christ is an over-realized eschatology.
We have entered Christ’s rest by faith, but the full rest awaits the new heave㎱ and the new earth.
Therefore, a weekly sabbath in the new covenant rightly points to the eternal sabbath which awaits the consummation.
What I liked: Robert Pattinson was perfect.
The scene in Hades.
The bold (if anachronistic)costuming
The symmetry that songs of Odysseus circulate alongside fearful tales of “the people from the sea.” Very much in line with my own view of militarism creating its own menacing shadow.
What I disliked: The score. Seemed to lack conviction.
Lack of fun! Odysseus should have enjoyed taunting the Cyclops and enjoyed the sirens, and his escapades with Calypso.
I really missed the brief dialogue from Odysseus’ reunion with Argos.
Deportations get harder the less American the United States become. You have more and more people who view aggressive border enforcement, assimilation policies and deportations as directed against them - because they are. So if it can’t be pushed through now - probably never.
"That these reactions have nothing to do with mysticism should be obvious from their sheer onanism. If the mystic looks within, he does so to get beyond himself to God. Smith, by contrast, luxuriates in his own emotional responses, and does so in an embarrassingly exhibitionistic manner."
I almost fell out of my chair
We don't have to live like this. Law and order are fundamental, and any public official unwilling to wield the sword should resign their office immediately.
26-year-old Javier Ortiz has been arrested for brutally assaulting a woman over the weekend in a random attack on the Boise River Greenbelt.
He just moved to Idaho to work construction, he can't speak English, and his immigration status is unknown at this time.
In 2025, Idaho passed a law banning homeless people from camping in public areas.
Boise's radical left mayor Lauren McLean refuses to follow that law.
Now, a 25-year-old man is dead after being stabbed by a homeless man in her city.
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Two vices that have let out of the bottle that will be hard to put back in: recreational marijuana legalization and sports betting. They provide no social benefit. There is only downside. Libertarian impulses in both parties allowed this to happen.
🚨 It's official: Idaho's pro-life laws will be on the ballot in November thanks to the unholy alliance of Big Pharma and pro-infanticide forces.
The ballot language is almost a carbon copy of the initiative that passed a few years ago in Ohio: Not only would it remove protections for the unborn all the way through birth, but it would also supersede Idaho's regulatory and statutory prohibitions on sex change surgeries and hormone therapies for minors as a part of an expansively defined “right to 'reproductive care.'”
Our state has protected unborn life for over a century and every patriotic Idahoan needs to get out in November and reject the latest attempt to turn our state into a Portland, Oregon Planned Parenthood clinic.