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Remolding Culture One “Classic” at a Time

Published on April 22, 2018 By sirrahc

“The exercise seems aimed primarily at avoiding contact with antiquated beliefs, racist language, and sexist assumptions.” — Thomas D. Williams, PhD I confess, I’m not really a “classic lit” sort of guy. Although, I have read a few of the usual entries in whole (e.g., The Holy Bible, The Hobbit, Mere Christianity) or in part […]

Jesus Was NOT a Social Justice Warrior

Published on February 5, 2017 By sirrahc

“Jesus is the most famous Social Justice Warrior of all time.” — misguided gamer on Tumblr I thought that title might get your attention. I also wouldn’t be surprised if some of you are already formulating your objections. I mean, isn’t it obvious that Jesus was a SJW, given all his attention to and instructions […]

Throw It Out! (Or, Not…)

Published on January 27, 2013 By sirrahc

Once, when I was in junior high, someone found a typo in one of our school textbooks. One of the other students — might’ve been me, not sure — jokingly said, “We can’t trust it, now. Guess we’ll just have to throw out the whole book! Oh, well…” It then became a running joke for […]