Respect My Authority!!!
Respect for (false) authority is a common logical fallacy that everyone who needs someone to trust them for something has to deal with.
Tagged: authority
God Digs Ambiguity (?)
When I look at the ways in which I believe revelation has taken place, I’m led to conclude that instilling clear certainty of meaning is not high on the Almighty’s agenda. God speaks and there is ambiguity.
Deconstructing Religious Authority
Religious authority ultimately requires not only trust in the office of authority, but also in the specific individuals who hold that office.
Depicting Christians
Over at the Atlantic, Eleanor Barkhorn complains that the closeted young Christian characters of Blue Like Jazz depict rather than shatter stereotypes about evangelical Christians in the movies. For her, the promise of the movie...
Whose Warmest Heart Recoiled at War
During World War II, Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall asked average soldiers how they conducted themselves in battle. Before that, it had always been assumed that the average soldier would kill in combat simply because...
Authority, Empathy, and Power
A while ago I attempted to wade through some of the differences I noticed between Cultural or Civilization Conservatives, and Fundamentalist Social Conservatives, perhaps because I was worried that too often members of both...
