by Deante Hunter
In the 19th century intellectuals arose from a tradition called The Frankfurt School such as Max Horkheimer. He was a Marxist who believed in utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to reaching the Marxist goal. He published an essay called ‘Traditional and Critical Theory’, his most famous work in 1937. From Horkheimer and his collaborators came Critical Theory. Which took the oppressor and oppressed identity for humanity and expanded to be more inclusive of other marginalized groups. From this, we have what is called Cultural Marxism.
by Deante Hunter
I am a black American who grew up in a Christian household until I came out as an atheist during high school. I thought the Bible was fictional storytelling with no value to my life or morals. How could this book be in agreement with human rationality? I thought “The world would be better off without religion.” ...Around 2016 I discovered what I viewed as the genius of an economic philosopher named Karl Marx. ... But now I have broken free from the grip of Marxism, and others can do the same.
Deante is a graduate of UM-Dearborn in Media Studies, and now an Assistant Chapter Director for Ratio Christi there.
A long overdue posting of Dr. Peter Payne's response to Ozair on this subject
Dear Ozair,
My name is Dr. Peter Payne. More than three years ago Scott Cherry passed along to me your paper on rape and pedophilia in the Bible. At that time I wrote this letter for you which I asked him to share with you. ...Did he? Either way, he has only now decided to post it here. In two or three parts I will respond to what you have said. What I had to say about point #1 below turned out to be long enough that I decided to send it by itself and send you my responses to the rest of your paper in a couple of subsequent emails. Since your paper focuses on the question of whether the Old Testament condones rape and pedophilia, I won’t respond here to why a good God would at times command the killing of everyone found in a town, and at times command command what initially may seem like genocide. (I could address that topic at another time.) Since early in your paper you raise the question of the character of God in the Old Testament, that is what I will address in this email. In a subsequent piece I will address texts you cite in support of your claim that the OT God condones rape and pedophilia. *All biblical quotations will be from the English Standard Version translation.
By Roland Clarke
Most politicians in North America including educators, judiciary, media, as well as many businesses have bowed to pressure tactics from the LGBTQ lobby as noted in my previous article, "What does the rainbow signify?" Such capitulation is indicated by public displays of Pride logos and flags. More recently, however, there has been a growing push-back especially from Muslims and conservative Christians objecting to pro-LGBTQ inclusive sex education in schools which basically indoctrinates children, covertly or overtly. Shannon Douglas writes from a secular perspective for Woke Watch Canada on the Canadian Gender Wars. He reports on “the many…parent protests across the country...Thousands and thousands of them awakened to woke, keeping kids home from Pride Events.” (Click on the title bar to open the full article.)
...Or all of the above?
Blameless and upright, a fearer of God
A man truly righteous, no pious façade
One about whom God was accustomed to boast
And so one whom Satan desired the most
One day the accuser came breathing out lies
"It's Your holy handouts, his faithfulness buys"
In one desperate day his possessions were lost
His children all killed in one raw holocaust
– Michael Card, lyrics, Job Suite
*This piece corresponds to Chapter 2 in my latest book, The Reason of Job, with additional new material by Dr. C.J. Wiliams and James B. Jordan. Available on Wipf and Stock and Amazon.
Job and his story are highly memorable, though perhaps they are being forgotten. We learn about Job in the Hebrew Tanakh, the Old Testament of the Bible, where there is a book by his name. It is mostly a long poem. I have been surprised by some Christians and Muslims who are more familiar with Job than I’d expected, and by others who said they know little to nothing about him. Part of my goal is to rectify that. But it’s also to begin developing his motif. What is a motif? ...Read on.&