Category: bad arguments

Blessed Are Those Who Don’t Need No Therapy–and other things Jesus never said.

ByRachel August 14, 2014 0 Comments
I'm not pulling punches on this one. I was incredibly sad to see Robin Williams go this week. It's even more terrible and tragic that his death came at his own hand. And it's even worse that some people called him a coward, or belittled his supposed lack of willpower in powering through life. I'd like to see some of these people spend 63 years in constant mental pain and then see who's the...

In Defense of YA, and of Positivity in General

ByRachel June 6, 2014 13 Comments
I thought I’d better say something about the infamous "Against YA" article in Slate, since, you know…I have a degree in this subject.A few days ago, Slate contributor Ruth Graham wrote a piece in which she chided adults for reading young adult fiction. YA is alright for teens, she says, but grown-ups should be “embarrassed” if the bulk of their library consists more of YA than adult...

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part 2

ByRachel April 23, 2014 17 Comments
As we saw in yesterday's post, a recent article made the argument that feminism is unnecessary for Christians, and I gave my view on why that’s not so. As promised yesterday, I want to spend this post examining the second main objection that Walsh raised against feminism (again, with the understanding that I am picking on his article because it represents a widely-held view among many...

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part I

ByRachel April 22, 2014 7 Comments
A recent article warned Christian women (and men, in parentheses) that Feminism Is Not Your Friend. It asked whether feminism and Christianity are incompatible.This is a question many Christians on both sides of the aisle are asking. (For those who don’t know, “the aisle” means the divide between Christian complementarians and egalitarians. Complementarians believe the Bible teaches a...

Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill: Hindsight is 20-20

ByRachel March 26, 2014 2 Comments
The Mars Hill conundrum continues as former pastors and elders come forward with more specific testimony about what’s wrong at the church.I’m writing today because it speaks to my previous Driscoll-themed post, which, if you recall, argued in favor of the wider church culture being allowed to call Driscoll out on worrying behavior.The problem that many well-meaning (and some not...