Backward Mutters

  • Don Jon review and idolatry

    im describe his addiction: “So you like porn better than sex.” When the imitation of a thing becomes more desirable than the thing itself, what does that mean? To put it lightly, it means that these men have been sold a bill of goods. To put it gravely, it means…

  • Love as gift, part two

    “Does our culture have an unhealthy relationship with porn? Has it diminished our view of women, relationships, and sex in general?”—the simplest response is, yes: It has systematically warped most young men’s ability to give and receive love freely. It has disabled their ability to offer themselves as a gift,…

  • Twentystone: One Morning along the Louisville Riverwalk

    Twentystone: One Morning along the Louisville Riverwalk

  • Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    The eldest sings with Wingate University’s University Singers. During their spring concert, they performed “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree”. The text is based on two passages of Scripture. The first is from Revelation 22:2 which reads: ‘On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops…

  • An Oft Repeated Historial Fallacy

    In speaking of the announcement last week that two more planets orbiting other stars have been found in habitable zones, Ross Douthat assumes an oft repeated fallacy regarding Medieval cosmology here. He writes, “The first possibility obviously raises theological as well as scientific questions. In one sense, it elevates humanity, restoring us to…