Every pastor that Father Orthoduck knows is aware of the phenomenon in the comic above. For every pastor has the opposite of the cheering squad sitting in one’s church. These are the people who are convinced that they could do it better, but won’t try. And, Father Orthoduck suspects that they won’t try simply because […]
Marge Simpson, we hardly knew ye
As Father Orthoduck has mentioned, the early feminist movement was completely against Playboy magazine, and was against pornography. So, how did it become acceptable for women to declare themselves feminist precisely by posing for Playboy? Yesterday Father Orthoduck pointed out that the answer is similar to and in parallel to what happened to the Radical […]
On the current political debates
Marge Simpson, she sure could!
On Saturday Father Orthoduck quoted from Gloria Steinem, when she said: Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality. On Saturday’s post Father Orthoduck pointed out that she had also commented that: A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual. So, how did the feminist movement go from the […]
Marge Simpson how could you!
The trend toward feminism being defined as the freedom to do that which would be seen as not-feminism when the movement started continues apace: Marge Simpson has gone where no animated character has gone before – on the cover of Playboy magazine. As part of The Simpsons’ 20th anniversary shenanigans, Marge has been honored with […]
On spiritual warfare
I was asked recently about the Orthodox belief in spiritual warfare. And, I knew what the questioner meant. He was talking about the more, uhm, dramatic forms of spiritual warfare. The answer is that the Orthodox have a strong belief in spiritual warfare. Before we baptize someone, we do three exorcisms on a person (or […]
Sell your soul for a loan
Father Orthodox read the following article on Russia Today: You sign a piece of paper and get 80 to 800 US dollars for just that. Only the small print says, for this much easy money you pawn your eternal soul. A financial company named “Kontora” in the Latvian capital Riga offers every adult citizen loans […]
On military science fiction
I happen to be a fan of military science fiction. I think that military science fiction, in its various forms can be a very interesting portrayal of politics, human interactions, and the limits on the use of force. Even more than in many other types of science fiction, military science fiction has to deal with […]
On Marines
Next month is the anniversary of the founding of the Marines in the USA. On 10 November 1775, Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines in Philadelphia as naval infantry. So, Father Orthoduck cannot resist in mentioning what he has heard. He was told that it is indeed true that the Marine Corps […]
On the new generation
From Poor Richard’s Almanac: Each Age of Men new Fashions doth invent; Things which are old, young Men do not esteem: What pleas’d our Fathers, doth not us content; What flourish’d then, we out of fashion deem: And that’s the reason, as I understand, Why Prodigus did sell his Father’s Land. Now if this plaint […]
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