Article Summary: In the greatest commandment, Jesus singled out and emphasized the explicit use of the mind and critical thinking as an act of loving God. He did not emphasize emotions and mentioned nothing of ethics, mysticism, metaphysics, philosophy, or epistemology. Aristotelian Philosophy Three of the “elements of persuasion”—Logos, Ethos, … The post Logic, Mysticism, and Metaphysics appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
I’ve been writing recently about women and how they are treated by society as having “Limited Agency.” I have also, for some time, implored the men in the Manosphere to stop treating women as scapegoats and to take full agency over their own destiny. Well here is that sentiment expressed … The post John C. Wright on Daughters and Equality appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Of the first two, “Racism” is more attractive to intellectual free-thinkers and truth-seekers than “Blankslatism.” That’s because one of the two premises of the racist is correct. But most of the time people stop there. Being accused of Racism is enough to get almost anyone but the most entrenched racist …| Derek L. Ramsey
I talk about Blankslatism quite frequently. I note that the overwhelming majority of American Christians believe in blankslatism, including most of those in the Christian Manosphere. Whenever I bring it up, there is some skepticism about how true this could be. I get it, you don’t trust me. So here … The post Protestantism and Blankslatism appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. I have received a number of standard objections to the claim that “the eucharist in the early church was the tithe offering.” Here are a couple of the most common ones: Then the church was …| Derek L. Ramsey
In “Papal Primacy in the First Councils, Part 7,” I stated: Well, it turns out this is not a unique phenomenon.| Derek L. Ramsey
One week after posting the following open response, I locked comments and then I reached out to Deti privately over email, just as I said I would in my comment below… …and per his comment: After providing links back here where the evidence had already been presented in 2013 (and along …| Derek L. Ramsey
A preprint study was recently released which perhaps provides some insight to the observation recently made at “When Should You Get Married?” regarding those with top 2% intelligence. It would seem to apply to the common Manosphere male archetype, a college educated man with above-average intelligence. Want to be an …| Derek L. Ramsey
Let’s look at some comments in response to “Limited Agency” that I’ve received this week. It already treats women as little more than children. This is exactly what society believes: Society infantilizes women, and I’m somewhat surprised that women—especially feminists—don’t find it absolutely insulting to be condescended to like that. I have …| Derek L. Ramsey
One key aspect of solipsism is the formation of the hive mentality. In “Did Solipsism Kill the Manosphere?” one of the key facets of solipsism is the formation of social cliques in order to establish and enforce ideological purity. I wrote: Perhaps even more awkward is that exclusionary social cliques …| Derek L. Ramsey