This is an index for my series on forgiveness: Part 1: Forgiveness and lex talionis Part 2: A response to a comment Part 3: Forgiveness in the Lord’s Prayer; Jubilee Part 4: Forgiving your brother (in Luke 17:3-4) Part 5: Forgiveness and Repentance Part 6: Forgiveness and Matthew 18:1-14 Part …| Derek L. Ramsey
On my blog I’ve written many different entries and essays on a variety of topics. Hundreds of them. Here is a selection of some of the major topics: Theology “Justification By Faith“ “On Forgiveness“ “On the Trinity“ “On the Eucharist“ “On Sacraments“ “On Head Coverings“ Red Pill Topics “On Hypergamy“ …| Derek L. Ramsey
See this index. After I wrote “Despair,” Deti published a piece entitled “The Covenant Cross” in which he continued to promote the subservience of women to their husbands.[1] I want to reply to the claims he makes, but but first let’s look at all the related stuff that has been …| Derek L. Ramsey
One of the most curious facets of feminism is that many of its icons are fraudulently famous. It isn’t that women have never had major accomplishments, but that feminists usually promote the frauds over the genuine article. In part 1, we saw how Margaret Hamilton, an entry-level programmer, was groomed …| Derek L. Ramsey
One of the most curious facets of feminism is that many of its icons are fraudulently famous. It isn’t that women have never had major accomplishments, but that feminists usually promote the frauds over the genuine article. This only serves to perpetuate the stereotype that women are not concerned with …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The prophets of modern red-pill wisdom like to think that it has its roots in ancient tradition. I frequently run into comments that assert that what I believe is a modern corruption of the plain, ancient …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. You are probably familiar with the bell curve. What you may be less familiar with is the concept that males tend to have greater variability than females (i.e. they have different bell curves): This is why, for example, men are …| Derek L. Ramsey
On this blog I do a lot of what might be considered teaching. I talk a lot about theology. In this I’m little different than many Christians on the internet. However, there is a two-fold problem. First, scripture requires that all principles be established on the testimony of two or … The post On Being A Teacher appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
One of my more common criticisms of the Christian (or Dalrockian) Manospherian commentariat is the relative popularity of, what I’ve termed, weak patriarchy. Patriarchy proper involves strong gender roles built upon male dominance and female submission. But in a non-patriarchal culture, one with egalitarian laws, patriarchy just isn’t possible, even theoretically within a … The post Weak Patriarchy appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
The Gospel and the Sacraments (NOTE: I have a history with this commentator. See here) This is a deeply ironic comment. “Sacraments” are historical anachronism. The Apostles and the early church preached the gospel alone. The church knew nothing about sacraments, a concept that would only begin to be formalized … The post It’s Not About The Sacraments appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Here is the primary reason that I started anonymizing certain quotations and ultimately withdrew from the Manosphere and from specific commenters: This is how a single normie blue-pilled man like Charlie Kirk could have significantly greater reach and impact than pretty much every red-pilled man combined. The validity of the … The post On Withdrawing appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Recently, I wrote an article entitled “Hebrew Abstraction” where I pointed out that the Hebrews had abstractions in their language (and, by logical implication, their day-to-day practice). Well, my post proved to be rather prophetic, in light of the following: For a religion based on Ancient Near East principles and … The post Hebrew Abstractions appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Blankslatism is the belief that everyone is inherently equal because everyone starts from the same blank slate. To the full blankslatist, inequality is viewed as the ultimate threat and the greatest sin. The natural consequence, therefore, is to force equality at every possible step. In theory this is supposed to … The post On Equality (An Essay) appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
NOTE TO THE READER: If you wish to watch the very graphic murder of Iryna Zarutska, you can find it here. I have not watched it—and will not—because I cannot bear to witness such a display of evil. The images above are bad enough to provoke tears. Moreover, many people who … The post On the Nature of Evil appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Bruce Charlton likes to write about how every person is a kind of spiritual being that preexists their incarnation. He calls them “pre-mortal spirits.” He notes, rightly, that a soul by itself is lesser than a soul with a body. This is why, after we have died, we receive a … The post Blankslatism Strikes Again! appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
I talk about Blankslatism a lot because there is massive resistance to the idea that politically right-wing (like Republicans) and far-right groups (like the Manosphere) can’t be blankslatists because blankslatism is a politically leftist. It has been quite difficult for me to convince anyone that the Manosphere is deeply leftist, … The post Blankslatism Strikes Again! appeared first on Derek L. Ramsey.| Derek L. Ramsey
Tomorrow is 9/11 in America. Today—9/10—the following events dominated: The senseless murder of Iryna Karutska on a train in Charlotte, NC by a crazed black man. The assassination of Charlie Kirk Another school shooting in Colorado. And there are some major events in the rest of the world: Russian drones …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part 1 of a series. See the index here. What is forgiveness and what does it do? Despite many people reading the Bible regularly and closely, they still do not know. Consequently, how can one know when to forgive if they do not know what forgiveness is? The …| Derek L. Ramsey
Ultimately, you have to trust someone, because no one can know everything they need to know. But, you can’t trust anyone on the internet. You really can’t. In meatspace you can form a relationship with a person and learn who they really are. You can tell if their words and …| Derek L. Ramsey
Every so often I see a comment that is egregiously bad. But this time it isn’t just one comment, it is same one twice, both here and at Sigma Frame: I’ve seen some bad takes over the years, but this one is among the very worst. Let’s start by getting …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. In “A Note on Hypergamy” I wrote how one reader got what he should have gotten, and that ultimately most men end up getting what they “want.” Not as much happens by pure chance as might be assumed. He got there …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. As I noted in yesterday’s post, “A Note on Hypergamy,” the level of discourse has improved over at Spawny’s Space. In particular, Deti has started making substantive arguments and avoiding ad hominem. This is quite welcome! But, he’s made so …| Derek L. Ramsey
I don’t do much politics here, but political discussions are popular: Kamala Harris can’t have imposter syndrome because she legitimately lacks competence. Not only does she not deserve to succeed, but she deserves—on the basis of merit—to fail to those who are more qualified. She certainly has one of the …| Derek L. Ramsey
Are Arguments from Authority Fallacious? Is it wise or foolish to use them? See why they should be avoided.| Derek L. Ramsey
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This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism. See this index. Under my last post, a discussion ensued regarding the early patristic writers and the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy. I made the following claim: Bardelys the Magnificent responded by informing us… …about Roman Catholic apologist Fisheater’s defense of the …| Derek L. Ramsey
Over the years I’ve read many comments and articles with the Manosphere that about the agency of men and women. Searching the archives, I found thousands of references to agency at Dalrock and Sigma Frame. Most of the debate centered around the binary question “Do women have agency?” Then I …| Derek L. Ramsey
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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, …| 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 …| 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
This is part of a series. See the index here. My health was not 100% this past week and my ongoing conversation with Cameron has been quite involved. This contributed to a rushed writing and production of “Hypergamy or Adultery” in order to meet Friday’s publication deadline. It’s not that …| Derek L. Ramsey
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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 …| 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
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Since Free Northerner no longer blogs in the Manosphere, I like to repost his material from Twitter. Free Northerner describes the same things I’ve been talking about: the reliance on anecdotes to form one’s worldview and that the biggest threat to men is not divorce or bad marriages, but not …| Derek L. Ramsey
This week we are discussing what is going on with modern dating, marriage, and divorce. In our last two posts (here and here) we discussed getting married at a young age (between the ages of 18 and 25). We pointed out that there was little practical benefit to delaying marriage …| Derek L. Ramsey
This week we are discussing what is going on with modern dating, marriage, and divorce. In yesterday’s post “On Marrying Young,” I noted that divorce risk is strongly tiered by intelligence. Not everyone is a statistician, so it may not be clear exactly what I was talking about. Let’s show …| Derek L. Ramsey
This week we are discussing what is going on with modern dating, marriage, and divorce. It is common in the Manosphere to encourage young men to avoid marriage. This goes back a long time. For example, F. Roger Devlin—who coined the modern iteration of the term ‘hypergamy’—wanted men to marry …| Derek L. Ramsey
Sometimes I feel as if I’m living in a parallel universe from others. I wrote this article months ago, but had not yet scheduled it for publication. Then, just yesterday, I read Bruce Charlton’s “Necessity does not obviate the requirement for repentance” and I once again got that weird feeling. …| Derek L. Ramsey
It is well understood that the victors write the history books. For better or worse, the winners tend to portray themselves in a positive light and their enemies in a negative light. It is not unusual for this portrayal to be a complete inversion of reality. You can see hints …| Derek L. Ramsey
Part 1 — Introduction Part 2 — The Council of Nicaea (325) Part 3 — The Council of Constantinople (381) Part 4 — The Council of Ephesus (431) Part 5 — The Council of Chalcedon (451) Part 6 — Leo Part 7 — Conclusion This is part 6 of our series discussing Lawrence …| Derek L. Ramsey
Part 1 — Introduction Part 2 — The Council of Nicaea (325) Part 3 — The Council of Constantinople (381) Part 4 — The Council of Ephesus (431) Part 5 — The Council of Chalcedon (451) Part 6 — Leo Part 7 — Conclusion I recently saw this clickbait question. The answer, for …| Derek L. Ramsey
I originally intended this post to be part of my regular “Saturday Misadventures” feature. It was even scheduled for a future Saturday. That was all well and good….until I was mentioned in a directly applicable conversation at Spawny’s Space. But, before we get into that, let’s read the original post. …| Derek L. Ramsey
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In “A Matter of Trust,” I pointed out how untrustworthy people are. If you don’t possess expertise on a topic, it becomes quite challenging to know who you can trust. Yet, you must be able to trust certain people, because no one man can know everything they need to know. …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. In my post “Methodology,” I lamented how there was so little substantive evidence supporting the concept of hypergamy. The enthusiasm for the concept far outstrips the quality and quantity of the evidence supporting it. Most of the evidence exists in …| Derek L. Ramsey
I recently saw an article in which something caught my eye. Let’s see if you can see it too (hint: I highlighted it in bold). The author of this article is saying that one side says while the other side shows. These are critically different approaches. On Monday I posted this: One side says …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. Deti has responded to my Part 3 post on luck here, here, and here. Here are a few snipped statements: Even though I have already proved mathematically that luck has nothing to do with it, I want to show additional data …| Derek L. Ramsey
Here is where the early church met according to the New Testament: Location Scripture References Notes Private Homes Acts 1:13-14, 2:46, 5:42, 8:3, 10:22-27, 12:12, 16:15, 16:32 16:40, 18:7, 20:8, 20:20; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philemon 1:2 Believers met in homes for teaching, fellowship, and breaking bread. …| Derek L. Ramsey
As discussed in “Church Attendance,” there has been a shift in the religious young men in America. The narrative is that masculine-focused men are choosing the masculine-focused religions of Cathodoxy—Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. But it is the latter that is seeing the largest gains. The loser is, purportedly, evangelical …| Derek L. Ramsey
A few posts ago I wrote about “Church Attendance.” I was responding to the claim that Cathodoxy (Eastern Orthodox + Roman Catholic) is growing due to its masculine appeal towards young men. In particular, we discussed how Orthodoxy has seen an influx in young men. Let’s examine a couple follow-up …| Derek L. Ramsey
i still think my favorite thing that’s ever happened to me on the internet is the time a guy said…| Derek L. Ramsey
Surfdumb was a regular reading and commenter here for some time. I think he left because of the Professor’s frequent long comments (which is much less often the case these days) and because my sons are allowed to read here (which is a weird reason to avoid commenting, but whatever). …| Derek L. Ramsey
Two articles were posted within 3 hours of each other: “So Should You” — Ed Hurst of Radix Fidem “Whatever happened to the power of Public Opinion? The dwindling of the Group Mind” — Bruce Charlton It’s about politics. Read them together.| Derek L. Ramsey
Here is the series so far: Prelude — Hypergamy is a Myth Part 1 — Hypergamy is a Myth Part 2 — Hypergamy Note Part 3 — Luck Part 4 — Reasons for Divorce Part 5 — A Case Study on Marriage (Intermission) Part 6 — What is Hypergamy? (Part …| Derek L. Ramsey
We recently had a big discussion on intelligence in “San Francisco and Schooling” and (to a lesser extent) “Hypergamy and Male Variability.” But, perhaps you want a quick-and-easy rundown on intelligence that doesn’t require an advanced degree. Here is a short video that does just that: Here is a quick …| Derek L. Ramsey
AI can only do what it is trained to do. AI cannot do what it is not trained to do. People are evil, so AI must be evil as well. AI can’t be good because it is not being trained to be good. In order to do good, it would …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. After writing “Hypergamy and Male Variability,” I received a lot of comments that merit fuller responses to do them justice. I’m going to try to respond to some of them here. Lastmod’s Comment That’s the narrative, for sure. It is …| Derek L. Ramsey
As I’ve noted, many of the beliefs exposed on this blog are data driven. In general, theory must conform to reality, not the other way around. I also talk about blankslatism, the belief that everyone is a blank slate, with more-or-less equal potential to become whatever kind of person anyone …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. This is an ideas blog. But it’s not just any ideas blog. We are data driven. This is why, during the now 16-part series, we have firmly rejected hypergamy: it fails empirical verification. Recently in society there has been a …| Derek L. Ramsey
It has been quite a while since I’ve commented about anything going on over at Sigma Frame. Let’s waste no time. Here is the lede: If you are an American Evangelical Protestant, having just attended your flourishing church this past Sunday, you might be surprised by this claim. And you …| Derek L. Ramsey
On the topic of WGTOW… It’s The Map™!| Derek L. Ramsey
One of the Christian charities in my local area is a for-profit enterprise. They are for-profit because if they were registered as a non-profit they wouldn’t be allowed to do what they do in the name of Christ. The services they offer and the requirements to receive those services are …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. Hypergamy is properly defined as “marrying up” and polygamy is properly defined as “marrying multiple people.” But these terms can also both be applied more generally to any romantic relationship, including dating above one’s station (i.e. hypergamy) or dating multiple …| Derek L. Ramsey