The Crowhill Journal

Pigweed and Crowhill drink and review two variations of Pigweed’s Cheeky Monkey, an English IPA, then discuss belief in God.

Unbelievers usually think believers are stupid, while believers usually think unbelievers are misinformed or badly motivated. People need to get over that kind of thinking.

After a quick review of the ontological argument, Crowhill gives his opinion on the meaning of faith and how it relates to belief in God, and arguments for or against belief in God.

In general, arguments on either side are crap. E.g., what do we know about “being”? And how can an argument lead a person to the kind of certainty that faith requires?

The boys go through some big picture perspectives on why to believe or not believe, then give their own perspectives and advice.

P&C drink and review Raison D’Extra from DuClaw brewing. It’s an insanely strong Belgian brown ale. They only had one bottle to share, because it’s expensive — but the boys agreed they need to get some more of that stuff and put it in the cellar for future Father’s Days.

Pigweed and Crowhill reflect on their own dads, then discuss the state of fatherhood in American culture.

These days our culture downplays the role of the father. He’s portrayed as either irrelevant or a doofus. Boys grow up with a very negative view of men and fatherhood. Men are toxic. They’re “potential rapists.” And “the future is female.” What does this do to a boy?

The science is quite clear. Fathers are very important in the lives of their children. When a father is present, the stats are good. When he’s absent, the stats are horrible.

We need to start honoring fathers again!

I got an email today from Books a Million recommending a series of books to “start a conversation.” All of the books promoted a liberal point of view.

That’s what some people mean when they say “let’s have a conversation.” It excludes certain points of view from the outset.

People who fall for this stuff have apparently not been paying attention for the past 30 years.

In a podcast today I heard the question, “why did liberalism turn into wokeness?”

Here’s my explanation. What do you think?

Liberalism didn’t want people to be persecuted.

Wokeness took the idea of “being persecuted” and extended it to hurting someone’s feelings.

Wokeness is (primarily, I think) about making sure people never feel threatened, and never have their feelings hurt.

You may have heard that the Supreme Court has ruled that “no discrimination based on sex” means “no discrimination based on sexual orientation, or whether you’re a man who thinks he’s a woman, or whether you’re a woman who thinks she’s a turnip.”

I think it’s a fair guess to say that conservatives will dislike this opinion and liberals will celebrate it.

So, how does it hurt Trump?

One of the big reasons conservatives come out to vote in presidential elections is that they want to see conservative Supreme Court nominees. And so far, Trump has done well with his court appointments.

But this decision will make people wonder if it’s worth it.

“What’s the point?” they might ask. “We spend all this effort to get conservatives on the court, and then once they get on the court, about half of them turn liberal anyway! We never see a liberal become a conservative, but we regularly see so-called conservatives become liberal. They get enamored of Washington society, and the praise of the local big shots, and they apostasize. Or maybe it’s just the swamp water. But one way or another, these so-called conservative judges don’t stay conservative.”

It’s not a major setback, but I think it is a setback.