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Questions We Weren't Supposed to Ask in Church: “Was Mary a Virgin?” (opens the original)
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Several listeners have posed this question, or some variation of it, but perhaps the most straightforward email I received was one that was just four words long: “Was Mary a virgin?”There are actually a couple of questions lodged inside that question. First, there is the factual question: Was Mary a virgin, and what evidence do we have for that claim? But there is another question that, to my mind, is ultimately more interesting: Who cares? Why does it matter, theologically speaking, whether Mar
Was Mary a Virgin (opens the original)
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"Was Mary a virgin?" Dan Miller unpacks the question in layers. First, the textual evidence: the Greek word parthenos and its relationship to the Hebrew alma; plus Mary's line in Luke 1:34, which together explain why the tradition reads her as a virgin. For Dan, the bigger question is why the claim matters theologically. He traces how it underscores the… Read more
Peter Thiel Is His Own Antichrist | Plus: Suing Texas Over the Ten Commandments (opens the original)
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Peter Thiel says that if you're evil, maybe you're actually good. Brad Onishi (author of American Caesar) and Matthew D. Taylor (author of The Violent Take It by Force) break down the viral clip: what Thiel means by "bad" versus "evil," why he frames progress as an all-or-nothing choice, and how his Antichrist theology, technological accelerationism, an… Read more
Axis Live: Good, Evil, and Peter Thiel's Gospel (opens the original)
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Peter Thiel says that if you're evil, maybe you're actually good. Brad Onishi (author of American Caesar) and Matthew D. Taylor (author of Defying Tyrants) break down the viral clip: what Thiel means by "bad" versus "evil," why he frames progress as an all-or-nothing choice, and how his Antichrist theology, technological accelerationism, and contempt for the "mimetic sheeple" shape his influence on J.D. Vance and the tech right.Then Rev. Mara Richards Bim, a Baptist pastor and plaintiff in the l
A Special Update (opens the original)
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Brad Onishi here with the Axis Daily Brief, and this one’s a little bit different. Over the last four months, we have produced over 50 versions of the Axis Daily Brief, coming to you daily with important religion and politics stories. Over the last week, that’s included Matt Taylor’s discussion of the Antichrists who threaten our freedom. It’s been Holly Berkeley Fletcher talking about the evangelical outrage about Meryl Streep playing Aslan.We’ve covered a wide range of things this summer, and
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