91. Family-Friendly Church. "There is much deploring going on about the unbearable lightness of the
gospel in America. Well, it's what we teach the children, certainly, so
if you don't attend church after age 12 or so, you will not ever hear
much else..." April 2015.
92. The Ruin of Mankind. "Grim just linked to a Vox article on Donald Trump's financial
conflicts-of-interest. I didn't read it, but I can easily see how they
would be Legion. Yet Grim points out an odd paradox - as
conflicts-of-interest increase, they might tend to nullify each other..." December 2016
93. The Gold Coin of Worth "Dr. James Dobson, the much-admired and much-despised psychologist that
evangelical Christians were so taken with in the 1970's-2000 (and
beyond?) once discussed the whole self-esteem movement and its lack of
grounding in God's valuing of the individual..." Related: Coins of Worth Again. September 2017
94. Moral Licensing. "Moral licensing seems to be a well-supported theory. When
people do something virtuous – when they even think of doing something virtuous
or belong to a group in which another member has done something virtuous – they
are more likely to indulge themselves in subsequent decisions or even make evil
decisions..." November 2018
95. Knowledge of History. "CS Lewis noticed that most people have a very dim idea of
history, and that much of it swirls together, so that Romans in togas,
knights-in-armor, and Queen Elizabeth all occupy similar territory in their
understanding of The Old Days..." May 2019
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93 - This is not original to me but we don't just prize intelligence. We prize a very specific verbal ability to be witty and clever that almost encompasses bsking's category of 'with it' combined with the ability to influence others.
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