Humor is all sorts of stuff, all sorts of drama. Much of humor has not much of a point besides the joke itself. Anecdotes can be pointed, but just as often as not they’re pointless, just scenarios running of stereotypes
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Welcome to my blog! I’m Colson Potter, author with one book published at time of posting and more coming. This blog covers those topics I believe I can speak valuably upon: writing, politics, theology, philosophy, and the intersections of the four, to the glory of God.
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How Satire Lies
Humor is all sorts of stuff, all sorts of drama. Much of humor has not much of a point besides the joke itself. Anecdotes can be pointed, but just as often as not they’re pointless, just scenarios running of stereotypes and expectations. Absurdism practically requires pointlessness, except when it’s united with sarcasm. Pure punditry, if…
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To the PCA: What Is ‘General Equity’?
I am, as I’ve probably made sufficiently clear, a theonomist. I am also a Presbyterian, whatever my quarrels with certain parts of the tradition may be. I can offer only slightly-qualified endorsement to the 1788 Westminster Confession of Faith. But, as a theonomist, do I trespass the Westminster Confession of Faith? The PCA’s recent report…
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What Does The PCA Think ‘Christian Nationalism’ Is?
The PCA recently released an ‘interim report’ to some furor. The topic? In all the PR, Christian Nationalism (but more on that soon). The report itself is thirty-five pages that aren’t worth your time; the writing would be unexceptional if it weren’t for its one virtue. See, it’s really, really hard to pin down. They…