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Society of Phineas is Live

Consistent with my other announcement, I have restored all the old posts from the old Society of Phineas blog. While my views have changed and shifted some since 2012, much of what is there should be useful.

Some notes:
1. Most of the text in the posts seem to appear right.
2. All the intra-site links point to the old blog. I have no intention in trying to fix these. You should be able to put the current site’s link instead of the old one and get another link if you find something you’re interested in. (As far as I can tell, this has been fixed.)
3. None of the images have been restored at this point. I will attempt to do that at a later date. (As far as I can tell, most of the relevant images to posts should be up now.)
4. While I’m not interested in editing and proofreading, I’ll probably be doing some other cleaning tasks in the course of checking over the older posts. (This is still in process, but I won’t worry about being too quick about it.)
5. A lot of it isn’t too organized aside my very generic category tags. One of the long needed tasks that I’ve needed to do is try to organize it a whole lot better.

For most part the blog is restored correctly now. Anyhow, hope all the effort is appreciated!

My Life Is Far From Perfect

I definitely try to not make this blog about me. In fact, I’ve taken great pains to not make things about me, but in trying to turn out content that reflects well on the goals I undertook by starting this blog. That gets more and more difficult for numerous reasons, many of those inherent to blogging. So for this post, I’m going to try to share a bit, but try to find a way to keep it on point as a lesson. And hopefully too, it won’t be so much that I end up outing myself.

For instance, how do you keep finding good interesting content to you to keep spending the research and preparation time on posts? Oddly enough, I have plenty of things I could be writing about after nearly four years, but a lot of those go away with blogs shutting down (response posts), and just general disinterest and forget of my notes from time. A lot of it is time, but personal motivation and energy, along with reading a lot of disappointing things. Then there’s always the usual issue of repetition and whether it’s worth rehashing things. Of course, after 322 posts, it’s hard to not rehash something. It’s hard to even keep things cataloged after 322 posts (especially Scriptures used, the search doesn’t work too well for that) – it’s weird when you hit that first moment that you realize that you have to research your own stuff to see whether you’ve worked on something in the past.

It’s something that’s been consistent for almost the entire history of this blog, but some months are better than others. There’s one thing I’ve said until lately is that at least I’ve been consistent in trying to get something out at least once a month, until recently. A lot of that is procrastination (it seems I always have a hard time starting these when it comes to actually *writing* them), but a lot of that is stress. Most of that stress is the fall-out from my mother passing, and all the uncertainty that’s surrounded it, along with a lot of other problems that have cropped up. Mental exhaustion takes a toll. Get a post out, then it seems while only one or two days pass, one day turns into four turns into fourteen turns into forty-eight.

So if anyone was looking for a good (yet probably unsatisfying) answer to why I don’t post too frequently anymore, there’s your answer. I’m keeping my head down, trying to take care of more immediate concerns of life, having the faith that it’ll all end soon and I can get back to bigger and better things. Hopefully this blog. Maybe the other blog that I reserved and planned out two years ago but haven’t gotten around to starting up yet. Maybe even some book-like texts off of some things on the blog and other things I have done in the past that I haven’t been posted (mainly Bible studies), and even more impactful things in service of the Kingdom. Hopefully things that can be even greater, with the hope that I’ve been trustworthy before the one true Lord in writing what I’ve needed to write here.

To that end as a lesson, one of the things I consistently get perturbed about is the pretense of perfection that I see in those “Christians” around me. One of the first lessons I had in coming to the Lord is exactly that. If I were perfect, then I don’t need Christ. Scripture tells us no one is perfect. I definitely don’t claim that I’m perfect by any measure, but I see those claims in those around me every time I set foot in a “Christian” environment. The perfect masks that people put on just never get stripped away.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:2-4)

“I’ve accepted Christ, I’m perfect. I’m living the perfect life.” they say. “I am without sin.” they even say in my presence. Unfortunately, the message of counting the costs, and especially the costs of following Christ gets lost in the whole dynamic of the Personal Jesus. The perfect romance where everything feels good, everything works out, and everything is good. And if it’s less than that, it’s all about your lack of faith. I’ve been kicked out of places for dare admitting my life is not perfection.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8-10)

Unfortunately, a lot of people are going to get a rude awakening as to what Scripture actually says. All it would take is looking inwards at themselves to see the truth (very true of all women but most men) and be convicted of their pride and arrogance. It’s not about a completely done work, it’s about faith in a work that is to be done. Sadly, you really can’t tell any of them anything – no one really can ever. If the trials in life themselves, if the misfortunes of this life (John 9:1-3), if things not going right won’t teach them, the persecutions to come definitely will as the time is soon coming where the wheat will be separated from the chaff of those that claim Christ. When the one true God finally proves the Churchian god – the god of the building, the god of the ritual, the god of the offering plate, the god of the program, the god of the pulpit to be false, many will definitely fall away. But He will always leave a remnant. He will have reserved those who have not bent their knee to those things.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (2 Corinthians 11:23-27)

Don’t ever be fooled, it never was and never will be about laying up treasures on this earth (Matthew 6:19-21) or having “your best life now” – in fact we’re promised the exact opposite. Resurrection to new life requires you to die first, in the promise of a new country and better country (Hebrews 11:13-16). That’s what the true follower of Christ is called to in faith. As for all things, I persevere in the hope of something better. If not this life, that’s fine. The best in this life pales to the next.

Where are you headed?

Society of Phineas – The Best of 2015

It’s the end of 2015, so like before (2012, 2013, 2014) it seems fitting to dig into the vault that is the site stats and pull out what is the most viewed posts. That said, here we go, along with some summaries and reflections. Here are the top five most viewed posts of the site for 2015, irrespective of authorship date:

1. They Still Want You To Man Up and Marry Those Sluts (03-12-2015)

The list has changed incredibly for this year, and this one heads up the list. It’s a review of an article done indicating that the trad fems still aren’t figuring out why marriage is being rejected, and can only direct shame to the men.

2. Feminism: Unleashing The Feral Woman (01-09-2015)

Part 1 (Part 2, Part 3) of my review of a talk given by Glenn Stanton of Focus On The Family Female. In this talk, he describes an arrangement of female domination within marriage, fostered by his feminist beliefs that women are without sin and “civilize” men. He provides further proof that traditional feminists have arranged all marriage to be a prostitution arrangement where conditional sexual access is given by the woman in exchange for unconditional slavery on the part of the man.

3. Man Up and Marry a Divorced Single Mother: Here’s What You Propose (05-04-2014)

This posts talks about the Biblical sanction regarding divorce and remarriage. When you marry a divorced woman as a Christian man, you are indeed committing adultery.

4. Defining White Knights and Manginas (12-01-2012)

My post of a long time ago, attempting to define the terms “white knight” and “mangina” that have appeared in numerous other posts around the manosphere.

5. Single Christian Men Don’t Seek Christian Wives (#2) (08-03-2012)

This post is dethroned from the top spot, but continues to endure as a heavily accessed post on this blog that focuses on the church environment and the fact that church officials can’t seem to get past their blaming of men to see the factors that are on them to deal with that push men away from dating in church continues to be a favorite in terms of views.

Here are the top five authored this year:

1. They Still Want You To Man Up and Marry Those Sluts (03-12-2015)

2. Feminism: Unleashing The Feral Woman (01-09-2015)

3. The Raunchiest Film In A Decade Is Not Pornography (02-06-2015)

My post about the release of 50 Shades of Grey as a movie, and how…just somehow… its not pornography. Because it’s something women like. Another post illustrating the double-standards in existence in Christian circles when it comes to how pornography is dealt with.

4. Submission in Traditional Marriage (05-14-2015)

A repost of a web comic I found which illustrates the dynamic of “submission” in traditional (feminist) marriage – one that is best defined as “Driving Miss Daisy” style submission. A standard deception even in the so-called “red pill” manosphere that still sees marriage as a thing untainted by feminism.

5. A Marriage Made More Vile (08-12-2015)

A post I made describing how the actions that have been undertaken with marriage, as supported by those who believe in defending “the sanctity of marriage” have fit the pattern of Romans chapter 1, rendering the acceptance of homosexual marriage an inevitability.

I conclude this post by thanking all of you who have read this blog and those of you who have supported this blog by linking to it in your blog rolls and link fest posts. I offer the prayer of the hope that 2016 will bring much glory to God and blessing to all of those involved.

The Society of Phineas – Three Years, Three Hundred Posts

It’s the three year anniversary of this blog. And the rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated.

There’s always a degree of pontification when one looks back. One grows, one changes, one starts to see things. As I wrote previously, I talked about how one can notice an evolution in what you want to write, and the audience’s expectations. As a iron rule, the ones that are the most successful in any media are the ones telling their audience exactly what they want to hear. This is true of every “successful” blog, in the manosphere or otherwise. One thing to be sure is that I’ve never been about prostituting myself in the name of success.

If one follows, the manosphere has gotten decidedly blue-pill. In other words, it decidedly favors the “traditional feminist” pattern of marriage, which involves the submission of men to women, and especially the subservience of men to women. You can even see this in the conflicts going on in the more red-pill portions of the manosphere (namely the MGTOW section) where the blue-pill “manosphere” is undertaking attacks upon it. In a way though, these attacks are good as they are revealing the blue-pill, “one blowjob away”, supplicators to women in the manosphere (via Game or other means) for who they are when they comment on MGTOW. When the women come into the manosphere to gather their slaves back to the plantation with the promises they will be kinder and gentler slave masters, there are unfortunately a number of men that are just submitting like good little boys. For instance, not seeing this for the hamster droppings that it represents reveals much.

This extends to many other topics which I’ve commented on recently, and others. So many of them are so evident that they only take one sentence to reveal themselves and cause you to stop, so I really haven’t bothered to blog on them. I considered writing on Eliot Rodger’s manifesto as many others did, but got to the second sentence and it told me all I needed to know:

All I ever wanted was to fit in and live a happy life amongst humanity, but I was cast out and rejected, forced to endure an existence of loneliness and insignificance, all because the females of the human species were incapable of seeing the value in me.

Then there’s Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood from the feminist thinkers at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. All it takes is getting to Page 29 to see this (as it appears in text, minus my bolding for emphasis):

AT THE HEART OF MATURE MASCULINITY IS A SENSE OF BENEVOLENT RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD, PROVIDE FOR AND PROTECT WOMEN IN WAYS APPROPRIATE TO A MAN’S DIFFERING RELATIONSHIPS.

AT THE HEART OF MATURE FEMININITY IS A FREEING DISPOSITION TO AFFIRM, RECEIVE AND NURTURE STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP FROM WORTHY MEN IN WAYS APPROPRIATE TO A WOMAN’S DIFFERING RELATIONSHIPS.

Naturally, traditional feminism shows itself through both quotes: Men were put on this earth as a chattel class in order to provide and protect women, their betters. Consequently a man’s value is wrapped up in the validation and approval of women, and his measure as a “good man” is how well he submits to woman and proves himself “worthy”. I see this again and again in the manosphere in all quarters, even in the nonsense they cook up which always falls when submitted to scrutiny. Complete blue-pill traditionalists like these quotes, the ones talking red-pill but promoting blue-pill activities (purple-pills) like most of the manosphere. I keep reading and reading things consistent with the CBMW definitions. “The value of a man is how often his dick gets wet.” “The value of a man is whether he is yoked to a woman in slavery.” After all, remember much of the world, including the manosphere, would tell us that men would just wallow in their own crapulence if there wasn’t a woman in the general vicinity to bark orders to him. And I wouldn’t be surprised, if pushed, that the majority of the manosphere acceepts the CBMW definition.

Perhaps, that, coupled with my evolution towards focusing on the feminist elements of traditionalism in my writing has caused me to see much more of these things over the last year. Just tumbling deeper down the rabbit hole on the quest for truth… It’s interesting that three years of thinking on the topics of this blog have revealed to me that 3/4 of Keoni’s list (that I’ve read) are blue-pillers that I would consider feminist bloggers. Who would be like Cypher and want to go back knowing the truth of female domination?

Most of the topics I have in mind in the future when the time presents itself (I can’t sit around researching blog posts and chattering on blogs and Facebook all day every day like many) involve many of the things I’ve already spoken of on comments here and there.

Onward and further down the rabbit hole . . .

Society of Phineas – The Best of 2014

It’s the end of 2014, so like before (2012, 2013) it seems fitting to dig into the vault that is the site stats and pull out what is the most viewed posts. That said, here we go, along with some summaries and reflections. Here are the top five most viewed posts of the site for 2014, irrespective of authorship date:

1. Single Christian Men Don’t Seek Christian Wives (#2) (08-03-2012)

This post continues to endure as a heavily accessed post on this blog that focuses on the church environment and the fact that church officials can’t seem to get past their blaming of men to see the factors that are on them to deal with that push men away from dating in church continues to be a favorite in terms of views.

2. So You Want Me To Man-Up and Marry That Slut? (12-11-2013)

My direct challenge to the pastors and other traditional conservative feminists that are pushing men to man up and marry those sluts has been a consistent favorite ever since publication. This post lays out all the other problem conditions involving marriage and challenges them that if (maybe) they address those things, maybe we can THEN talk about men marrying.

3. The Reason Why Men Reject Women (11-15-2013)

This post discusses the real nature behind women with respect to their idea of love, always a controversial topic in a feminist-steeped culture. It discusses via Scripture the requirements of love and proves that men are the ones who civilize women, not the reverse as the churches and culture is indicating.

4. Man up and marry a divorced single mother? Here’s what you propose. (05-04-2014)

My comeback post from my momentary blogging crisis. This posts talks about the Biblical sanction regarding divorce and remarriage. When you marry a divorced woman, you are indeed committing adultery.

5. 20 Reasons Why Men Don’t Get Married (11-30-2014)

My repost of TheMightyCheng’s comment on Reddit took off very quickly, providing the current one day record traffic for the blog and powering it to this position for the year. Very well done, this lists 20 more reasons besides the divorce grinder for why men choose to not marry.

Here are the top five authored this year:

1. Man up and marry a divorced single mother? Here’s what you propose. (05-04-2014)

2. 20 Reasons Why Men Don’t Get Married (11-30-2014)

3. What Keeps Men Out Of The Church? (09-30-2014)

My brief discussion of the reasons why men are kept out of the church, or are repelled from going to church and participating. While not talked about much, this topic always provides a good occasion for discussion, which occurred here.

4. Defending The Lie That Is Marriage (06-12-2014)

My controversial post pointing out that what is being called marriage today has nothing to do with God or the Bible. It also points out how many are defending marriage as “holy” and “sanctified by God”.

5. Does Fornication Matter When It Comes To Marriage? (08-05-2014)

This post asks whether Christian men should care about whether a woman has ridden The Carousel or not when considering her for marriage by addressing a feminist commenter, exposing the general motivations that exist for the opposition of spousal choice by prospective husbands.

I conclude this post by thanking all of you who have read this blog and those of you who have supported this blog by linking to it in your blog rolls and link fest posts. I offer the prayer of the hope that 2015 will bring much glory to God and blessing to all of those involved.

The Society of Phineas – Two Years and I’m Done

While it is a little early, I will note it is the two year anniversary of this particular blog. That said, there’s a lot of talk about people “resigning from the manosphere”. For example:

The problem of course is when writers such as myself, want to grow and expand on our writings, and thus are either ignored by the very support group, or worse, by audiences in general. There is a nervous tendency to double back and pull back one’s own ambition in order to keep an audience, and thus being trapped in a niche you perhaps never intended to keep being a part of forever. I am guilty of this myself.

Of course, one of my frustrations that I expressed over in my password protected posts is that I’ve always been about a certain message that really hasn’t been “manosphere” related, but more church related. This blog has always been about bringing the church back to Christ, never about anti-feminism, never about hating women, none of that. There’s a certain frustration I get every time this blog gets classed as a “Men’s Issues” blog or a “Red Pill” blog or some other thing than a blog out for the mission of preaching Christ. I feel I’ve always been honest about the intentions of this blog, especially since the first six posts of the blog have nothing to do with manosphere issues.

People talk about being adopted into certain viewpoints, especially since your blog audience has a way of shaping your message more than you do. Certain other bloggers have found that out first-hand. Perception is reality, whether the perception is right or wrong. The odd thing about this blog is that in speaking about the feminism that has pervaded the Church over the last 150 years, it’s kind of have been “adopted” into that group of things. Consequently, the message has been compromised (and perhaps always was). I’ve tried to decidedly write towards a pure Christian bent for the last month, especially since the Easter season has been upon us. When one of your posts, where you just simply copy content with no commentary gets as many looks as all your pure Easter posts over the last month combined, there’s an obvious issue. Then add into that the people I have had comment privately that the message has been nullified to the point that people won’t hear due to the presence of certain undercurrents and it spells a problem.

Then, there’s the presence of these catfights which contribute to the disunity, beyond the usual problematic cases that exist in so-called “Christian” circles. One of my frustrations has been really how much feminism is out there in people that are speaking against it, even the supposed men’s rights groups. The reaction to this catfight shows one abundant example of many that feminism still lives, even in the manosphere, when the white-knights just lined up and lined up instead of wisely just staying out of the way. It lends to the wisdom that women really need to be away from men entirely if the men are going to self-actualize as anything outside of pathetic p****-whipped shells of individuals.

Then there’s the issue of repetitiveness, which I’ve touched on in the blog before. There’s only so many times you can repeat the same things, or tell people to search for answers, or self-link yourself to death.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? (Ecclesiastes 10:12-14)

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. (Proverbs 10:18-19)

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. (Proverbs 17:28)

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (Ephesians 4:29)

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. (Proverbs 12:18)

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Proverbs 15:1)

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. (Proverbs 17:9)

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (Proverbs 26:20)

Unfortunately, blogs give themselves to a certain amount of repetition, since people expect posts. Then there’s always the people pleasing element – they expect posts on what they want to hear. Whether there’s anything wise or good or helpful there, they always want posts.

Then that repetitiveness on part of both the leads to boredom, which leads to people wanting to start things in order to alleviate their boredom and increase their page hits and start problems. Which I would say is part of the reason that things have happened as they have. “Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.” Lord knows, I’ve been tempted to jump into things I shouldn’t and say things I know much better to say, especially since that drag is there to keep posting no matter what, whether you have anything good to say or not.

That all said, there’s a point where you need to recognize that all you’ve had to say in a good way has been said. When the message is delivered the best you can, and people have gotten a chance to be heard, all you can do is move on. So I am. This is Post #204, Year Two will end on Sunday April 27, and so will this blog. I thank you all for reading and commenting over the past two years, and am appreciative of the people I’ve gotten to know and the things that I have learned from them. You might see me around in a comment box somewhere, and see another blog at some future time, but as for now… Ballista74…out…

Jenny Erikson Is Sorry!!!

If it’s not obvious to most by now, this is a little piece of fiction I wrote for April Fool’s Day. There is a certain message in there I pray that comes through. Enjoy.

Originally posted on APFN News Network:

APFN News (San Diego) – Nationally known conservative activist and blogger Jenny Erikson expressed sorrow and regret today for her very public divorce.

“I woke up one day and realized the error of my ways”, Erikson told our correspondent. “I was so grief stricken and horrified at all the very public things that I’ve said to hurt the man I once loved. Even more so, I know the ridicule that this will cause my children, to see their father and me fighting so publicly online when they grow up. Furthermore, I gave cause for people to ridicule Jesus. I am so in love with Him and to see Him get hurt by my actions just added to my grief and sorrow.”

When asked what she planned to do from here, Erikson responded: “I don’t know what I can do to make up for all the pain that I caused my husband. I would hope that he would take me back with open arms, but I know that such a wonderful man who’s been there for me doesn’t deserve a woman that’s treated him this way. I could never do enough to make up for the pain I’ve caused him.”

When asked what she would do if he didn’t accept her otherwise, she responded: “I know no other man out there would deserve a woman like me who could do such things. He would be very gracious indeed.”

In the meantime, Erikson expressed plans to sequester herself in a convent if no man would take her: “I’ve seen those nuns wrap the knuckles of kids that got out of line on those movies. I know what they’ll do with me will be rough, but I hope I can earn their acceptance and love so they can help me be the woman I need to be in the Lord. Absent that, my Catholic friends tells me there were women that wandered the desert alone for years to repent of their sins with men. I may just do that.”

At great effort, Mr. “Leif” Erikson was reached for comment on his World of Warcraft account: “Jenny was my queen, she was the divine love of my life. She was my life! I very much want her back, and miss her sweet nature and her wonderful wisdom she offers me when I’m so insufficient. But I’ve grown to learn that I need to move on and I have.”

Jenny Erikson’s Chin could not be reached for comment.

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