Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Trump, Religion, and Religious Criticism: Why I'm putting this project on the side

Greetings all,

I have been slow to post as of late. I have been busy discussing politics and making arguments concerning the political system. 

This will only take up more of my time as Trump has now been elected. I don't have as much time for helping others understand religion when lives, livelihoods, and safety is on the line. I will continue my twitter @areligioncritc, so please follow me there. My Facebook is public, my name is Daniel Ansted, and this is where I have spent most of my social media time as of late. 

There will be updates here occasionally, as I have time, and I hope to resume this project in full in the future. But it is not the way to do the most good right now. I will likely finish my series on Islam (slowly). And make occasional updates as I go. 

I got out of academia, in part, because I wasn't doing all that much that was useful. The difference between governmental theories of atonement vs. penal substitution theories of atonement is not a useful distinction when more living people might suffer. 

Some of my friends and I are discussing what best to do in this aftermath. 

I don't have a strategy as of yet to do good. So if you have suggestions email me at areligioncritic@gmail.com or tweet me @areligioncritic. 

Hope to get back to this someday,

Dan