Entries by David Gornoski

Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks on 1619 Project, BLM

Why are conservatives failing to live up to their promises to cut spending and decrease government? David Gornoski gives us some fascinating answers to this question. David also offers some startling insights into what news like the sentencing of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli mean with regards to institutional abuse in society. Plus, joining David […]

Dr. Yu on Gamma-Ray Heartbeat, Black Holes, and UFOs, Jeff Deist on the DNC, Bannon’s Arrest

“Mysterious gamma-ray ‘heartbeat’ detected from cosmic gas cloud.” This is the recent headline running on science news outlets. What could this mean? Physicist Dr. Weiping Yu calls in to offer his startling insights on this story as well as the validity of black hole reports, astronomers spotting a space rock turning into a comet, and […]

Both Parties Stupidly Unite Against Trump

David Gornoski starts off the show by reflecting on how Republicans and Democrats try to unite by making Trump into a scapegoat. Another uniting factor, David observes, is the two parties’ love for war. What does the arrest of Steve Bannon mean for the average American? Is there real justice in America, or is there […]

Sandmann Speaks, Goodyear Scandal Explained

David Gornoski makes the case for why Nick Sandmann was a perfect scapegoat in our modern-day myth-making. In our cross-haunted culture, we are unable to sacrifice the ‘villains’ because Jesus’ personhood revolution has allowed the scapegoat to speak. David also comments on the Goodyear banning of MAGA hats. Why are big corporations and power-hungry politicians […]

How Mythology Unmasks Fake News

The concoction of fake news is very closely connected to how mythologies were spun in ancient times. Both are written by the winners and both deal with expelling crowd-designated scapegoats. Christianity, on the other hand, reveals the persecution and sacrifice at play in myth-making; it has made it impossible for society to scapegoat the other. […]

What We Need to Learn from Rene Girard

David Gornoski is back with another episode of A Neighbor’s Choice; and this time he takes us through what he considers is the key to defeating the radical, victim-garbed politics of our time. Christ’s crucifixion has made it impossible for humanity to sacrifice the other for political gain, David says as he points to the […]

THINGS HIDDEN 18: The Future is Mimetic

Craig Stewart and David Gornoski return to discuss the mimetic road to a future designed by Jesus. Is there a link between Rene Girard’s theory and the hard sciences? “There’s a sacred to science,” David claims while highlighting how certain aspects of what’s considered ‘settled’ is rarely questioned in the world of academia. What is […]