"Go be a pastor and leave ASU."

Christians aren't welcomed here

As a philosopher, one of my favorite things is having a debate about ideas. I love to see how a person presents their belief and then defends it with arguments. One of the things I have been most surprised about as I became a public intellectual is that those who publicly disagree with me cannot debate. They can call names, insult, and harass, but they cannot simply offer a rational argument.

I have comments open on my Substack because I enjoy hearing from my readers whether you agree with me or not. If you haven’t put up a “like” or left a comment, please do so. This is even true for the kinds of comments in the images below. 

This person is anonymous. My general policy is that 1) I don’t interact with anonymous accounts. If you don’t have the courage of your convictions to own them, then I’m not interested in debating with you. 2) If you resort to insults, I will block you, even if your account isn’t anonymous. You need to learn how to debate before stepping into the arena. If you haven’t learned that yet, this isn’t the place for you.

But this person proves my point so well I haven’t blocked them yet. We will see if they descend even further into more insults. But look at how they interact. 

Christians aren’t welcomed on campus and are bigots:

Christians should not get jobs at ASU:

Christianity is for degenerates:

Christians should be put in insane asylums:

I should leave ASU because my beliefs are not welcomed at a university that prizes inclusion and diversity:

This person claims to be an ASU Ph.D., (no jokes from the U of A crowd). I have also received this comment, “If you don’t like ASU, just leave,” which has also been aimed at me by ASU professors. I don’t know if this person is one of them, but that might be the case. 

Consider what that means: if you believe ASU can do better by no longer judging people based on race and treating them differently (DEI standards), then you should just leave ASU. If you believe ASU should practice what it teaches in its bylaws and allow for diversity of religious viewpoints (Christianity included), then you should just leave ASU.

What happened to the radical revolutionary principle behind critical race theory? The revolutionary principle that says the entire system needs to be changed? Perhaps it does need to be changed, changed to more consistently apply its own standards about religious diversity.

This commenter helped my case more than I could have asked.