Click here to read what various newspapers are saying today about their governor being tapped for the GOP VP slot. This is the most I’ve learned about Alaska since they took Northern Exposure off the air.
In the mean time, Doug Wilson reflects on McCain’s choice likening Palin to the OT Deborah before pointing out that in the Old Testament, Deborah upstaged a guy named Barak (quite a connection on his part). Wilson writes:
One more thing. An issue that will be discussed among some conservative Christians is the propriety of electing a woman. Evangelical Christians are overwhelmingly hostile to feminism, and so what is with that? I have argued before from Isaiah 3:12 — “children are their oppressors, and women rule over them” — that feminism is one of the things Scripture uses as an indicator of God’s judgment on a culture. I still believe that, and also believe that we are in fact under this particular judgment in our culture. But as a biblical absolutist, and not a simple traditionalist, I also want to make room for the occasional Deborah. Life is funny, and you should remember that in the Bible Deborah was the dame who upstaged a fellow named Barak. Kinda spooky when you think about it.
Click here to read the whole thing.
HT for Wilson’s post to Andy Naselli.
