@collin If you’re interested people have been studying and writing about all the specifics you mentioned for a long time and it’s available if you want to read it. Runnels is counting on you not to.
I will agree that the mood of our time is to deconstruct anything we can and distrust all institutions. Not a great way to live IMO. For people on the other side, the amount of documentation we have is faith-building, even if it’s not for Reddit world.
@collin have you heard of a Gish gallop? Compiling 200 years worth of arguments and only showing 1 side of them and then building a career based off it is one way to make a living. In my experience there aren’t really disinterested parties when it comes to this. If you’re interested, there are responses to the letter and other ways of looking at things, but it would require more work. However, in the end faith always comes down to faith.
Some link blogging for 2025 so far.