An Example of Beauty // Down with Patriarchy? // Creation Proved?

This was a fascinating piece on the Pantheon in Rome.

Kevin DeYoung talks a lot of sense here, on the difference between patriarchy and complementarity.  He looks at the pros and cons of each.  His last sentence is a good summary: "The biblical vision of complementarity cannot be true without something like patriarchy also being true."

I found this quote by Thomas Aquinas in First Things, naturally.  Interesting to consider it in light of the recent Creation Science movement sparked by Henry Morris.  I share this as a convinced 6-day creationist.  The quote could be misused to argue for old-earth views or other nonsense, but Aquinas is just wisely marking the boundary of what science can prove, theologically.

"That the world had a beginning is an object of faith, but not a demonstration of science.  And we do well to keep this in mind; otherwise, if we presumptuously undertake to demonstrate what is of faith, we may introduce arguments that are not strictly conclusive; and this would furnish infidels with an occasion for scoffing, as they would think that we assent to truths of faith on such grounds."

First Things, Feb 2022, pg 12.