Non-Obvious Being 𓅄

Pretty sure I heard @andrewmarkhenry use the term "non-obvious beings" in a video. I wonder if this is a term of art in religious studies, or a #ReligionForBreakfast coinage, or just my new twitter display name?

@johnthomas1536 Hiding evidence is the easiest way to exploit cognitive biases, I suspect.

The idea that the mainstream narrative is a deception is true in that it contains inaccuracies but that idea is still a deception it’s a self-fulfilling deception because the purpose is to make you forget something you already know

@AngelaLovesNY Am Italian American acquaintance of mine pronounces it "regatta" STG

@LloydLegalist I made it to 0:37 No crowns for me

There will be extra crowns in Heaven for those who watch the entire “Eye of the Tiger” (“Christian version” 😳). And may God have mercy upon your soul. #SoundOn #Yikes #ChristianRock #ChristianHipHop

My wife with head in hands. Why? "TBH, I feel guilty that I've failed to save your faith and I won't see you in heaven." This breaks my heart. A giant **FUCK YOU** to every priest, nun, and religious ed teacher who make their living by lying to children about how death works.

@CardioLeo @bvillebud TBH I don't like your blog post, but I do wish you a merry Christmas!

@bvillebud @ADocetist I meant the blog post :p

I want you all to know that I am more grateful for Christmas than I have been in a long time. As cheesy as it sounds I really believe that that baby was born for me; & morbid as it sounds I do believe he was born to die for me. He is my vindication & my forgiveness. Praise God.

@slashdottir I was with you right up until you said Baby Jesus shouldn't be edible.

@BridgeLivwat How is your mustache doing today

ask me the only question i actually want to answer

@riahthelee It's just a business though. Secular non profits have merch, why not churches?

It’s weird when churches have merch, right? Like not just a shirt or something but a full blown merch table. It’s weird…

@lladnar42 Well said

@ADocetist I don't want to presume what all was going through that pastor's mind in that moment, but I do think the pandemic has exposed certain holes in the business model that many American churches have come to rely on. This very well could be a response to a perceived threat.

Beyond the death toll, this pandemic will leaving an entire generation experiencing new and complex disabilities. This is not a topic that can be easily dismissed by the church today, because IT IS NOT GOING AWAY. This is our reality now. 22/

@lladnar42 This is just about $$$, right?

It is the work that's laid before us. And it's good, beautiful work. May we repent and learn new ways. May we seek & create Beloved Community. 25/25

@AuthorConfusion The 4000 character thing will help me finally quit this website

@BridgeLivwat Make a Suggestions box

my 15 yo: “our family needs an HR department” 😂

@sygarte Dead Sea Scrolls my friend cojs.org/beatitudes_fou…

When Jesus preached his sermon on the mount, he said things that no one had ever heard before. 2000 years later, when I first read the Gospel of Matthew, I read those things which I had never read or heard before. I thought "What is this?" and started on my path to Christ.

@BeatTheCult I think it's pretty good. I can compare it to another moral goal X by saying "How much human suffering should we allow in service of X?" And my answer turns out to be: Not infinite. Probably zero.

@missmerica Never yell at your kids. Ever

Today is my 30th birthday and I want advice from those who are over 30. My question is: What is something you know now that you wish you knew when you were this age? What is advice you wish you could’ve given your 30 year-old-self?

@AuthorConfusion THANK YOU (will probably delete this later)

@slashdottir I'm a lot more Kant than I thought

@RNCarmona43 @SecularOutpost Interesting that you have a stance on this--that you have a theology. What about YHWH and Θεὸς, same entity or not?

@DocPoston Hardest thing about (P2) is untangling actual morals from obedience to the Christian religion's particular taboos.

@SecularOutpost @RNCarmona43 "Loves the aroma" is not a joke, for the record