James Larkin

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James Larkin

James Larkin

@JamesTLarkin1

Orthodox Christian, husband, father of six, professional financial planner, amateur economist.

Katılım Mart 2020
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@_pistism @AzPetrich Jesus Christ is “an invisible being?” Are you saying that the Incarnation didn’t happen or that Christ didn’t really take on human nature?
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Pistis
Pistis@_pistism·
Neither of the two images look like him. You can’t paint a picture of an invisible being. Even when Moses was leading the Israelites, the God descend on the mountain to talk with Moses, he will always charge Moses to tell the people not to come near the mountain nor peep to see him. God deliberately hides the face Jesus from man to prevent idolatry, cos of human nature. Even when Moses died, God hid his body for the same reason. As far as the worship of God is concerned, it is base on faith, not on an imaginary image of him! If the word of God and the one spoken by Jesus while he was on earth could be preserved up to this age, his image also could be preserved but God ensured that didn’t happen! As believers, our faith is in the word of God and on his son Jesus, and not on any picture of imaginary image!
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Honestly, have you looked at the data? The perpetrators and victims of gun crimes are predominantly from one race. If you look at gun crime stats and filter out just one race our gun crime rates are similar to most of Europe. If you filter out two they're lower than most European countries.
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James Larkin
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@johnamonaco I was met with scorn and hostility when I tried to engage with seminary professors about the plain language of papal documents. I like your phrase — I was supposed to wink and nod. I couldn’t do the mental gymnastics anymore.
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Cris Jones
Cris Jones@espekadaengrish·
@JayDyer @seeyoutwominute It's not an all or nothing question. I'd say there doesn't exist a Christian sect that doesn't teach some error.
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Jay Dyer@JayDyer·
This loser who ran from a public formal debate has now classed me above Martin Luther! I’ve won
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@apostolicunfl Who says that? The papacy is seriously disordered, but I’ve never hear anyone claim that the pope is Jesus on earth. Catholics do say that all priests act in the person of Christ in celebrating the Eucharist and forgiving sins.
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Dave@GamewithDave·
For those who used a computer between 1995 and 2001, what's the computer game from that time that sticks with you the most, and why?
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James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@conservmillen Expertise in theology is not a reliable proxy for faithfulness to Christian revelation. Pope Leo manifests a different agenda, and a post-Christian vision of world order.
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Allie Beth Stuckey
Allie Beth Stuckey@conservmillen·
Very strange to highlight a random job I had after college to try to discount my argument, but ok! If you were good at this at all, you would know that’s an authority fallacy used by people who are too intellectually insecure to contend with the substance of someone’s argument. Also, you’re a Democrat, Christopher. You believe in legally killing babies. You don’t have any authority when it comes to matters of Christianity or in matters of Catholicism. Stay in your lane.
Christopher Hale@ChristopherHale

To understand the Christian faith, we can go with the former gym front-desk worker turned blogger, or we can go with the Successor of St. Peter.

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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@conservmillen @michaelbd Pope Leo certainly has enough theological training to know that his claim is unbiblical and unhistorical. He is simply showing his progressive orientation; he believes that it is necessary and right that doctrine should change over time.
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Allie Beth Stuckey
Allie Beth Stuckey@conservmillen·
Pope Leo: “[Jesus] does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” There is absolutely no biblical basis for this whatsoever. Christians should strive for peace, yes. We don’t revel in death and destruction. And a Christian could make a sound argument against the particulars of many wars throughout history, including the war with Iran today. A Christian could also agree that God shouldn’t be used to justify unjust wars. But to say that God is against war per se is flat out false. All throughout the Old Testament God calls for war in defense of His people. Exodus 15:3 declares, “The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is His name.” David constantly prayed to the Lord while battling his enemies. He says his cries to the Lord “reached His ears” and God answered him. God didn’t just answer David by hiding him away but by giving him lethal strength: “He trains my hands for war” (Psalm 18:6, 34). If you discount these examples because they’re in the Old Testament, you don’t understand Scripture or God. Jesus is God; therefore everything God has ever done Jesus has fully agreed with and participated in, and He does not change (Hebrews 13:8). Mind you also that Jesus Himself promises to come back as a warrior to wage war against evildoers. There are categories of people whose prayers God does not answer: the self-righteous, those who pray with selfish motives. People who wage war are not automatically in one of these categories. I’m so glad our founders did not believe this way. I love this retelling of the story of the pacifist Quaker who allegedly heard Washington praying in the woods at Valley Forge: “He was at Prayer to the God of the Armies, beseeching to interpose with his Divine aid, as it was His crisis, and the cause of the country, of humanity, and of the world.” Sometimes force is necessary to defeat evil and advance good. When it comes to these matters, Pope Leo has repeatedly proven that he is not wise.
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@michaeljknowles I hold the Orthodox view. In this matter the Catholics and the reformers also hold the Orthodox view.
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Michael Knowles
Michael Knowles@michaeljknowles·
When it comes to the perpetual virginity of Mary, do you agree with the Catholic view or with the view of Protestant reformers Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Wesley?
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@TheWayFrwrd @JayDyer @Trent_Horn @paleochristcon @C2Antiquity I’d visit both and speak to the priests there when you are ready. The details of iconography will vary a little. The Russian monastery is sure to be more observant in some ways than the Antiochian parish, but that doesn’t mean one is better than the other.
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CleavetoAntiquity
CleavetoAntiquity@C2Antiquity·
I don’t have any personal issue with @Trent_Horn but saying @JayDyer and @paleochristcon are going to hell and are leading people there for using potty words, while also believing Muslims and Hindus might be saved is WILD work.
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@TheWayFrwrd @JayDyer @Trent_Horn @paleochristcon @C2Antiquity No. There is one Orthodox Church, entirely united in its theology, worship, and sacraments. Visit whatever parish is closest to you, or visit more if you have many nearby. Russian and Greek Orthodox are the same religion with different accents.
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@JayDyer That wasn’t a debate — it was an hour of futile attempts to reason with a toddler.
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Darth-Arcanus
Darth-Arcanus@DarthArcanus·
@JayDyer @RealCandaceO As a Roman Catholic, and interested in reading more about Orthodoxy, where should I start? Is there someone that explains it best, simply. I love Jesus, but I'm probz retardz.
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Candace Owens
Candace Owens@RealCandaceO·
Never in my life have I seen this many people have such strong opinions about the Catholic faith. It is fantastic. A new dawn in America. ✝️
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@HilarityjaneArt It is strangely heartening to occasionally see an Orthodox priest or bishop being deposed and sometimes defrocked. It is a sign of a body with a functional immune system.
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Hilary White
Hilary White@HilarityjaneArt·
But that's the catch of the whole business: the Shepherd never answers.
Leila✥Marie✥Lawlerن@_Leila

@_b_shelton @DHiddenness @ArdorNew No, we cannot leave and must not. However, it's truly heartless to blame those who did leave as having some other motive. Sometimes they did, but in my experience, there are many who simply lost hope. And for that, the shepherd must answer.

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Hilary White
Hilary White@HilarityjaneArt·
@unherd @holland_tom @freddiesayers @nickcave You can "call" yourself a hippopotamus if you want, but it doesn't affect reality. A Christian is someone who is baptised and can recite the Nicene Creed, without interior qualms.
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UnHerd@unherd·
“I call myself a Christian because I think that my values are Christian” Historian @holland_tom joined UnHerd’s @freddiesayers and rock icon @nickcave to discuss what makes him a Christian, and why being ‘culturally Christian’ is indistinguishable from just being Christian.
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PeterSweden@PeterSweden7·
This just happened in France. Someone threw a grenade in the house of an elderly couple. Things like this happen often in Sweden. There's been over 750 b*mbing attacks in Sweden the last 5 years.
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James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@HilarityjaneArt @sitsio The hypocrisy at work is mind-numbing. Half the novus ordo clergy don’t accept the teaching of Niceae, Ephesus, Chalcedon, etc., or find them irrelevant. Opus Dei pays lip service to Vatican II. Only being plain-spoken is punished.
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Hilary White
Hilary White@HilarityjaneArt·
@sitsio Great. So what's the alternative? We just sit there, do nothing, and the Church collapses. The SSPX is a lifeboat because the "Barque of Peter" already is up to the gunwales in water. But sure, stick with the perverts and criminals in Rome. THAT'S "where Peter is"... for sures.
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James Larkin
James Larkin@JamesTLarkin1·
@HilarityjaneArt @robbertleusink It is utterly self-destructive and contradictory to love Christ and hate the visible Church. I can’t overstate the beautiful relief of naturally loving and following my church and my bishop.
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Robbert Leusink
Robbert Leusink@robbertleusink·
Medieval monasteries ran snail farms Monks fasted 170+ days per year: every Friday, Wednesday, Saturday, Lent, Advent, Ember Days, on all Vigils Since cold-blooded animals weren't classified as meat Snails were a fasting-approved protein Catholic dietary law created Europe's first heliciculture industry
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