Jason Kettinger

@cecsquared Not very diverting, by definition, if it doesn’t last long

Basketball games are really only exciting for like the last minute, so why not make the games only one minute long?

@OVTweetmarck Who’s we?

WE’RE GOING TO THE SWEET SIXTEEN

@allie__voss I’m Catholic. I don’t affirm that foolishness.

I know people use “evangelical” as a catch-all for “cultural Christians with Pizza Hut churches” but Evangelicals, properly understood, are the most consistently conservative on social issues It’s really only on Twitter where people pretend they’re squishy

@EndOfDaysWoman Those pigtails, tho ❤️

yes that is correct

@korinreid @KristyT I would pay money to watch him express this. It’d be too meta to make it a musical, but 🤣

@KristyT My dad doesn't hate them per se (he's meh about most but loves a few like Sound of Music), but he just doesn't understand why folks randomly break into song. It's kind of absurd to him.

I love musicals. But people who hate them are so funny. The way they describe their hate just cracks me up.

@JennMGreenberg Not to be like that, but wasn’t Hitler a Protestant Hitler?

I don’t know what a spangler is, but I think he’s popped one.

@CatholicKingdo1 @Joeinblack Blaming Steph for the hero worship of kids is a take. He *makes* his threes better than anyone ever.

Neither Kobe or LeBron influnced the game. Steph did but not in a positive way. Add Magic and Bird.

@BasedZillenial @BrianAtlas Not that it matters, but a fine-looking couple. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@BrianAtlas Why do you care, Brian?

GENUINE question: do you think this is a looks-match? And what do you rate them? He's at least 2-3 points above her IMO. He is 7.5-8. She is a 5.

Statement by President George W. Bush on Robert Mueller: "Laura and I are deeply saddened by the loss of Robert Mueller. Bob dedicated his life to public service. As a Marine in Vietnam, he proved he was ready for tough assignments. He earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before returning home to pursue law. In 2001, only one week into the job as the 6th Director of the F.B.I., Bob transitioned the agency mission to protecting the homeland after September 11. He led the agency effectively, helping prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Laura and I send our heartfelt sympathy to his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann, and the Mueller family."

@TheAlanNoble Dort could read the canons of Dort

Dort does not look happy on the bench. 🧐

@EndOfDaysWoman @SaraForTexLege All ministers retain the legal protection of the seal, even if they don’t formalize it in the same way.

@SaraForTexLege The duggars don’t practice Catholicism, they don’t have a seal of confession

I’m sensing a pattern. Diverging from my normally snarky posting style, we need to have a serious conversation about the deep web of abusers who are currently protected under religious freedom laws in America. The Constitution gives you the freedom to practice your religion however you see fit … WITHIN the confines of the laws of this country. The exact same Constitution that protects this country from “Sharia Law,” also protects this country from using religious freedom as an excuse to cover up abuse. I have been in many debates on this app about the “sanctity” of confession. If licensed therapists are legally required to report abuse, why aren’t the churches? Child molestation does not fall under the protection of “religious freedom” and there are a concerning amount of people in this country who believe that it does. God may forgive you, that doesn’t mean that the United States government should. Protect children. Period.

@JennMGreenberg The evil in lying is deceiving those who have a right to the truth. Nazis have no such right. Therefore, no sin attaches to the withholding of the truth.

I’ll never forget, once in Sunday school at an OPC church here in Texas, the pastor asked, “If you lived in Nazi Germany, and you had Jews hidden in your house, and Nazis came knocking on your door asking where any Jews are, would it be sinful to lie?” Obviously, the answer is no. I was shocked when two men said yes, it would be a sin to lie to Nazis, Even if telling the truth would get innocent people killed. To be clear, I grew up in the OPC and had never encountered this nonsense, and I do not think this is normative in the OPC. However, the fact that Spangler used to be OPC, and is now praising Hitler, demonstrates that it isn’t a phantom threat either. It has to be stamped out. What about the Hebrew midwives who lied to the Egyptian soldiers to protect the baby boys from death? Were they not praised as courageous and virtuous? What about Rahab who hid the Hebrew spies and lied to the soldiers of Jericho to turn them away? Was she not redeemed and rewarded by God? The commandant in Exodus 20:16 says, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” In other words, do not maliciously spread untruths or use your words to harm innocent people. To aid the Nazis is to break the commandment. To deceive the Nazis is to protect the innocent, defy evil, and partake in an historic tradition of honoring God by thwarting evil.

@crousselle @bonchieredstate @PolitiBunny It makes one fully accountable canonically; baptism makes us Catholic.

@bonchieredstate @PolitiBunny You’re wrong, you’re Catholic as soon as you’re baptized in the name of the father, son, and Holy Spirit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you *aren't Catholic* until you are confirmed. She's been speaking for Catholics for the last several years, and she's not even Catholic?

@JasonPaulJohn St. Joseph wanted you to have meat.

I remembered to order without meat at the Chipotle

@trbutler You do have at least one highly questionable associate…

I'm non-denominational (#Reformed). Grew up in a conservative #UCC church. Interned -> ordained in #PCA. (Still hold to Connectionalism and the Westminster Standards, only left the PCA because of an unhealthy lack of accountability what had been my presbytery.)

@TheAlanNoble You wouldn’t cheat. You’re bald. You’ve already accepted the drudgery of life

I can’t promise you To Live Well is any good, but I can promise that it wasn’t written using AI.

@trbutler @thegreyshadow @nakedpastor I don’t mind, “John wants us to believe that Jesus said…” because that’s what the Gospels are for. But you need strong evidence to say that Jesus meant something else entirely, or that the disciples lied.

@JasonKettinger @thegreyshadow @nakedpastor Indeed, Comrade. It's crazy, because we would find it insane to deny far less well attested things.

This is diabolically skeptical. Then we can't report what Aristotle said? We have very good evidence of what Jesus said and even serious *atheistic* NT scholars would say so to a large degree.

@trbutler @thegreyshadow @nakedpastor In terms of ancient historiography, the Bible is as well attested as anything. But your points on epistemology are also well taken, Comrade!

@JasonKettinger @thegreyshadow Indeed. I think folks like @nakedpastor think they're being really clever or open minded, but if they applied their approach to anything else, we'd arrive at a epistemology of total uncertainty.

@thegreyshadow @trbutler The Bible and Jesus are subjected to standards that nothing or no one else has to meet. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@trbutler Or Socrates, who also never wrote a book but even Aristophanes mocked him (because Socrates was a real guy, well known at his time, and people knew what he said...). Right on: DIABOLICALLY skeptical.

@Zo_bo_fo_sho I’ve taught in public school; most people don’t know what in the Sam Hill they’re talking about.

Everyone’s tweets about public school make me wonder if I found the unicorn public schools so far