Thomas Kinney

@bryan_johnson Here’s the thing though, Jesus didn’t stay dead when he died, and thanks to that precise act, you don’t have to either! opc.org/cce/tracts/doc…

The world wants me to die. My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days. Many were saddened. However, joy dominated the commentary. People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, there’s that. There is a special place in people’s hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that person’s presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves. But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, you’ll see that pattern: “he deserved it.” I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture. This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality. Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority. This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution. People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. It’s a shield of self preservation. For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe. I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus. This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, it’s the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years. Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged. What’s different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable. What if I didn’t deserve it? And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?

@martianwyrdlord I have to disagree. I grew up in a small Ohio town that was 98% white, and places like the county library and the gas stations had stupid rules like this. Poorly parented (low income?) kids of all demographics engage in undesirable antisocial behavior.

Society has placed youth in a cage because adults can't be honest about the actual problem of black dysfunction. Black yoof can't be trusted with the same level of freedom that white kids can. Civil rights law means that you can't just say 'no blacks allowed', meaning that the only defenses are prohibitive cost barriers or highly restrictive 'safety' regulations, effectively punishing the white kids for things black kids do. Of course, the law is never really enforced on the black kids (rayciss), so the net result is that white kids have had all of their liberties stripped from them while the black kids run wild. Youth sacrificed for the polite lies of adults.

The Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive passed through Pittsburgh just moments ago! The Big Boy is truly a BEAST! It was completed in 1941 as one of only 25 ever built and is the only one that is still operational today. It is 133 ft long and weighs about 1.2 million pounds! The ground shook as it went by, as most trains do, but you could really feel the power of it! #pittsburgh

@JoshuaBarzon Mormonism

You get to eliminate one heresy from church history. Which false teaching would you eliminate?

@posttenebrasluz “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.“ Ephesians 6:4 or Feminist Egalitarianism? In any case, I hope he sees this, bro.

@TDizzle62097 Yeah because you can just infallibly make up exceptions to God’s law using meaningless words that don’t appear in Scripture. So guess who’s actually your god? You are. I’d tell you to ask AI to pick a good name for your new cult, but it already exists: Feminist egalitarianism

@TheBabylonBee I am a relatively new deacon at our church, and I have initiated the war on powdered creamer…

@JoelWebbon This is a *category error* (shout out to @HansFiene for the timely refresher on the subject!)

Remember Christians, the Bible doesn’t explicitly forbid this. So let’s not just allow it, let’s make it the norm! And if anyone disagrees, they’re against the Bible and we should all mock them forever! Am I doing this right? Am I a good person now?

@B_Garelick I have had a bad habit of hoarding them from every company I’ve worked for.

Merch this, swag that, do you have custom engineering pads like Pratt & Whitney?

@keithedwards Got the J&J, still got covid later that year, still alive today. (never did get boosted, tbf)

Can anyone give an update on this

@Kodos13_ @CaptKirkJamesT Yeah, I have to agree. I built a kit of the Connie refit with the option to do either, and I had to go with 1701 (no bloody -A!)

@CaptKirkJamesT For some reason, the -A always struck me as a bit of a pretender. Not that she was a bad ship. The classic, original refit. She had the pedigree, and then was made *better*.

#𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕜

Trying to deprive everyone of birthright citizenship over the abuses of a few, rather than just closing the perceived loopholes, is the most boomer nonsense ever.

@manofsteeele Great is Thy Faithfulness

If you would only pass down one hymn to your kids what would you pick?

@ReformedArsenal These jokers are all to happy to stand in the gap and tell emotional women with emotional arguments “NO“ for things like fUnCtIoNaL female officers, but they give the exact same “inclusive” emotional arguments for Paedocommunion.

This guy's church has as part of its "formal doctrinal standards" that the Lord's Supper is only for those who "of years and ability to examine themselves." And are required to prepare by "by examining themselves of their being in Christ."

@RefHolyCannoli @presbycast If by neutral you mean, lukewarm, then yes, and we (and the kids,) should spit it out.

@presbycast I mean, it is a neutral practice

Paedocommunion has no place in the PCA.

@JoshuaBarzon I would do the PCA (of 1936,) before the PCUSA sued the name away from us (aka the OPC)

Some spicy takes in the comments 🌶️ 🔥 🤣

@RefNedFlanders At its core, Juneteenth is about freedom. Americans should celebrate freedom.

I am forever confused on why conservatives push against Juneteenth.

@UncleBuckbroken It’s frankly shocking how passive people are to employers illegally taking advantage of them, particularly in food service. They either don’t know or don’t care that they could do something about it.

I would be skipping for joy at that lawsuit money and take a 3 hour break every day until they fire me, why is everybody upset

I can build an entire Westernized city with an atheist White, American. I would struggle to build a shed with a Christian man from Somalia. Christ allows for heavenly fellowship. But language, culture, shared ancestry, history, and geography allows for earthly fellowship.

@WojoKen Don’t mess with RE Neikirk, he’s so scary, I dressed up as him for Halloween.

-RE Neikirk makes a funny joke as part of his motion -Commissioner shouting "relevance" is heard -RE Neikirk loudly shushes the commissioner Anyone who says the PCA isn't fun is wrong.