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Ken Smith

@smithkl42

When I grow up, I want to be a theologian. Perpetuating the patriarchy since 2007. αυτος/αυτου/αυτῷ/αυτον

Woodinville, WA Katılım Mart 2009
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Ken Smith
Ken Smith@smithkl42·
@LeorSapir "Autonomy" in this context is basically just voluntaristic nihilism: if everything is choice, and every choice is equally valid, choices mean nothing. The intention is freedom, the reality is despair.
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@arthikko @DavidSacks However imperfect the Pax Americana, I suspect the impending Bella Sinica and Bella Russica will be even more distasteful.
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Big Daddy@bigdaddyofnine·
@TheMiddleborne Actually she thought “I have to marry this poor bastard or he’ll die alone” At least that’s how I got married 😂
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Ken Smith@smithkl42·
It is evil to pretend that what we are doing is just a medical procedure. We are avenging a human life with violence. We should not pretend otherwise.
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Ken Smith@smithkl42·
I think that this is correct. If the state is going to bear the sword so as to terrify evildoers, it should bear the sword where evildoers can see it, and the resulting deaths should be terrifying.
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Ken Smith@smithkl42·
@MadocCairns It's maybe not precisely what you're looking for (it's coming from more of a Pentecostal than a Catholic perspective), but we used this as a textbook in seminary. amazon.com/Charismatic-Gi…
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Madoc Cairns
Madoc Cairns@MadocCairns·
can anyone recommend any good catholic theology on prophecy/the gifts of the spirit?
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Ken Smith@smithkl42·
@SarahPPerry @SquishLaw @POTUS The lesson both parties should have learned from Nov 5: "We can win if we take popular positions and oppose unpopular ones." The lesson both actually learned: "Screw those other guys."
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Sarah Parshall Perry
Sarah Parshall Perry@SarahPPerry·
Well said. The hubris of Dems who flout science, consensus, and law to advance a progressive agenda has never ceased to amaze me--well-funded NGO's at the ready, or not. Recalcitrance on this issue indicates that they've still failed to heed Nov. 5th's very clear memo. Midterms may be more of a bloodletting than they anticipate.
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Sarah Parshall Perry
Sarah Parshall Perry@SarahPPerry·
1/27/25: NYT poll = 79% of Americans oppose men in women's sports 3/3/25: All Senate Dem. & 2 Independents vote down protections for women's sports 3/4/25: @POTUS invites volleyball player left with a traumatic brain injury from male opponent to his congressional address. Remind me: which is the party of women's rights?
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Ken Smith
Ken Smith@smithkl42·
@OleBeeM So you're saying that the instructions we are given in the New Testament to, say, "contend for the faith once delivered to the saints" is not authoritative, and not from God?
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Wade Miller@OleBeeM·
XI: Though shall not fight over faith. Jesus taught us to love others, to forgive others, to treat others well, and to be humble in our faith. These are orders not suggestions.
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Ken Smith@smithkl42·
@MorosKostas This is, umm, Trump we're talking about, right? You're a smart guy. Why would you be under the impression he has a plan for, well, anything, really?
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@elonmusk I will never understand why you're pushing so hard against Zelensky and then just let Putin slide.
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It's kind of wild that the whole "normalize pronouns" movement is premised on the reality that, actually, no, trans folks are generally not passing.
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Mike Lee
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee·
What should we call the movement to get America out of NATO?
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