I know this is going to mark me out as a homophobic racist misogynist, but I just don’t think Jesus was a queer black woman. Nor do I think it’s quite right that this actress’ most recent role was a wicked witch.
How I escaped Twitter
Key terms in theological discussions that distinguish denominations is “high church” and “low church.”
I maintain, based on my acquaintance with early church history, that the early church was most decidedly “low church.”
It seems to me engaging too much in apologetics might lead to bad theological habits. Like, if you’re so busy responding to arguments by atheists, you might fail to see the best grasp of crucial parts of the faith actually depend on some doctrines being, quite frankly, open to skeptical attack. I have in mind, most particularly, the Deus Absconditus.
But in short, my commitment to Christian doctrine does not depend—in the slightest—on my being able to respond to the sorts of objections I used to have. I *can* explain why I no longer find those objections compelling. But I make no guarantees, at all, that my explanations will be brief or even possibly persuasive to skeptics.
So when an atheist says, “Ha ha! You believe that Jonah survived three days in the belly of a fish? LOL!” I’m not sure it is especially crucial to have a glib response prepared. It might actually be better to say, “Yes, it’s very strange, isn’t it? How can it be that Christians believe this? Let’s see…”
Isn’t anybody selling beefy computers with an independent (offline) LLM installed?
Seems like it would be a big seller.
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DEI is sadly dying because it was a foolish mistake for progressives to try and change equality of opportunity, a concept with broad support to the regressive policy of equality of outcomes which very few people believe in. justcaws.ca/2024/03/say…
I thought (after listening a few minutes) that this was an actual response video to my Christian conversion testimony, by human beings, but no. Turns out, a friend could recognize the voices and that they were those of Google NotebookLM! No wonder they sounded so chirpy and weirdly in-sync.
I pray and ask for wisdom and wealth. Wisdom, I believe, should be and can be sought in the Bible. Wealth, for me, means health, financial freedom, and the ability to care for and provide for others.
Will be interesting to watch whether humans stay cheaper (in material and energy) than their automated counterparts. This will determine the survival of those “cities” and their natural cover …
We do live in interesting times indeed.
“Amazing Polly” has an interesting hypothesis about a Rumble-to-Trump admin pipeline:
All I know is that, as an actual long-time libertarian, I don’t trust government contractors as far as I can kick ’em, and corporatism is the thing that unites the Establishment on both the left and the right…and that’s what the Trump administration is giving us.
And the connection of high-level “ex”-spies is also concerning. I am also opposed to government by intelligence apparatus.
I voted for the man, and I think he’s doing so many great things, but this…is concerning.
We must never stop holding our elected representatives’ feet to the fire, to ensure they remain honest.
What’s New in the News… justcaws.ca/2023/11/in-…
Weekend Read: The What if Column…
justcaws.caCrazy Thoughts For Crazy Times
What an absolutely thrilling, humbling, exhausting week this has been!
I am nonplussed. Surprised at being thrust into the spotlight. I didn’t think my testimony was exactly scintillating. It’s not that I *mind*, I’ve been here before (several times), it’s just that I didn’t at all expect people to care much. My conversion story just seemed seemed like such a…niche thing.
I didn’t expect to be called upon to repeat my story many times and defend the faith immediately. Good thing I spent the last five years learning about it.
I don’t deserve this…but then it’s not about me, so of course I don’t. Soli Deo Gloria. Thank God for making use of me. I hope I do well, with his help.
You know would be neat? An app that’s basically a web wrapper for these types of WordPress feeds, where you can add the feeds of people you want to follow, like an RSS feed reader app, with notifications for new posts, etc.
This is not a city. It is a 21st century prison camp.