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Is there a word for a belief system where is only one god, but god is a contingent entity like polytheistic gods? www.reddit.com/r/theology/s...

The God Who Thirsts: A Good Friday Meditation YouTube video by Cole J. Banning

And being found in human form, the Incarnate God humbled Christself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. youtube.com/watch?v=CSDG...

Considering that math was supposed to be the one thing computers were very good at, it strikes me as ironic just how bad generative AI is at simple arithmetic. I understand why (it doesn't actually understand that it needs to do math) but it still amuses me.

Both Johann and Richard wrote waltzes.

I'm not sure how much opportunity our current system gives one to "do both" fully, although I suppose that depends a bit on the particular "trade" involved.

Internal monologue as I walk by Christmas trees dumped on the curb on December 27:

(Picard voice): There. Are. TWELVE. Days.

Or at least not insist they are actually feminine.

I've read Twilight fanfic that was much, much better than Fifty Shades. (And I don't say that to cast, ahem, shade on Fifty Shades, which I found enjoyable if unexceptional.)

Thanks for highlighting this, Christopher. Reposted, now with alt text.

Lord, hear our prayer.

And I suspect that someone who was actually a professional Biblical scholar would be able to demonstrate that the Greek editors actively knew that their additions were screwing with the pacing when they added them, and yet did it anyway.

Although on a certain level, recognizing that the Greek additions screw with the pacing actually helps us to understand the motivations and values of the Greek editors, since clearly they thought the additions were important enough to include despite screwing with the pacing.

The Greek editors clearly felt that the additions added something to the Hebrew text that they felt was missing for their purposes and in their context. I'm not sure what it means to describe that belief as correct or incorrect.

It's definitely legitimate to talk about how the Greek additions to Esther screw with the pacing of the text or even make it a less enjoyable read for modern audiences but "literary quality" seems too broad a term to be really meaningful.

I mean, I've definitely read plenty of fanfic that was way better than the canon it was based upon.

Problem is less powerful people who shouldn't be that dumb have also been sucked into believing that lie and are convinced we're all going to lose our jobs.

On one level this seems obviously true. And yet Jesus doesn't tell the tax collectors to quit their jobs and become something less compromised, but rather to try to find a way of existing ethically within the system despite the seemingly systemic nature of the abuse.

I feel like "brightest crayon" makes too much sense for that to be a truly mixed metaphor.

I definitely think it matters. It is better for people to hold true beliefs than false beliefs, and presumably we as Christians believe Christianity to be true. What's less obvious to me is how much it matters.

I have the same question about "My Favorite Things."

We can recognize that owners and executives typically extract way more value from corporations than they provide without fallaciously acting as if they provide no value at all and are entirely dispensable.

I feel like everyone either overinflates the value of soi-disant "job creators" or else denies their value entirely (I'm not saying the quoted post is doing this). The truth most likely is somewhere in between.

Then I don't get the part about not speaking up when they built three churches on a street. bsky.app/profile/call...

My favorite character in Aladdin was Jafar, so I will never not love Return of Jafar.

But letting religions build houses of religion is part of what the separation of church and state protects, so I don't see how an advocate of said separation could object to it.

Wait, when did the government build 3 churches per street?

There are certainly some traditions that are more separatist than others. I can't speak to JWs, but the Anabaptist/Mennonite/Amish traditions have a very strong separatist streak.

Christianity across the ages and across its many denominations is much broader and more diverse than just your understanding of it.

A bad Muslim is still a Muslim. A bad Christian is still a Christian. (And our Christian faith teaches us that all Christians are bad Christians. We are not saved by living up to the tenets [nor tenants] of our professed faith, but by the saving work of Christ on the Cross.)

Ideally science goes on both sides of the wall.