#Theology

Not sure why I care so much, but the bumpkins over at The Orthosphere keep deleting my rebuttal to a half-assed post they made on Gnosticism. A thread. Original article:https://orthosphere.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/stuart-holroyd-gnosticism-
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This is fascinating, but it also makes a brief argument I hate, which is that any irrational form of attachment to the obviously fictional is indistinguishable from religion:https://jezebel.com/consider-the-snapewife-1845247730 "And wh
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So I've seen a few folks post about Elevation and Maverick City's new collaborative single, "Old Church Basement," and I went and listened to it the other day. It's sparked
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"Kaafir jhuk jaaye dar pe farmaye mujhse tu hi hai bandagi"-"The Kaafir(Hindu) bows down at my door and says-I am your slave"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKVxRPN_tTY (@ 3.16)Casual anti Hindu references in Urdu alludi
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Because atheism doesn’t have a pope, ecclesiastical hierarchy, Bible, or creed, many people struggle to make sense of ‘atheist morality,’ and so you will find all sorts of people saying
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A thread/reminder that a historical explanation of Jesus’s crucifixion (“he was killed by Rome b/c they viewed him a messianic political revolutionary “) doesn’t preclude a theological explanation (Jesus, God
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Hello, just popping on to share a quick hot takes on home schooling (I was homeschooled! I loved it!).Talking points:- curriculum (mostly bad!)- grades and tests (also mostly bad)- your
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The "public sphere" of society developed from the milieu of christendom, which originally suffered a fragmentation from the growth of papacy. Rather than a local (but powerful & ancient patriarchate)
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Understanding Christian Theology and Fundamentals Thread (Part 1) This thread is for believers, lukewarm believers and non-believers at the same time. I’m making this short and to the point. As
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There's renewed interest in ʿIlm al-Kalām al-Jadīd (علم الكلام الجديد) among academic colleagues. While I am in awe of the medieval masters and their penetrating insights in a range of
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Really interesting reading the replies to this. There’s surely TONS more thinking behind this short press release. No press release ever tells the whole story. But insofar as this lays
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I know there are dire things in the world but on Friday afternoon of a long weekend, I want to bring you hot church history facts for Hamilton (the musical)
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The couple years leading up to my deconstruction were years spent convincing myself I was ok. Even tho my heart was questioning a few things at that time and I
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I want to talk for a second about the evolution of/development of faith. I've had more than one person tell me that they feel like they've lost their faith and
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Choosing celibacy as a gay person means choosing a life where literally nothingwill ever be enough. You literally become a stench to both camps, andbothwill stop at nothing to discredit
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1/x. I frequently get asked what to read in philosophy. There are no shortcuts. If you started an MDiv w/o the equiv. of a minor in Phil. you were at
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