Joe Dunman

Jesus preached the kingdom of God. He focused on justice, compassion, and preparing for God's reign-not personal salvation. Modern Christianity centers a message Jesus never taught. @REASONED-REALITY

Jesus taught action. Paul taught beliet. Jesus said to give, forgive, and serve. Paul said faith alone was enough. It's no surprise which message became more popular. @REASONED_ REALITY

Here you go.

To illustrate the fraud that he was apparently.

Paul changed the message entirely. Paul never met Jesus, yet shaped the theology most Christians follow-salvation by faith, original sin, divine blood payment. It was his invention, not Jesus' mission. @REASONED-REALITY

Entirely!

Christianity doesn't follow Jesus. It follows a man who hijacked his name. @REASONED-REALITY

I have stumbled upon the anti-Paul corner of IG.

I know I would highly value a letter like that!

A touching announcement of the end of a precious, unique human being's life, written by someone who knew them and (hopefully) loved them? Nah, go ahead and outsource that to the lying machine.

If ever I doubted my AI skepticism, having the guy known for being the wrongest anyone has ever been about anything in history tell me I'm wrong is really reassuring.

One of my favorites comes from the same book: 2 Corinthians 11:1. Great as a standalone prayer.

Judge John C. Coughenour, who in February blocked Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, said that he and his wife had been “swatted.”

“The local sheriff's office received a call saying that I had murdered my wife, and they arrived at my house with weapons drawn,” he said.

Probably for the best.

A rule-making administrative agency’s prayer.

No sir. I’m just a simple country lawyer.

Today’s big Bluesky question: who out there is the next FDR?

TOMORROW August 2 at 26 Federal Plaza, 10am . The Episcopal Diocese of New York, the The Interfaith Center of New York, and New York Immigration Coalition will host a public vigil and prayer gathering calling for the immediate release of Yeonsoo Go, daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, who was unlawfully detained by ICE following a routine immigration hearing. 🙏 Faith leaders and people of moral conscience will gather to offer prayers, bear witness, and call for justice and compassion in the face of unjust detention practices. Faith leaders across New York are calling for Yeonsoo's immediate release and for broader accountability in how ICE is targeting immigrants, students, and family members. 💐 Participants are invited to bring flowers and cards for Yeonsoo and others who are unjustly detained. 📣 Speakers will include: 📢The Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 📢Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition Other faith leaders and advocates ✨WHY✨ On Thursday, July 31, Yeonsoo Go appeared for what was expected to be a routine visa hearing. After the judge scheduled her next court appearance for October, she was unexpectedly and unlawfully detained by ICE agents as she exited the courtroom. . Yeonsoo is the daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, an Episcopal priest, and a beloved member of her community. Her detention represents a disturbing and unacceptable escalation of enforcement against individuals in good standing with pending immigration cases. #ice #detention #onesingleact #episcopal #immediaterelease #justice #lovethyneighbor

TOMORROW August 2 at 26 Federal Plaza, 10am . The Episcopal Diocese of New York, the The Interfaith Center of New York, and New York Immigration Coalition will host a public vigil and prayer gathering calling for the immediate release of Yeonsoo Go, daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, who was unlawfully detained by ICE following a routine immigration hearing. 🙏 Faith leaders and people of moral conscience will gather to offer prayers, bear witness, and call for justice and compassion in the face of unjust detention practices. Faith leaders across New York are calling for Yeonsoo's immediate release and for broader accountability in how ICE is targeting immigrants, students, and family members. 💐 Participants are invited to bring flowers and cards for Yeonsoo and others who are unjustly detained. 📣 Speakers will include: 📢The Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 📢Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition Other faith leaders and advocates ✨WHY✨ On Thursday, July 31, Yeonsoo Go appeared for what was expected to be a routine visa hearing. After the judge scheduled her next court appearance for October, she was unexpectedly and unlawfully detained by ICE agents as she exited the courtroom. . Yeonsoo is the daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, an Episcopal priest, and a beloved member of her community. Her detention represents a disturbing and unacceptable escalation of enforcement against individuals in good standing with pending immigration cases. #ice #detention #onesingleact #episcopal #immediaterelease #justice #lovethyneighbor

Daughter of an Episcopal priest arrested and detained following her routine visa hearing.

Aug. 2, 1900 | North Carolina Votes to Disenfranchise Black Residents Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1900, North Carolina approved a literacy test voting requirement that was used to disenfranchise most Black people in the state.

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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
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You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers never misses

I am too so I’ll try some stuff out on Moxfield and see what I like.

I generally despise blue but having access to stuff like Mulldrifter and Uro in a Pod deck with double ETB effects is really nice.

It's not polite to brag, Michael.

So anyway the benefit of Glissa is that you can build around artifact creatures with great enters the battlefield (ETB) effects and then get the creatures back after you sacrifice them to Pod, but lacks a third color; Yarok is great because he doubles all the ETBs, but lacks a recursive ability.

That means a lot to me.

I did not mean to begin the first two posts in this thread with "Look," but look, I'm doing my best.

Look, this is just the kind of content you're going to get from me right now. If I talk about the government, every post will just be me screaming into the void.

CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress — marking the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress.

Look, I know I could be doing prep for the coming semester but I've been struggling all day trying to decide whether to build a Birthing Pod deck with Glissa, the Traitor as my commander or with Yarok, the Desecrated. I can't commit financially to both right now.

We know a real estate company was the top donor ($100K) to Beshear's super PAC, but will never know who is giving what to "Heckbent," which is Beshear's dark money 501c4 group.

You see the left's problem is they're not trying to accommodate or cater to a tiny minority of unlikeable assholes who want to subjugate everyone else, leaving the field totally open to the right. My fee for this gem of political consultation is $500 million.

I tell my students pretty specifically that they shouldn't act like this.