The more complex the world situation becomes, the more scientific and rational analysis you have to have, the less you can do with simple good will and sentiment.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
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creates semantic nodes and clusters #KENJI #NOMURA #UNIFICATIONIST #THEOLOGIAN chatgpt.com?prompt=Analy... AÉPIOT: INDEPENDENT SEMANTIC WEB 4.0 INFRASTRUCTURE (EST. 2009): aepiot.com
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Live Broadcast with the #Spirit of #John the #Theologian – "I Am Here, I Am Incarnated" #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #apostle , #Gospel , #Jesus , #Vladikavkaz , #aliens , #Apocalypse , #chakras , #MotherofGod , #Luke,
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The #scandal rocking #BethelChurch and the world of #charismatic #Christians
In a nearly six-hour video, a #Christian #theologian exposed one of the most influential #churches in the country
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-scandal-rocking-bethel-church
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Theologian John Lennox reflects on legacy, the hope that endures
In a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation, renowned lay theologian and apologist John Lennox has provided a striking reflection on ageing, spiritual resilience and what it truly means to “finish well.” #JohnLennox #theologian #ministry
Source: https://www.christianpost.com/news/theologian-john-lennox-reflects-on-aging-and-legacy.html
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#ReformUK hires academic with links to #Trump as #Farage senior adviser
Cambridge's James #Orr described as “a brilliant academic, #theologian, thinker” by #Reform’s head of #policy #Yusuf
Yusuf said the associate professor of the history of religion at Cambridge had joined Reform
Though not well-known public figure, Orr has been influential upon philosophy of Trump administration.
VP #Vance described him as his British sherpa
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25554809.reform-hires-academic-links-trump-farage-senior-adviser/
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Ologies and Nouns of Agency
The other day I was wondering, for no particular reason, why it is that a person who does astrology is called an astrologer, whereas a person (such as myself) who specializes in cosmology is a cosmologist.
Before proceeding to bore you further I will point out: (i) that words such as astrologer or cosmologist are examples of “noun of agency” or “agentive nouns” as they denote the agent or doer of an action; and (ii) that the suffix “-ology” signifies the study of a particular subject of thing. The word “ology” itself has come to mean “a branch of study” (at least informally).
Most ologies have an agentive noun that ends in “ologist”. As well as cosmologist, we have biologist, geologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and so on. There’s even “apologist” although I don’t think “apology” is an ology in the usual sense. Astrology is an ology, but we don’t usually talk about astrologists. In fact I rarely talk about astrologers either, but that’s not the point.
Looking in various dictionaries, however, I do see that the “-ologer” ending is given for some of the ologies listed above, including “geologer” but in all cases that I’ve found these are marked as archaic. Perhaps “astrologer” has lingered because astrology is a subject that likes to present itself as having ancient credentials.
There is another exception to the “ology-ologist” rule. At least in English English, a person who studies theology is not a theologist, nor even a theologer, but a theologian. I don’t know how that came about. There are quite a few people who can’t resist mixing religion with science when they talk about the field of cosmology, so perhaps cosmologian might be an appropriate term for them?
#agentiveNouns #astrologer #astrology #cosmologist #Cosmology #NounsOfAgency #theologian #theology
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Hey, Dr. #ScottHahn, thank you for deleting your #facebook post where you shared the #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse greeting full of empty #platitudes for #Easter and #HolyWeek, but NO THANK YOU for posting it in the first place! You are an accomplished #theologian, Dr. Hahn! You ought to have better reading comprehension than this! I just wish I'd been able to see the salty comments I presume you got.
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The Bible Was All Written by Men With #DaddyIssues | Francesca Stavrakopoulou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeA-Nf5eYqk
#Theologian and scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou challenges conventional views on the authorship of the Bible, exploring the idea that many of its texts were written by men grappling with complex relationships with authority figures—particularly father figures.
#atheist #atheism #christianity #podcast #science #bible #scientist
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#RichardHays, 76, #Dies; #Theologian Who Had Stunning #ChangeofHeart
He released a #thunderclap into the #evangelical #world by asserting that a deeper #reading of the #Bible revealed that #samesexrelationships are not #sinful.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Progress
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/richard-hays-dead.html
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Ok, you're right
I just checked at the source, who'd rather have it, so the German Lutheran Church.It says, "It is not certain whether #Luther posted them there as pamphlets on October 31, 1517. But the #theologian brought his critical theses to the public, and they were soon translated from Latin into German, printed, distributed, and discussed throughout the country."
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I’m not a #theologian but my church history hot take is that Paul’s writings should have been in the #apocrypha. 🤷
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#Theologian says #Biden's exit and the #Republican choice of J.D. #Vance marks the symbolic end of Second Vatican Council Catholicism the in #US, and replaces it with a #racist and #identarian "project that transforms the #Catholic universalism of the #Church into a global mega #sect (whose headquarters is found in the United States)". “It’s a Catholicism in which there’s no room for the joy of the Gospel, but only for rage and resentment"
#religion
#USpol
#politics
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2024/07/theologian-says-biden-exit-marks-end-of-conciliar-catholicism-in-us/ -
#Vatican #Deprives #Transgender #People of Survival, Writes #Theologian.
"#Human #dignity is at risk when people can't decide their own #genderidentity. This #selfdetermination is a #humanright the #CatholicChurch ignores. ‘#DignitasInfinita’ inverts #humandignity."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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@kris It is activity pub, so it should be, but I have no idea how… because I am a #theologian, not a #cs person…
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#readersofmastodon
#theologies
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#readings
#reformed
Starting out: "Common Grace-Vol. 1" Abraham Kuyper -
‘It’s not a way to live’: Why #transgender #people are #leaving #Tennessee.
#WPLN #News spoke with #trans #activist and #theologian Dr. #RobertoCheEspinoza about his #decision to leave the #RepublicanParty-Controlled #state.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
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Hey, #theologydon, who was the first #theologian that grabbed your imagination?
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German #theologian and #pastor, was born in #Breslau, #Germany (now #Wrocław, #Poland) in #1906 and died in #1945. He studied #theology at the universities of #Berlin and #Tübingen and became one of the most prominent theologians of the 20th century. Bonhoeffer was a vocal critic of Adolf #Hitler and the #Nazi regime, and his opposition ultimately led to his arrest and execution.
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Hi Mastodon.social! This is my new Mastodon account. I shall be migrating my old account to here. Feel free to follow! #theologian #theology #straightbutaffirming #christianity #church
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I just read this passage from the #Asian Journal of #ThomasMerton and I love it. [I believe he was quoting from "Ramanuja et la mystique vishnouite" by A.M. Esnoul.]
Merton was an American #Trappist #monk, #writer, #theologian, #mystic, #poet, #SocialActivist and #scholar of #ComparativeReligion. He became deeply interested in #EasternReligions, had been studying them closely for some time, then had a chance to travel to Asia. His Asian Journal is his account of that journey and exploration.
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I’ve mentioned before that I created a mastodon account for my dad, an 87-year-old #theologian with a focus on #Ecojustice. @PaulSantmire
I’d like to find him an instance that allows more than 500 characters, I’ve seen some posts that have a “read more“ option? I’ve done some looking and haven’t found one yet, there’s someone told me about one once do you know if instances that have a slightly higher character limit?
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#December 2, 1707
#OTD Johann Hecker, #German #Theologian & #Educator is born.Johann installed #Gardens at his #Schools to teach hands-on #Botany.
Johann taught the #Cultivation of the #Mulberry #Tree.
This was a #Strategic move on his part since the production of #Silk & the care of #Silkworms found #Favor with the #King of #Prussia, #Frederick the #Great.
Thanks to Johann, both #Teachers & #Students tended the large #Mulberry #Plantation & learned the culture of silk & #Mulberries.
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#December 2, 1707
#OTD Johann Hecker, #German #Theologian & #Educator is born.Johann founded secondary #Schools to prepare students for practical jobs & callings.
He referred to his schools as #Seedbeds… from which the #Young, like #Trees from a #Nursery, could be #Transplanted to their proper places."
#Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon #Nature #Tree #College #TechnicalCollege #CommunityCollege #Skills #Horticulture #Botany #Teacher #Teaching #Seeds #Seed
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Dr Tim Jenkins, former Dean of Jesus College, #Cambridge, is a #theologian and #anthropologist. This photo is of him presenting ‘Reports of Flying Saucers’ at ‘Beer and Theology Cambridge’ on 18 July this year, in the Fort St George pub on Midsummer Common. It was a fascinating overview of his forthcoming book.
Next Mon, 21 Nov, 8-9.30pm, at the same pub, Dr Hannah Swinthinbank (Westcott House) will present on ‘Effects of #Empire: #Israel’s Identity and Jeremiah’. Open to all.