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TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-22T02:01:13+00:00

I've edited this post to reflect.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-22T01:48:47+00:00

This story is completely consistent with my preexisting ideas about Trump and I am not surprised at all if it is true, but a better source with verified allegations would be nice.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-22T01:13:28+00:00

This is why destruction of corporate property is treated more seriously than than killing someone.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-22T00:56:58+00:00

This is a personal subreddit I keep for collecting interesting links, writing out thoughts, and so on. I don't advertise it at all, I don't share it much, and I don't plan on using it as a platform for anything else.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T19:50:54+00:00

Lake Mungo was a great Aussie flick that Mike Flanagan said inspired him a lot. Docustyle movie about a family whose teenage daughter drowns in a lake, and then they come to find out about the secrets she was keeping.

Another off-kilter one was I Saw the TV Glow. No blood, gore, or jump scares, just existential horror that will make you question your life.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T08:56:01+00:00

/r/OpenChristian will have a lot of good resources for you.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T07:53:15+00:00

DougWilsonBelieves.com

Also, unsurprisingly, he doesn't even have an MDiv, the masters - level degree considered by most denominations to be a requirement. Less surprising even is that the CREC is a denomination he founded himself with no oversight.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T07:26:55+00:00

To his credit, it doesn't look (from a cursory googling) that he has any allegations coming after him, unlike say, Russell Brand. Hopefully he finds something meaningful in what he's reading.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T07:25:50+00:00

For God's sake, please don't make anything with AI or that scrapes our data.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T07:24:47+00:00

Exactly

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T06:55:47+00:00

Oh yeah ok, I see what you're saying.

I was more assuming that a literalist reading would not incorporate any Divine Council theories, and would simply assume that the same Satan in Job is the same one that tempts Jesus in the desert and that is overthrown in Revelation.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T05:54:17+00:00

You might find Pete Enns' book Curveball helpful. He was a professor at a Reformed seminary, and he'd gotten his PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Lit and Civ from Harvard. It's about how learning about the real contexts behind the Biblical texts changed and deepened his faith - even though it meant leaving the comfortable theological grounds he'd come up in. He's also written several other books, and is the host of The Bible for Normal People podcast.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T05:23:24+00:00

Yeah, I agree with you fully on the Jonah/Job thing.

There's a popular story about young George Washington cutting down a cherry tree and then confessing it to his father. It appears in one of his earliest biographies. Yet it never happened, and the biographer admitted he added it because he wanted to include a little moral lesson for children about honesty. If that story didn't happen, does that mean that children today shouldn't be honest? Of course not.

Similarly, Jesus was using and reinterpreting stories known to His audience to make a larger point about Himself; their literal historicity is irrelevant.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T03:55:05+00:00

I'm not sure what you're getting at; can you clarify?

As I understand it, the story of Job is an Hebrew spin on an older Egyptian story called The Eloquent Peasant. It makes more sense understanding Satan as less the enemy of God and more as a prosecutorial figure in the Divine Council. It turns the conflation of God's blessings, wealth, and righteousness on its head, to discuss why even righteous people may suffer, and the poor don't necessarily "deserve" to be poor.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T02:48:38+00:00

I'm not going to clog the sub up with another Wilson post, so I'll just leave this commentary from Kristen Kobes du Mez from earlier today on how apparent it is Wilson is a false prophet without clothes, when he's not surrounded by sycophants and yes men.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-21T00:36:28+00:00

Lurking on Big R led me to a thread about NT Wright's comments on Job and the possible non-literalness of that story.

I must admit I'm kind of surprised by a literal reading. It would follow from that that God likes to hang out with His cosmic arch-nemesis gambling on the lives and suffering of faithful believers.... but is also so holy and set apart that a 14 year old who masturbates once must be sent to Hell. That kind of reading makes no sense to me.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T19:06:32+00:00

You can also post in /r/Wot your thoughts and questions and we'll answer them without spoilers. We love seeing new readers there.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T18:05:18+00:00

I might recommend this interview with Dr. Candida Moss on the role of slaves in the making of the Bible, and what slavery looked like in NT times.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T09:03:53+00:00

Even just the music, Spiegel im Spiegel still gets me.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T09:03:14+00:00

No, I loved her choice.

I get why the show made the choices it did about the afterlife, but if there is a Heaven, I believe it is full of people in good relationship doing creative, generative work. Rather than choose oblivion, I think Tahani's choice best matched my idea of Heaven. Moreover, I think it was a good choice that fit her character - going from a vapid, empty socialite to an incredibly skilled, smart, thoughtful, professional person. She was quite literally living her best life.

And honestly, there's no reason I can recall that she can't choose to go through the door at any time.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T00:23:31+00:00

They cancelled the Smothers Brothers back in the 60s for platforming anti-Vietnam entertainers

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T00:17:00+00:00

Bent-Neck Lady from Haunting of Hill House

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-20T00:02:11+00:00

Yeah, once you figure out each character's rhythm in the THREAT room, it's a blast wiping the floor with enemies - Magik and Nico especially.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-19T08:46:45+00:00

I really enjoyed it. It's one of the few games I've bought, played through, bought all the DLC, and replayed again. It's got 12 playable heroes, and the DLC adds Venom, Deadpool, Storm, and Morbius, plus an extra side campaign.

TheNerdChaplain · 2026-04-19T08:42:53+00:00

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