The Tentative Apologist
@RandalRauser
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Workplace Investigator, Theologian, Dad, Husband, Lhasa Apso aficionado
Edmonton, Canada
Joined October 2011
List of the 10 worst apologetic defenses of the Canaanite genocide as described in passages like Deut. 20:16-17 and Josh. 6:21. 🧵.
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Taylor Swift is endlessly kind and generous ... and hated by Trump and his MAGAcolytes.
🚨| Taylor Swift tipping the workers as she’s leaving the GRAMMYs!
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Nothing beats holding a hardcopy of your newly published book. "Disabuse" is my 17th book. Coauthored with Bob Stenhouse, it is a practical guide to investigating abuse in churches. (promo)
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It's quite fascinating how the far right has latched onto plastic straws of all things as a symbol of "Don't tread on me" American individualism.
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Christian nationalists have co-opted "Christ is King" in the same way that garden-variety nationalists co-opted the flag.
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Many Christian organizations require their employees to sign a statement of faith *annually*. Why is that? Why can't people sign it once and then the organization can trust them to notify the organization if anything changes?
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@b34kw1ld3r I believe God is meticulously provident and has morally sufficient reasons to allow all evil/suffering that occurs.
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Ted Nugent and Kid Rock will finally get the recognition they deserve. 🙄
Trump just terminated the Chair of the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as the new chair. He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.
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By this logic, you're a better host if you welcome cannibals to your table while also accommodating those who prefer non-human meat options.
Meat eaters are better hosts because they care about providing vegetarian options to their guests but the same hospitality is not extended by vegetarians (to serve meat options).
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The USA government kept Indian men and women shackled for the entirety of a 40 hour deportation flight. The dehumanization of outgroups is accelerating.
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"Religious liberty" is a broader concept than "combating discrimination against Christians".
I have been appointed to lead the White House Faith Office. The office will work alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to combat discrimination against Christians in federal institutions and ensure religious liberties are upheld across the country!
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When a head of state calls for the immediate termination of journalists who produce investigative reporting unfavorable to the administration, your democracy is in a dangerous place.
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Yes, that's the facehugger from the Alien universe. An apt metaphor, indeed.
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This is how you reason if you're in a cult. Everything the dear leader suggests is really "four dimensional chess."
Kayleigh: The lesson is maybe Trump is not trying to take Gaza. Maybe, this is a grand part of a negotiation to get Iran to come to the table.. President Trump is playing four dimensional chess, you all are playing checkers
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Where are all those "pro-life" evangelicals now?
Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is dismantling USAID, which feeds the poorest children on earth. This is oligarchy at its worst. Musk’s actions are not only immoral and unconstitutional, they are counterproductive to our standing in the world.
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A video on my new book "Disabuse" (co-authored with Bob Stenhouse):
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In my latest video, I criticize apologist Frank Turek for suggesting atheists are controlled by Satan and Muslims are dangerous and should be removed from the United States. This is how radical MAGA apologetics is becoming.
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Political cartoonist Michael de Adder says he's lost three jobs being an unrelenting critic of DT. That's called having skin in the game.
It cost me three jobs.
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Ironic that an anti-intellectual critique of seminaries is hamstrung by sweeping historical generalizations and a false binary. (Going to a seminary that provides theological education helps you identify bad reasoning.)
Seminaries were created to train ministers, not provide graduate theological education. The church has suffered because her seminaries have confused these things.
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