Science is not reality. Science is a tool to understand reality. It is not reality itself. There are other tools to understand reality, and science is not inherently superior at that end, only intuitively so. (I say this as one who loves the natural sciences a very great deal.)
I have been stuck in a wheelchair, with a portable ventilator to help me breathe, for the past fifteen years. I’m usually happy, or at least equanimous, but sometimes, when I’m alone with my thoughts, the weight of my incapacity feels crushing. Pray for me, friends and followers.
You see, my dear friends, this is the problem of Sola Scriptura, in one tweet. If we merely go to the text, then one cannot say conclusively that Humpty Dumpty is an egg. Of course he’s an egg! Decades of authoritative nursery rhyme tradition declare that Humpty Dumpty is an egg!
I dislike talking about sex on Twitter, but I need to get this off my chest.
My Catholic faith is obviously against premarital sex, but that’s not for me to judge individually, and the confessional exists. What is breaking my heart is a friend asking me, “but how will I get
Honestly... pray for me that I can find a place to be for Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. I don’t mean to get vulnerable on Twitter, but the idea of being alone on the holidays, particularly after Thanksgiving dinner fell through last month, is not one I’m looking forward to.
@CEJacksonLaw
No no, you see, there really were always millions of transgender kids, but the cisheteropatriarchy forced them all into the closet. I know this because Teen Vogue told me so.
Maricopa law requires chain-of-custody docs be preserved
It also requires ballots be counted at voting centers before transport to MCTEC
Neither was done on election day
Machine breakdowns, record lines, no counting, no chain of custody, and people think this was legal/fair?
Today is a good day to remember that Christine Blasey Ford was not a credible witness against Brett Kavanaugh, that she couldn’t remember many of the key details of the story, that her story changed, that her lawyers gave her the polygraph, and that her friends didn’t remember.
Today is a good day to remember that Christine Blasey Ford credibly claimed that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her—accurately recalled who he was hanging out with, passed an FBI polygraph, and provided notes from her therapist about the assault—and Republicans didn’t care.
On Monday, Rep. Meijer wrote, “my predecessor, libertarian Justin Amash, warned of the ‘death spiral of partisanship’” as he complained about Dems boosting John Gibbs, a candidate he called dangerous.
On Tuesday, Meijer lost to Gibbs.
On Wednesday, Meijer appeared with Gibbs:
Marriage is, in fact, the union of a man and a woman. This is a notion that was entirely uncontroversial in the Western world, both Roman and Christian, until what effectively amounts to five minutes ago. You can entirely love your gay brethren and recognize that obvious reality.
Holy crap. A Trump advocate just went on a homophobic rant at CPAC claiming that marriage is the “union of a man and a woman.” This is who the MAGA Republican Party is. They are openly advocating for discriminating against the LGBTQ+ community. Insane.
Please, I ask of you, pray for me. I cannot say precisely why I ask for your prayers here, but if you have my phone number, feel free to ask me about it and I will try to answer. But I need prayers, I need His especial help, more than I’ve needed such intervention in a long time.
Yuppp, it’s official.
I’m definitely Catholic.
Well... I was confirmed as a Roman Catholic over a year-and-a-half ago.
But entering a parish church today after not having been in one for almost eight months...
...yea, I know it. I’m Catholic. It felt good to be back home.
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2012: Orthodox Jew
2013: Orthodox Jew
2014: Orthodox Jew → secular Jew
2015: secular Jew
2016: secular Jew
2017: secular Jew
2018: secular Jew
2019: secular Jew → Episcopal churchgoer
2020: Episcopal churchgoer → Episcopal baptizand → Anglican parishioner
2021: Anglican
I have nothing witty to say tonight. If you know me, love me, care for me, have my number, feel free to reach out, but it’s not for Twitter. But I need prayers. This isn’t moodiness, or anxiety, or depression, or anything like that. I’m completely devastated, and ask for prayers.
If you go to church today, please, explicitly, pray that I get my ability to swallow back promptly. I implore this of you. Maybe even ask your pastor to pray for me as well, if you feel brazen enough. If not, then you, please, pray for me. I need a solution and I need it already.
Yes, I was raised Orthodox Jewish. Yes, I am a convert to Catholicism. No, I am not going to throw my friends and family overboard because they practice Judaism. No, you haven’t actually read the Talmud, I don’t believe you. Yes, I identify as a Christian rather than as a Jewish
Tomorrow, Easter Sunday, I am to be received into the holy, true, and apostolic Roman Catholic Church. I have the inestimable honor of having my dear friend
@SohrabAhmari
act as sponsor for my initiation. I humbly ask for your prayers for this exciting occasion in my life. ✝️
Please pray for me, dear friends, as I’ve been having swallowing difficulties the past few weeks (more than usual), and would very much like not to choke, which has nearly happened a few times during that period. It is immensely frustrating, and honestly, quite terrifying for me.
Your continued prayers on my behalf for a miraculous restoration of my abilities to comfortably and safely swallow foods and liquids are sought and appreciated.
As a right-wing sort (my biases are on full display), I do not like to read a Ginsburg (rest in peace), Breyer, or Kagan majority opinion. I may even find the reasoning weak and wrong. But it will generally be lawyerly and understandable. Sotomayor reads like a DNC talking point.
I won’t be on Twitter much today, or possibly over the next few days. One of my dearest friends, thirty years old, died yesterday after a head-on pedestrian collision on Tuesday. Please pray for her soul, and the consolation of her family and friends. I’m still reeling from this.
Would appreciate prayers for my physical health right now, if possible. My pulse is extremely quick for my age right now, somewhere in the vicinity of one hundred and thirty beats per minute, and I’m home alone, so, while I’ve asked an EMT over to stop by, I’m a little nervous...
There's so much wrong with Lindsey Graham's abusive Q'g of Jackson re the Kavanaugh hearing, which she had no'g to do with. "How would you like it...?" he asks. The fact is, there is no credible allegation of sexual misconduct against Jackson as there was against Kavanaugh.
There were more legal abortions than live births in the State of New York in the year 1973.
Dwell on that, for a moment. It’s a truly horrifying statistic.
This Pope converted me to Catholicism! The crackdown on the Extraordinary Form led me to seek out the Traditional Latin Mass in my area (I was Anglican at the time) to see what the deal was about, and ended up converting.
I regret I’m not going to make it to dinner or Mass today, much as I wish it, and I haven’t been able to swallow solid food for the past seven months, unfortunately. But I am celebrating the birth of our Savior in the best way possible under the circumstances. Merry Christmas! 🥃
Can y’all say a prayer for a friend of mine who sent me some really dark texts a few hours ago (as in they’re in a bad place) and is now unreachable? I’d assume their phone is just off, but it’s unnerving to get such messages and then to be unable to respond and check up on them.
@TRHLofficial
@1paupermofo
That in and of itself is not a good argument, though. Adults consent on behalf of children all the time. The problem here is that *no one*, adults included, can rationally consent to so-called gender-affirming care.
This is your periodic reminder that human beings are not interchangeable like livestock numbers, that children with Down’s syndrome are human beings with intrinsic value and dignity, and people who make arguments like the one below are cruel sociopaths who ought to be ostracized.
The rate of Down Syndrome births in Europe is about half of what it would be due to abortion.
Many of the parents go on to have a healthy child instead, or maybe two.
So you get just as many lives but more health.
There are actually people who think this is a bad thing.
Pray for me, storm the heavens for me, please. For many prayers, for His grace, and for His help. I need Him, I need His aid and His succor, and I humbly ask for your prayers to our Lord.
@ImogenWK
@Ireland_1912
The thing is, the quote supposedly comes from Plutarch, only the content was the opposite, to the effect that Alexander wept because there was so much left to conquer.
It’s worth pointing out that *almost* no one thinks Trump will actually win more votes. I think if he wins the electoral college and loses the popular vote *again* you’re looking at the worst legitimacy crisis since secession.
Right-wing political commentator Michael Knowles said “for the good of society... transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely” at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon.
As a Senator, your job is to make laws for the American people (within the limits of the Constitution). It is not to defer to an unelected bureaucracy of “experts.” The people of the Beehive State can do so much better.
A GOP aide in Romney's office says he voted against Sen. Rand Paul’s measure to repeal travel mask mandates because, as he has been vocal about in the past, he believes it’s important for public health officials to make these types of decisions, not politicians
It being Palm Sunday, I once more ask you to pray on my behalf, as I cannot make it to church therefor this year. I won’t rehash what I’m asking for prayers for, those have been gone over in weeks past, but please do pray for me, and I shall attempt to do so in kind from at home.
In a fair bit of physical pain at the moment, so a prayer on my behalf would not be unappreciated. I know why, I’m not too worried about it in terms of real danger, but it is not exactly comfortable, so I would like the discomfort to abate as soon as heavenly practicable. Thanks.
Pray for me, please. And pray for a dear friend, a friend I have unjustly and selfishly hurt. I really can’t get into details here, I vowed that I wouldn’t, but no harm can come of prayers. The past week has been heartbreak after heartbreak, but, with His help, I will soldier on.
@Jeremyakee
Thankfully, alive. That experience was the proximal catalyst for getting me to start going to church (and, eventually, becoming Christian). It felt as though I was surrounded by zombies (the patients were sedated for obvious reasons). It shook me badly.
I am in somewhat desperate need of a miracle, and your prayers for its hopefully swift effectuation would be very much appreciated. Very few of y’all know what this is actually about, but I’ve needed this specific miracle for a decade and a half, so please do pray for me on this.
I don’t care which party benefits. Early voting, and vote-by-mail for those who are physically able and not in the military or the foreign service, are abominations, and should be done away with. 🗳
For reasons I cannot publicly discuss, I have suddenly, within the last hour, become of exceedingly ill humor, and I should be most grateful for prayers to the effect of the amelioration of such unhappy sentiments in a manner favorable to my hopes, wishes, and prayers. Thank you.
Today is the 34ᵗʰ wedding anniversary of my beloved parents on the Gregorian calendar. There’s a separate Hebrew calendar instituted by Hillel II in which their anniversary happened two weeks ago, and they celebrate that mostly. But please, pray for their happiness today, folks!
No, pro-life is actually a term solely about abortion and euthanasia, the wilful taking of innocent human life. There may be positions that ought to flow from that, but that’s a separate debate, and the pro-life position is one of “don’t intentionally kill innocent people.”
Reminder: “Pro-life” isn’t a term solely about abortion. It’s amazing to me how many people who claim to be pro life are so cavalier about other human frick’n beings who die from this virus. It’s shameful. It’s also ironic given how victims are disproportionately Trump voters.
Pray for me, please. For so many things. The current health scare being the most pressing, of course, but there’s a whole lot else. I just need His help. All the time, of course, but now especially.
I need prayers, and I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, I’m profoundly grateful for those offering them.
But I really, truly need answers, Lord. Both solutions in this realm to my physical issues, to resolve them, and an at least limited understanding of this heavy cross to bear.
Today is Sunday. It is the Lord’s Day. I ask for your continued prayers, at church and at home, for the miraculous restoration of my abilities to safely and comfortably swallow food once again. Heaven may be the ultimate goal, but I should like my body well in this life on Earth.
I would definitely appreciate your prayers, particularly this week. I won’t be dramatic and claim that things are 𝘣𝘢𝘥, but I certainly wouldn’t say no to them being 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. If it doesn’t suit you to pray for me, understood, but if you choose to, it would be appreciated.
#Republicans
complain it takes a week or more to decide close races. Some claim it’s incompetence or malfeasance, that it's somehow the responsibility of Democrats. Compare that to Florida in 2000. That Election was decided on December 12, 2000. (1/2)
Molly Jong-Fast: Biden needs to declare war on Trump supporters
Also Molly Jong-Fast: Guys I was totally joking about you calling the FBI on your relatives
In intense physical pain right now. May have to head the emergency room myself today, though would certainly prefer not to have to. Please do pray for me. Can’t explain over Twitter what the problem is, but suffice it to say this isn’t just some average ache and pain, it’s awful.
@politicalmath
Matt, this isn’t a double standard, because these people don’t accept your premises at all. The Christian students aren’t victims to them.
I’m sorry,
@Uber_Support
, but it is not acceptable that you suspended my
@uber
account, which I rely on given my wheelchair needs, for an alleged Terms and Conditions violation, with absolutely no specification of what said violation actually was. I e-mailed, but you did not say.
Today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Given my past as someone raised in the Orthodox Jewish religious tradition who later converted to Christianity, and who took Paul the Apostle as my confirmation saint upon being received into the Catholic Church, today is special.
My motorized wheelchair has chosen now, when I am alone at home, of all times, to decide to stop working, so if y’all could spare a Sunday prayer that it start back up, I should appreciate it mightily, as I find this to be more than a mere nuisance to have to deal with right now.
I have an appointment today (tomorrow, if you’re west of the East Coast) with a gastroenterologist, to try to see if there’s any way he can help with my year-old swallowing difficulties. I don’t really have high hopes, but I couldn’t say no to y’all offering prayers on my behalf.