SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org

@thor My nonfiction reading has convinced me that I have an obligation to read fiction.

I'm not an author, probably not going to be able to communicate how and why I'm this medium, but thought I'd mention it as I hadn't been drawn much to fiction as an adult, but my nonfiction reading has me convinced I must pursue it.

Dude in medieval armor expertly explains why he's pro-death penalty and why pro-abortion arguments are immoral

https://notthebee.com/article/dude-in-roman-armor-expertly-explains-why-hes-pro-death-penalty-and-why-pro-abortion-arguments-are-immoral

@athos G. K.Chesterton

Gilbert Keith. Not AK. 😳

“Societies are far gone in depravity when toleration is seen as a good in itself, without regard to the thing being tolerated.” ~GK Chesterton

Here's a reference : https://publicsquaremag.org/dialogue/tolerance/what-love-isnt/

@jonafato @tylerdave another vote for qksms. I tried simple sms when I saw this thread, but couldn't swipe to archive (archive, not delete), immediately went back to qksms.

@swcollings Maybe you're right,at the individual level.

But if we all claim scriptural basis, as was the case in the idea of the reformation you started the thread with, then we have common ground to discuss and evaluate interpretative. If we move away from scripture, that's categorically different... and the common ground is gone?.

@swcollings I suppose. But i think it's categorically different to shift away from scripture as authority vs have different interpretations of it as authority.

Today I hear church leaders moving beyond scripture rather than rediscovering a more accurate way of understanding it

Regardless of whether you intend it or recognize it, the structures around you form who you are. The way your time is structured, the way your spaces, home, workplace, church are structured are all formative. They all influence who you are.

We shape the world we live in, which in turn shapes us.

(My takeaway from a discussion spawned out of my admiration of - and a friend's disgust for - the beautifully ornate architecture of the historic churches in San Francisco, as compared to a equally expensive multi use conference center of a church facility.)

@swcollings Maybe. But there's also at least a portion of "traditional church reliance on scripture is an error!"

“The GSFA is no longer able to recognise the present Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rt Hon and Most Rev Justin Welby, as the ‘first among equals’ leader of the global Communion,” the statement said. 

“He has sadly led his House of Bishops to make the recommendations that undergirded the General Synod motion on ‘Living in Love and Faith’, knowing that they run contrary to the faith and order of the orthodox provinces in the Communion whose people constitute the majority in the global flock.

#Anglican

@KatEmm the Forbidden games have been good coop games for us with out kids. Forbidden Island is the first and my favorite. There's also Forbidden Dessert and Forbidden Sky.

If you'd like some quiet, Magic Maze is a fun and quick (played to a timer) coop game where you're not allowed to speak about the game as you play.

@realcaseyrollins @JonKramer @freemo @bot Increasing the number of poor and helpless seems to be a key strategy.