CatholicGeekery
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Mechanical engineer and Lay Dominican interested in theology, politics, and roleplaying games. UK-based, he/him
Good thread, and none of it is really incorrect, but it does only apply to a specific breed of Thomist which wants to resurrect the "manualist consensus" of the 19th century (and seems more prominent in the USA). None of this criticism could seriously be applied to Herbert McCabe, for instance.
One of the things that strikes me about Thomism and the form of catholicism associated with it is that, despite its insistence on Hope as a fundamental virtue, it is essentially a philosophy of despair.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Good thread, and none of it is really incorrect, but it does only apply to a specific breed of Thomist which wants to resurrect the "manualist consensus" of the 19th century (and seems more prominent in the USA). None of this criticism could seriously be applied to Herbert McCabe, for instance.
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Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.”
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Rare fresco of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope
IZNIK, Turkey (AP) — The painting was discovered in August in an underground tomb near Iznik, a town in northwestern Turkey that secured its place in Christian history as the place where the Nicene…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.”
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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You know what, Robinson? Jesus would have stood on a beach handing out hot tea and warm blankets to refugees
The far-right in Britain is trying to hijack Christianity as Christmas approaches. It should offend every person of faith. Jesus spread love, not hate
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The far-right in Britain is trying to hijack Christianity as Christmas approaches. It should offend every person of faith. Jesus spread love, not hate
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
'Christ would be on a beach giving tea and blankets to refugees'
Extremists like Tommy Robinson are trying to pervert Christianity for their own political ends, disgracing the good that Jesus represented, argues…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You know what, Robinson? Jesus would have stood on a beach handing out hot tea and warm blankets to refugees
The far-right in Britain is trying to hijack Christianity as Christmas approaches. It should offend every person of faith. Jesus spread love, not hate
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
The far-right in Britain is trying to hijack Christianity as Christmas approaches. It should offend every person of faith. Jesus spread love, not hate
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Words cannot describe how insane this is.
I can understand (though not relate to) disliking Ars Magica. I can't understand thinking it doesn't do anything substantially unique.
I can understand (though not relate to) disliking Ars Magica. I can't understand thinking it doesn't do anything substantially unique.
Prepare to lose your mind
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Words cannot describe how insane this is.
I can understand (though not relate to) disliking Ars Magica. I can't understand thinking it doesn't do anything substantially unique.
I can understand (though not relate to) disliking Ars Magica. I can't understand thinking it doesn't do anything substantially unique.
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Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again
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Skimming the white wolf wiki because I had no idea who the govt ant-vampire people who show up in the third act of the bloodlines 2 game were, and man the writers of this setting really like the “what if the REAL monster is…humanity”, huh. Personally I think the real monster is still the vampires.
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Skimming the white wolf wiki because I had no idea who the govt ant-vampire people who show up in the third act of the bloodlines 2 game were, and man the writers of this setting really like the “what if the REAL monster is…humanity”, huh. Personally I think the real monster is still the vampires.
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“Don’t mistake them for the good guys" idk man killing vampires is something I would be pretty ok with my tax dollars going to. Like I have some reservations about the security state but that seems a pretty uncomplicatedly legitimate mission.
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Don’t mistake them for the good guys" idk man killing vampires is something I would be pretty ok with my tax dollars going to. Like I have some reservations about the security state but that seems a pretty uncomplicatedly legitimate mission.
I like to think I'd be Ars Magica, but unlike the 5th edition core book I'm quite easy to read ;)
I'll go with BRP. Pretty simple at my core, with some random complexities that catch you off guard.
I'll go with BRP. Pretty simple at my core, with some random complexities that catch you off guard.
Okay, important question: if you were a TTRPG which one would you be and why?
December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I like to think I'd be Ars Magica, but unlike the 5th edition core book I'm quite easy to read ;)
I'll go with BRP. Pretty simple at my core, with some random complexities that catch you off guard.
I'll go with BRP. Pretty simple at my core, with some random complexities that catch you off guard.
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“your future is a horror story written by your crimes” goes so hard
December 25, 2023 at 1:09 AM
“your future is a horror story written by your crimes” goes so hard
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Pope Leo at Angelus: “The words of Jesus free us from the prison of despair and suffering…He gives voice to the oppressed and to those whose voices have been silenced by violence and hatred. He defeats ideologies that make us deaf to the truth.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Pope Leo at Angelus: “The words of Jesus free us from the prison of despair and suffering…He gives voice to the oppressed and to those whose voices have been silenced by violence and hatred. He defeats ideologies that make us deaf to the truth.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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No human being is defined only by their actions; justice is always a process of reparation and reconciliation. #JubileeOfPrisoners 2/2
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
No human being is defined only by their actions; justice is always a process of reparation and reconciliation. #JubileeOfPrisoners 2/2
Happy Gaudete Sunday to all who celebrate! Christmas is getting closer
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Happy Gaudete Sunday to all who celebrate! Christmas is getting closer
This triggered an urge to read some Mascall, so I've now got some Anglican theology to read in the last few weeks of Advent.
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This triggered an urge to read some Mascall, so I've now got some Anglican theology to read in the last few weeks of Advent.
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Inner Voices (Christ Consoling the Wanderers) by James Tissot, 1885.
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Inner Voices (Christ Consoling the Wanderers) by James Tissot, 1885.
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The british home office thinks working class people and their children do not have the right to fall in lovr or have a family
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The british home office thinks working class people and their children do not have the right to fall in lovr or have a family
Though speaking as someone who did meet his wife through church, yeah, please don't approach church like this.
If nothing else, it's usually very obvious and therefore can make women feel uncomfortable to be at church when you're there!
If nothing else, it's usually very obvious and therefore can make women feel uncomfortable to be at church when you're there!
As a side note to my thread, a non zero number of young men think the church is a wife factory
December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Though speaking as someone who did meet his wife through church, yeah, please don't approach church like this.
If nothing else, it's usually very obvious and therefore can make women feel uncomfortable to be at church when you're there!
If nothing else, it's usually very obvious and therefore can make women feel uncomfortable to be at church when you're there!
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From my prayers for Advent 4;
We praise you for Mary
willing to take a chance on your outrageous promise.
We praise you for Joseph
willing to change his mind for the sake of your plans/...
We praise you for Mary
willing to take a chance on your outrageous promise.
We praise you for Joseph
willing to change his mind for the sake of your plans/...
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From my prayers for Advent 4;
We praise you for Mary
willing to take a chance on your outrageous promise.
We praise you for Joseph
willing to change his mind for the sake of your plans/...
We praise you for Mary
willing to take a chance on your outrageous promise.
We praise you for Joseph
willing to change his mind for the sake of your plans/...
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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"Hello. My name is Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor. You killed my mother. Prepare to die."
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Hello. My name is Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor. You killed my mother. Prepare to die."
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"Well, I'm back" he said.
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Middle-earth Hexcrawl Project: The Shire (Complete)
Back in September of this year , I began a daily writing prompt inspired by this year's reread of The Lord of the Rings and Idraluna Archiv...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Well, I'm back" he said.
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
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BOTTLE CITY OF KANDOR BAYBAY
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
BOTTLE CITY OF KANDOR BAYBAY
Yeeeeeesssssss
Let’s fucking GO.
BOTTLE CITY OF KANDOR BAYBAY
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yeeeeeesssssss
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A couple dozen times a day I sigh deeply and tell myself “okay… alright…” like I’m stepping out to the edge of a 10 meter diving platform, but actually I’m just starting another email or putting a few more dishes in the dishwasher.
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A couple dozen times a day I sigh deeply and tell myself “okay… alright…” like I’m stepping out to the edge of a 10 meter diving platform, but actually I’m just starting another email or putting a few more dishes in the dishwasher.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE