i have a limited understanding of methodism but am i correct in thinking that the difference is that for methodists, after baptism, it is fully a choice (whereas afaik at least the 'orthodox' lutheran and reformed view is that even after baptism all we do are tainted by sin)

all of the major groups that came out of the reformation would say either this or that we're just all bad

yeah i mean eventually america found other things to be concerned about that isn't domino theory

when america finds a more existential threat?

no explosion of that scale yet tbf

he does have a previous media tour on biblical diets

guy is on a media tour evidently, what do you think he's going to sell

when the land frontier closed in europe do you think european rulers and nobility were like 'i don't know if the bible permits drawing precise borders, maybe the only biblical way is to actually send some knights out to collect taxes and have some skirmishes every couple of years'

she does live in switzerland tbf

funnily enough the sermon did mention the risk of infection during childbirth but only to mary tbf

is this like the first time you've heard 'no ceiling' used as a figure of speech bc it was definitely not invented this year or anything

although the sermon today was all about God disarming and becoming vulnerable by becoming a human child and all i could think about was okay so what if Jesus died as a child

Effective Altruist Christmas Carol where Ebenezer Scrooge keeps hoarding his wealth, and invests it in Ghost Safety research. What if someone used the Ghost of Christmas Future to bring futuristic weapons technology to the 19th century? That's a much bigger civilisational risk than a boy's limp.

one of those things brings mirth and joy