Baxter Williams
@trustbelieveknow.com
Discussing Christianity, science, and sometimes philosophy (mind & epistemology) on the internet.
Pandeist. God-fearer. Ex-Christian.
Pandeist. God-fearer. Ex-Christian.
twice the cost of a ".com" on CloudFlare :(
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
twice the cost of a ".com" on CloudFlare :(
Well, Jesus said it was impossible for mortals, but then immediately followed that up by saying that the impossible is possible when God is involved.
Rendering the entire point very unclear...
Rendering the entire point very unclear...
![Matthew 19:23-26 NRSVUE
[23] Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. [24] Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” [25] When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” [26] But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
https://bible.com/bible/3523/mat.19.23-26.NRSVUE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbshfyl2zxg5xye46ma3u44t/bafkreig3vui5vqgun7obgssejin2bof46k7eeo2oinuwnvht7win2pdtb4@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well, Jesus said it was impossible for mortals, but then immediately followed that up by saying that the impossible is possible when God is involved.
Rendering the entire point very unclear...
Rendering the entire point very unclear...
How exactly is this related to Manicheans?
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How exactly is this related to Manicheans?
Eat from the edges of the field on the sabbath?
Or is this some coded promotion of taking the Eucharist?
Or is this some coded promotion of taking the Eucharist?
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Eat from the edges of the field on the sabbath?
Or is this some coded promotion of taking the Eucharist?
Or is this some coded promotion of taking the Eucharist?
Really sucks that chemicals had to feel pain to improve their chemical reactions
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Really sucks that chemicals had to feel pain to improve their chemical reactions
I've been told that awareness doesn't change anything about what chemicals do
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've been told that awareness doesn't change anything about what chemicals do
None of this makes any sense from any angle.
All you can do is hope it's a good thing somehow.
All you can do is hope it's a good thing somehow.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
None of this makes any sense from any angle.
All you can do is hope it's a good thing somehow.
All you can do is hope it's a good thing somehow.
Counterpoint: why did souls ever need self-replicating chemical structures propping them up?
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Counterpoint: why did souls ever need self-replicating chemical structures propping them up?
It really is the case that we have to hide the fact that we are helping people with taxes from the public in order to help them, huh :(
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It really is the case that we have to hide the fact that we are helping people with taxes from the public in order to help them, huh :(
I wish we lived in a world where the coworkers would know and still willingly give up their paycheck for his treatment, but I know we don't live in that world. That sucks.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I wish we lived in a world where the coworkers would know and still willingly give up their paycheck for his treatment, but I know we don't live in that world. That sucks.
Great short video on the topic
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Great short video on the topic
But you remember that you had an idea at all which is the frustrating part
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
But you remember that you had an idea at all which is the frustrating part
I'm not good at eyeballing graph correlation, but just intuitively I assume this is correct.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm not good at eyeballing graph correlation, but just intuitively I assume this is correct.
@secularoutpost.bsky.social you like moral theories. How terrible is this argument?
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@secularoutpost.bsky.social you like moral theories. How terrible is this argument?
Okay, after typing this out, I realize there might need to be a first order theory that establishes (2), but then this argument would follow the establishment of (2) when it comes to actually deciding how to act.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Okay, after typing this out, I realize there might need to be a first order theory that establishes (2), but then this argument would follow the establishment of (2) when it comes to actually deciding how to act.
The only way Christianity would not be consequentialist would be to not care about your neighbor at all and only care about yourself. This is very much not Christianity imo.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The only way Christianity would not be consequentialist would be to not care about your neighbor at all and only care about yourself. This is very much not Christianity imo.