With the new instance I should have a new #introduction.

I am a working class independent researcher, mostly interested in #ViolenceStudies. I have been a student of #theology most of my life. I am interested in Space and Place, radical geography, feminist criticism, #poetry, Conflict Resolution, #ecology, and #astronomy.

I wrote a good deal about myself here: https://www.tilley.earth/

I write poetry almost daily and I have been writing poetry for just over 30 years.

https://wheretofind.me/@waystation

Paula White Gets Passover Wrong

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/paula-white-house-faith-passover-video-supernatural-blessing-prosperity-gospel-exodus/

The televangelist misappropriates God’s promises to ancient Israel in Exodus as a prosperity gospel for today.

My newest post “Ecstatic Naturalism and Time” is now on Substack.
#science #theology https://open.substack.com/pub/johnpohl602530/p/ecstatic-naturalism-and-time?r=16zm4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I maintain that the most interesting epoch of Christianity was during the first 3 centuries and then it proceeded to get co-opted by power, and everything - EVERYTHING - went downhill from there.

#theology #hermeneutics #Christianity
https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/114236614646398161

My newest post, "The Ultimate Flaw in Intelligent Design" is now on Substack. #theology #science https://open.substack.com/pub/johnpohl602530/p/the-ultimate-flaw-in-intelligent?r=16zm4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Charles Spurgeon was a particular Baptist preacher in London. Here he requests prayers for peace. Strife would stink. It would cause bloodshed. He says we should diligently promote those principles by which classes at home and races abroad may be bound together in amity.

Do we have people seeking strife abroad?

How can you promote peace?

When certain people find out I'm Buddhist, they sometimes I think I'm into New Age stuff. I blame Theosophy. But nothing could be further than the truth. The New Age movement is just repackaged prosperity gospel and eugenics. That's my hot take for today.
#Buddhism #newage #religion #Theosophy #theology #prosperitygospel

#theology : the science of god or of religion

- French: théologie

- German: die Theologie

- Italian: teologia

- Portuguese: teologia

- Spanish: teología

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My latest discourse with the critical theorist, Rudolf J. Siebert, can be found below. We talk about the anti-Nazi Lutheran Pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the model of resistance he left for us to follow. #philosophy #theology #Nazism #Fascism #DietrichBonhoeffer #Hitler #Trump #MAGA #GOP #ElonMusk #Resist #academia #Sociology #WWII
https://dustinjbyrd.org/2025/03/16/talking-dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-fascism-with-rudolf-j-siebert/

"Here at least we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence.
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
- John Milton, "Paradise Lost"
Gustave Doré

Let’s get a little weird for the weekend! This is my first longer blog post and I’ve been doing a fair bit of reflection on #Theology and #Technology these days…

#Jesus #Christian #Church #Linux #Episcopal #Weird #Spirituality

https://catecheticconverter.com/gods-technology

Tertullian wrote and believed that “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”, but that was before the Roman State co-opted the Church.

"The Renaissance Lets Its Hair Down

"The notion that everybody was going to be hairless in Heaven may not have sat well with Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli…"

#art #painting #theology https://daily.jstor.org/the-renaissance-lets-its-hair-down/

The Aramaic translation for “I am the way, the truth, and the life” in John 14:6 uses the following terms:

- Urcha (the way): Refers to a path or road, but also conveys a deeper meaning of guidance or religion in the Galilean dialect.

- Sharar (the truth): Implies firmness, leadership, and unchanging principles.

-Chi’a (the life): Indicates physical, spiritual, and eternal life, with a definite article emphasizing exclusivity.

Back in the day as a wee undergrad majoring in philosophy, I attended a symposium on theology of science. I asked one of the speakers how could anyone falsify theological data. He simply said this: "Falsification is not as transparent as once believed."

Classic philosopher move. When backed into a corner, redefine the terms.

This video about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his theory of societal stupidity explains my lived #autistic experience of the world quite well; and is very pertinent to current times.

Basically he theorises that stupidity is a compromising of ones own #ethics mostly to fit into society - something I find almost impossible to do despite the ramifications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7bPlp52FU

#psychology #theology #neurodivergent #stupidity #society @actuallyautistic @autism @neurodivergent

My newest post, "Models and Theology" is now on Substack. #theology #science

https://substack.com/home/post/p-158267923?source=queue

McElroy’s proper place in the world. His 1989 book, “The Search for an American Public #Theology,” argued that the fundamentalist strain of #Christianity, which wanted government leaders to base decisions on certain Scriptures, was too partisan and alienating to unify a country as diverse as the United States. Instead, Catholics should find common ground through an appeal to #reason, he believed. You didn’t need to quote the Bible to establish human life as sacred.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/02/historic-or-heretical-san-diegos-cardinal-is-one-of-the-u-s-s-most-consequential-catholic-leaders/