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Monday, 13 April 2026

"I am just here to reunite 21st century Americans with the objectives of the Founding Fathers"


12:13 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​These stories are such a distraction. The most important point is whether Christianity is idolatry, but no one cares.

12:13 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​@chrishoward8473 Sir!

12:13 PM
@βρεττς
​#2
​Bang on

12:15 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#1
​I appreciate Olson sincere attempt to actually discuss the topic at had, which is an admirable approach to dialogos, Brett

12:15 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​There are many stories and many interpretations of the same story. There is a hierarchy of authority.

12:15 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Brett is a wildcard. I love Brett.

12:15 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​I also love the drum-bangers.

12:15 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​I just believe in the supernatural not in the superstitious with cantations

12:16 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​@PepinmystepIV Unless Olson is directly contradicting me as he often does, I mostly have no idea what he is saying.

12:16 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​they are missing the exegetical context, Claire..

12:16 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Maybe broaden your topic scope off idolatry in politics and how the west sucks.

12:17 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​What is your position, Olson?

12:17 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Exactly Olson

12:18 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​I came here to ask Chris a question about Bart Ehrman.

12:18 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Yeah, it’s like Nathan. I’m hospitable, but I’m not gonna get talked over

12:19 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​I just want to know why Chris is annoyed with Ehrman.

12:19 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​He’s a jerk. But I hope he comes back to Christianity.

12:19 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​Erhman was left looking silly when tried deflection on Hillmans theories

12:20 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Pepin where was that? That might be interesting to watch.

12:20 PM
@teestrypzSOG
​​Ross who? 😂 that’s how I pronounce his name in my head too

12:20 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#1
​Ehrman now calls himself an atheist, so there is no need to take him seriously any more if you are Christian, is there?

12:20 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​Ross Douthat

12:21 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​I want you Claire to become a Christian too. So that that’s worth talking about.

12:21 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Claire using her evangelism skills for Hashem would be wild!

12:22 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​I am just here to reunite 21st century Americans with the objectives of the Founding Fathers.

12:22 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Where did Bart talk with Ammon?

12:23 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​@chrishoward8473 PVK was talking about Muslims believing Jesus did not die on the cross. How do you feel about that?

12:23 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​the ancient world under examination did not separate medicines, magic, rituals, and ecstasy... hence, there is a long established historical context of the word Chrio, which anoints the Pharmaka..

12:23 PM
@teestrypzSOG
​​Ross do be doing that

12:24 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Rob, I think the Greek-speaking Jews chose the Greek translation incredibly intentionally. Christ subsumes the Chrio.

12:24 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​eg Homer is the oldest use of the word Chrio which uses it in a medical context

12:24 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Like Paul, you using mankind’s verbiage to communicate the Truth!

12:24 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Homer's stories are pre-Bronze Age. That's my hypothesis. VERY OLD STORIES.

12:25 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​8th century BCE comes before 2nd century BCE, it's called "chronology"

12:25 PM
@teestrypzSOG
​​It’s objectively annoying when non believers tell you you don’t believe the correct thing in the correct way

12:25 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​The Sanhedrin convicted Jesus of blasphemy. This remains a live question.

12:25 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​denotation vs connotation

12:26 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​Secular Koranism with American Characteristics does not care what you believe in.

12:26 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​I think Homer's larger corpus which is lost likely comes from far older oral traditions dating back far beyond 8th C. Hesiod as well.

12:26 PM
@teestrypzSOG
​​Retarded Mohammedism or something like that

12:26 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​So when I say I Woke this morning does that mean I dressed in drag today. Language has been fluid not consistent

12:27 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#1
​Secular Koranism uncompromisingly supports the First Amendment. This means no places of religious worship will be closed down.

12:27 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​It's not Tuesday or Thursday. I gotta have limits. Tuesday is going to be tough. I need to be careful. Pray for me.

12:27 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​Yeah, I think Homer was like 50 to 100 years after he lived

12:27 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​I dont make this stuff up, I just read and research.. im not into making wild imagination claims, im into discovery historicity

12:27 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​Secular Koranism is a legal system, not a belief system. I don't think people understand the difference.

12:28 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​You wouldn’t be able to live in that system Claire

12:28 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​I am not allowed to join, so no need to get ready to fight.

12:29 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Totally fair Rob. I don't think historicity is the end-all-be-all. But I think it's fair to put it at the top.

12:29 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​@βρεττς Why not?

12:29 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​Brett, no matter your opinions of Homer, did the text associated with him use the term in a medical context, and was that text produced prior to Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls? that's the question

12:29 PM
@βρεττς
​#3
​Otherwise, you’d live in one of those countries. You’ve been asked that before.

12:30 PM
@βρεττς
#3
​I believe it was. But I also believe the use in Jesus time and shortly after meant something entirely different.

12:30 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​@βρεττς My objective is not to live in those infamous shithole countries you are thinking of, but to promote my legal system in the West.

12:30 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#2
​leave all the fluffy bells and whistles aside

12:31 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​And I notice a lot of people think the table flipping in the temple permits whatever gnarly thing they want to do

12:31 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​Is Olson Pentecostal?

12:32 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​So now Olson is allowed to ramble on ad nauseam about spitting while I am prevented from clearing up long standing misunderstandings. Talk about willful blindness.

12:32 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​my thesis was simply that there was a exegetical context that the text needs situated within to apply your hermeneutics properly if you are concerned with historicity

12:32 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Ipswich v Norwich time

12:33 PM
@βρεττς
​​After Jesus, the hermeneutics had a fundamental shift. The God Man’s ministry was three years long and it changed the world.

12:33 PM
@shoulderserf
​Olson’s motto: What Is Jesus Telling You To Do Right Now? WIJTYTDRN?

12:33 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​Jesus was a Christ, after Cyrus and Elisha were Christ, long after Homer used the term

12:34 PM
@βρεττς
​​THEE CHRIST

12:35 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​The Holy Spirit is present in Judaism and Islam.

12:36 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Can someone tell me what Olson is talking about?

12:36 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​anointing with pharmaka to the eyes was an ancient mystery rite process for "resurrection" - ie enlightenment

12:37 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​What is Olson's issue with the Jesus spitting thing?

12:37 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Anyone explain?

12:37 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Pentecostalism is Voodoo Christianity.

12:38 PM
@βρεττς
​​The significance of this title runs deep into Israel's religious history. In ancient Israel, oil was poured on the heads of those appointed to positions of authority-kings,

12:38 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​bodily fluids were mixed with drugs in ancient mystery rite rituals

12:38 PM
@βρεττς
​​priests, and prophets-as a symbolic act indicating God's selection. Though anointing literally referred to oil application, it could also denote consecration by God even without physical oil.

12:38 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​So Olson is a Pentecostalist?

12:39 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Paula White - the spiritual adviser of POTUS - is a Pentecostalist.

12:39 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​American Christianity will come under global scrutiny.

12:39 PM
@shoulderserf
​​I think Olson’s claim, Claire, is that Jesus’ method for healing the blind people he encountered was not exactly the same every time.

12:40 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Jeff dropping bombs.

12:40 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​And local church leaders can be useful for navigating. And running it by the wife like Chris said

12:40 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​I cut my dreads recently, so I’m going back to the gym

12:40 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@shoulderserf What if Jesus pooped instead of just spitting and put the poop in the blind man's eyes?

12:40 PM
@YawnGod
​​@teestrypzSOG Bro, what's your take on Black Snape? About time? 🤔

12:41 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Good lifts, @t!

12:41 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​So is Olson a Pentecostalist or not?

12:41 PM
@ethan.caughey
​​Was I the last person in TLC to witness the Dread of Tayo.

12:41 PM
@shoulderserf
​​I don’t know Claire - that would be pretty novel at the very least

12:41 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​Indeed Ethan, you might be

12:41 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​Euripides plays are quite "eye opening" to the conversation

12:41 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​The correct answer is "As long as it worked."

12:42 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Oh man. Good guys up by 1 after a penalty around minute 10

12:42 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​YG, until Harry Potyer becomes Had

12:42 PM
@shoulderserf
​​If it healed him, yes

12:42 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Traditions are being made up as we speak.

12:42 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​Fair Pen?

12:43 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​So Olson is a Pentecostalist?

12:43 PM
@PepinmystepIV
#3
​the Septuagint was not produced in a vacuum outside of the Hellinistic environment

12:43 PM
@βρεττς
#2
​In the tradition has been wrong also. And we know this because we put it next to scripture and confer.

12:43 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​It wasn’t as clearly a foul as I normally like. But for soccer it was probably fine

12:43 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#1
​YG, I am pro black Snape. Hogwarth should be a reflection of the people she represents

12:44 PM
@YawnGod
​​@teestrypzSOG Based.

12:44 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#3
​CAN SOMEONE CONFIRM IF OLSON IS A PENTECOSTALIST?

12:44 PM
@βρεττς
#2
​Why does it matter Claire?

12:44 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#2
​Piracy

12:44 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​It’s a horrible movie

12:44 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​His best movie was inconceivable lol

12:45 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Actually. Kinda bullshit pen. The kick was high, but it didn’t connect. And the Ipswich dude acted like he got kicked in the head

12:45 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#3
​@βρεττς Surely you take your Christianity seriously enough to care about the varieties of Christianity?

12:46 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​@Tayo "lestes" was a derogatory slur for Afroasiatic pirates ☠ hence Jesus "of Nazareth"

12:46 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Yes, but not to ridicule someone who chooses a denomination. Sometimes it’s important to understand where they’re coming from.

12:46 PM
@YawnGod
​​Check out this wizard ⬆

12:46 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​I don’t think that’s entirely true. They didn’t have last names back then so that’s how they identified people. There was a lot of Jesus’s.

12:46 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#2
Rob, if you write a comic centred around black pirate Jesus, I’ll buy a copy

12:47 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​@βρεττς To understand where Olson is coming from, wouldn't it be important to know what denomination he is?

12:47 PM
@YawnGod
​​@teestrypzSOG Whoa whoa whoa, criminal Jesus?! 🤔

12:47 PM
@ethan.caughey
#3
​Black pirate Jesus goes pretty hard

12:47 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​one man's pirate is another man's seaman

12:47 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​I think I know he’s a Christian so I’m good

12:47 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​@βρεττς Are you saying Pentecostalists are the most ridiculed Christians?

12:48 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​No, just like all denominations I think there are true Christians in all of them. A lot has to do with how well they understand their own Theology.

12:48 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​I want a comic about the British West Africa Squadron. But I don’t know much about them. Is that a story that British people think is cool, @t?

12:49 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​Barbary pirates ring any holy bells? mooring? barbarian?

12:49 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​So Olson's denomination is a closely guarded secret?

12:49 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#2
​Whenever Claire asks “are you saying that…”. Safe to assume no one said anything close to what she’s asking about

12:49 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​CathyNewman.jpg

12:49 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Haha Tayo from the upper rope

12:50 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​Punic Berbers are the descendants of the Phoenicians

12:50 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Not the chat

12:50 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#2
​By the chat, you mean Claire

12:50 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Olson is part of a secret, mystery cult rite dating back to the time of Apuleius.

12:51 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​lol

12:52 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Ethan wins cohost of the week with that beautiful play by play

12:52 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​I agree but do we have to start with Golf?

12:52 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​lol, @t

12:53 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Need to work. Will keep listening tho. Might not see the hivemind.

12:53 PM
@teestrypzSOG
​#3
​Bye Brett

12:54 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​I’m just hearing that Olson has a channel

12:54 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​I also won’t be surprised if I’m already subscribed to it

12:54 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Lol@chris

12:56 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Pentecostals are often stereotyped as the "least intelligent" branch of Christianity due to an emphasis on emotional experience, speaking in tongues, and a perceived lack of critical thinking.

12:56 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Wouldn’t it source code be one of the legs?

12:56 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Some accounts suggesting they are the least educated Christian denomination with the highest rate of high school dropouts.

12:56 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​One legged stools are tryna corner the market on intelligence?

12:57 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​The movement attracts people with addictive personalities or limits critical thinking through authoritarian leadership.

12:58 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​A dystopian future ran by one legged super intelligent stools would need a black pirate Jesus

12:58 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Some studies cited in the search context suggest Pentecostals have the lowest average income and education levels among Christian denominations, making them targets for prosperity gospel scams

12:58 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​@tayo I am that I am, the stone that the builder refused

12:58 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Critics argue the movement prioritizes emotional theatrics (like falling on the floor or barking) over "heady deep theological things," leading to accusations of being carnal or unscriptural.

12:59 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Former members describe an environment where questioning church leaders is discouraged, which can stifle the development of critical thinking skills in some congregants.

12:59 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Not all of them

1:00 PM
@shoulderserf
​​The eloi are the food

1:00 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Critics also argue that prophet Mo (PBUH) married a 6year old child.

1:00 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​While the movement may attract those seeking emotional release, it also includes highly intelligent individuals who reconcile their faith with logic, though they may face pressure to conform.

1:00 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​@teestrypzSOG Check the age of marriage in the State of Delaware in 1870.

1:01 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​real divergent erudites have to hide among the factions

1:01 PM
@markboulton4500
​​I posted on a clip showing a guy strapped in a VR game . I got 500+ people wanting to go through a hospital dip to stay in the game . Did they not get the warning from the movie The Matrix .

1:02 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Paula White-Cain is identified as a Pentecostal, having been affiliated with the Church of God (a Pentecostal denomination) from 1984 to 1991.

1:02 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​A warning to some, a promise for others.

1:03 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​Sounds like the smarter kind of Pentecostalist are there to scam the dumber kind of Pentecostalist.

1:03 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​@ethan, makes at least occasional IRL gatherings to touch base and make sure we haven’t gone off the rails super important

1:03 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​"you will own nothing and be happy" doesn't sound so different than monasticism

1:04 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Claire just talking to herself is hilarious. Please please no one engage

1:05 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​@ethan reminds me of Anathem by Neal Stephenson

1:05 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​yes, olson, christon pharmakon is the mysterion techne

1:05 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​15 viewers on a Chris morning show doesn’t feel right. Chris has gone mainstream

1:06 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Whilst you’re here, get them likes up

1:06 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Chris is running late is how there are so many, @t

1:06 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​lol there were 16 before Claire’s name got mentioned

1:06 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​Oh good lord

1:07 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Haha Brett

1:07 PM
@roderickhare
​​Ethan, is it possible that you are romanticizing the monastery?

1:07 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Chris is one of the best pilots in the game. No crash coming.

1:07 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​He called himself a Christian Atheist!

1:08 PM
@YawnGod
​​@roderickhare Monks made beer because being sober didn't seem like the best idea.

1:08 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​They all want the fruit of the spirit without believing the resurrection

1:08 PM
@markboulton4500
​​This is the true PRIZE that the Catholic Church learned long ago . Hoarding material tangible knowledge .

1:08 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Rod, it is possible that I am romanticizing Jesus. I am a romanticizer. Just as much of a weakness as a strength.

1:08 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​Ethan, can we get a part 2 stream going after this?

1:08 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​I have some time to say dumb things confidently on the internet today

1:08 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​yes he is rod, he forgot to mention the mercenary nature of warrior monks on the expansionist war path

1:09 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​I’m an AA guy

1:09 PM
@roderickhare
​​I'm a romantic too. But I would probably steer clear of a monastery if I had any other options.

1:09 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Ai'ght. I'm in Tayo.

1:10 PM
@markboulton4500
​​We have come to a place in time to where your humanity is measured by the privilege's you can afford .

1:10 PM
@teestrypzSOG
#3
​I’ll call you on discord now

1:10 PM
@βρεττς
#1
​The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop drinking

1:11 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Rod, I'd love to hear the anti-monastery pitch.

1:11 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​the term mercenary denotes the Mercedarian Order of Reconquita Crusader Knights that were founded to fight Black Moorish Pirates ☠

1:11 PM
@roderickhare
​​@ethan.caughey Not anti, just not convinced they'll save us.

1:12 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​Reconquista*

1:13 PM
@ethan.caughey
​#2
​Rod, what I'm currently convinced of and working on is blending digital, literacy, and orality in particular space and time via a building. I don't know what to call it beyond guild halls and monaster​ies.

1:13 PM
@roderickhare
​​A religion that addresses the divide between men and women, in a way that both men and women embrace when they hear it, will inherit the future.

1:15 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Rod, that's part of why I'm Christian. But I'm not going to go into evangelist mode lol. I find the Christian answer to "the problem" of God splitting man and woman from The Human in the opening pages

1:15 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​ of Genesis to be wildly compelling.

1:16 PM
@PepinmystepIV
​​@Rod I just want you to know I always appreciate your contribution to the conversations in the TLC, you often provide a nice counterbalance to the groupthink

1:16 PM
@roderickhare
​​@ethan.caughey I understand, but the churches that appeal to women have the men shuffling away, or creating men they don't want. And vice versa.

1:18 PM
@ethan.caughey
#2
​Rod, Yeah, I mean I agree with you. America, specifically, needs better churches. I've been in a lot of churches in both professional and non-professional contexts and it's rough.

1:19 PM
@roderickhare
​​I half jokingly say that SEC football may be the most successful religion of the moment.

1:20 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Me and a dude from estuary want to write about the liturgical tech that is employed at Texas A&M

1:20 PM
@BrianOfCollegeStation
​​Thinking of SEC football religion, @rod

1:20 PM
@UpCycleClub
​​I am late, Pep. Does the stream needs any saving? 🙂

1:21 PM
@markboulton4500
​​ life is simple . Do unto others / But there will always be that group to enterprise upon your purity . Decrement & protecting those principals is Christianity

1:21 PM
@roderickhare
​​Watching an SEC football game, you see a whole bunch of men and women who genuinely seem to like each other and enjoying each other's company.

1:22 PM
@YawnGod
​​Google Ngram says that the first appearance of Judeo-Christian is 1904 🤔

1:22 PM
@markboulton4500
​​I am a Thomas Mark myself . lol

1:24 PM
@UpCycleClub
​​Matthew 1:23

**********************************

1:40:00   CLAIRE KHAW joins to discuss why Bart Ehrman triggers Chris.

1:41:00  I try to explain why organised religion is so strict about wrongthink. 

1:42:00  Scripture is a way of making leaders of a religion accountable to its members. 

1:42:00  Going by the book in AA

1:43:00  The Company Handbook

1:44:00  Moral ultimately becomes law enforcement.

Non-denominational Christians

1:45:00  Snake oil

1:47:00  Divine revelation represents a quantum leap away from personality politics. 

The Koran could be seen as a divine contract. 

1:48:00  The US Supreme Court

Pope Leo was rumoured to have been threatened with the Avignon Papacy.

1:51:00  Atheists and nihilists would want everyone else to believe in God but not themselves. 

1:52:00  Measuring the morality of a member of your religious group

1:53:00  Cheap grace

Ethan says Hashem. 

1:54:00  "Judeo-Christian"

1:55:00  Messianic Jews

1:56:00  Is Jesus God?

Discussion of the Trinity avoided. 

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