Embarrassing when you realize that your own @standard.site aggregators are dropping your own posts. Records really need to be validate-able before being pushed to the PDS, or they might be thrown out by AppViews that watch the firehose.

What would it mean for theology if natural laws could explain the development of complex life? https://metapol.is/a-sterile-universe/

Spent the last few days working on another proof of concept for @standard.site topic-based discovery: longform.fyi Possible categories are taken from the Ghost discovery feed, and categorization uses SentenceTransformers. I assume that eventually this will be done in-house by most AppViews

Considering the lack of replies I’m going to assume no. Have at it!

As @standard.site adoption grows, the future will hopefully be in the direction of topical curation (and algorithmic discovery). "Global discovery feeds" only work as long as the network is small. (Also, global discovery feeds have a lot of "testing testing, my first @offprint.app post" right now 🤭)

Has anybody made an open @semble.so collection for examples of the atmosphere *working*?

Cool — I think one of the first @standard.site aggregators I've seen with niche topical curation, not just global index/search! 👀✍️ theologians, exegetes, sermonologists…check it out!

new from me: FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like? connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

Created a @standard.site aggregator for biblical studies publications. So far, @joelwerner.me and I are the only active authors I've found using compatible platforms. More are welcome! longform.sermon.garden

While disagreements over theology were tearing Europe apart, the natural philosophers were advancing the dominion of humankind over the created world. https://metapol.is/how-science-beat-theology/

Maybe science didn't leave Christianity behind. Maybe Christianity lost the things that made it the perfect incubator for modern science. https://metapol.is/has-christianity-lost-its-scientific-roots/

I suspect Stephen Meyer's book will only convince people who are already inclined toward the "God hypothesis." https://metapol.is/return-of-the-god-hypothesis/

Feels good to be back in the philosophy of science mood after a long time spent focusing on theology

There are two ways the raising of Lazarus "glorifies" Jesus. And one of them might surprise you. https://metapol.is/a-death-for-the-people/

Leaflet is on @standard.site! A big joint effort — and we're finishing a big migration to get Leaflet records standard-site-ified :) Log in to Leaflet & you'll be migrated automatically. Read this post for details, and let us know any q's. Social publishing. Atmospheric publishing. Together!

Jesus' descriptions of the final resurrection at the end of history are always coupled with talk of judgment. Resurrection is only a consolation for "those who have done good." It's actually a bad thing for "those who have done evil!" https://metapol.is/lazarus-unbound/

"Jesus wept" is one of the most famous verses in the Bible. Despite its simplicity, the verse does raise a question: why did Jesus weep? The answer emerges as we unravel the context. https://metapol.is/jesus-discouraged/

We know very little about the origin of the Septuagint. But it may be the most important Bible translation ever made. metapol.is/septuagint/

@metapol.is is my exegetical scrapbook. Expect weekly posts building on papers and sermons I write while I'm at seminary!

None of us can expect Jesus to raise our brothers from the dead before the last day, so how is the story of the raising of Lazarus supposed to comfort us? #bible #christianity metapol.is/no-miracles-...

Decided that it would be pretty easy to syndicate my @ghost.org blog to Bluesky manually, rather than rely on Bridgy Fed. Hoping for ATproto support directly within Ghost someday soon, now that we have @standard.site??