Marcus
@mr-jackalope.bsky.social
Assistant Pastor | United Church of Christ | Billings Montana | United Seminary of the Twin Cities | He/Him | Sourdough bread baker and cast iron enjoyer|
While I have no desire to engage in arguing about whether God exists with people, the most compelling evidence I’ve ever seen for God’s existence is the sheer fact that humanity hasn’t yet completely obliterated ourselves with nukes.
ICBMs made it possible to end the world in 15 minutes or less. @iwriteok.bsky.social tells @margaret.bsky.social about the nightmarishly incompetent first draft of the Minuteman, a nuclear weapons system almost perfectly designed to end the world on accident.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
While I have no desire to engage in arguing about whether God exists with people, the most compelling evidence I’ve ever seen for God’s existence is the sheer fact that humanity hasn’t yet completely obliterated ourselves with nukes.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Might be time to send missionaries to share the gospel with the white evangelical church in America.
October 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Might be time to send missionaries to share the gospel with the white evangelical church in America.
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let’s outlast them. let’s live long enough to rebuild.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
let’s outlast them. let’s live long enough to rebuild.
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This week has convinced me that one of the most pastoral things a minister can do is to help their congregants understand that they don’t need to post every opinion they have on social media.
September 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This week has convinced me that one of the most pastoral things a minister can do is to help their congregants understand that they don’t need to post every opinion they have on social media.
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The one time we got the smoking gun of undeniable ideology that mapped neatly onto american partisanship in political violence was J6, and we decided it was too scary to treat it as such, so now we return to deciphering memes of school shooters like medieval peasants panicking at an eclipse.
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The one time we got the smoking gun of undeniable ideology that mapped neatly onto american partisanship in political violence was J6, and we decided it was too scary to treat it as such, so now we return to deciphering memes of school shooters like medieval peasants panicking at an eclipse.
Was able to get my covid booster with a walk-in appointment today, so I guess smoking cigarettes in undergrad was useful for something.
September 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Was able to get my covid booster with a walk-in appointment today, so I guess smoking cigarettes in undergrad was useful for something.
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under no circumstances can the legitimacy of a desire to see appropriate reforms made to our gun laws become an excuse to equivocate regarding any attempt to categorically deny trans people rights - *any* rights - that others retain
Banning trans people from owning guns is a really REALLY significant escalation and I think the scariest part about it that's not being discussed at all is that the plan is to declare that trans people are mentally ill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
edition.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
under no circumstances can the legitimacy of a desire to see appropriate reforms made to our gun laws become an excuse to equivocate regarding any attempt to categorically deny trans people rights - *any* rights - that others retain
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It's insane that Googling "Labor Day Bible verse" yields a bunch of stuff about being a good employee and nothing about the eternal torment facing unjust bosses.
August 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's insane that Googling "Labor Day Bible verse" yields a bunch of stuff about being a good employee and nothing about the eternal torment facing unjust bosses.
Since being a smoker or former smoker supposedly qualifies one for the updated covid shot, can I go to a walgreens and light up a camel so I can get it?
August 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Since being a smoker or former smoker supposedly qualifies one for the updated covid shot, can I go to a walgreens and light up a camel so I can get it?
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past day has me convinced of this
Immigration is the central issue of our century and progressives must defend it or lose absolutely everything to fascism
August 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
past day has me convinced of this
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"I wish janitors made a living wage"
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"I wish janitors made a living wage"
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I find this kind of existentially terrifying—to feel convinced that you are bound for hell but completely lacking the faculty needed to avoid that. Coming to the end of your life and realizing that you’ve spent your entirely earthly existence becoming someone incapable of repentance.
Trump: "I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole."
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I find this kind of existentially terrifying—to feel convinced that you are bound for hell but completely lacking the faculty needed to avoid that. Coming to the end of your life and realizing that you’ve spent your entirely earthly existence becoming someone incapable of repentance.
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In Middleton, NY.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
August 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In Middleton, NY.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs.
This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.
I truly hate that I am so easy to startle. I went to walk into the bathroom at the gym and could see the light was off. When I opened the door an employee was just walking out and my body decided to react like I had just come face to face with the literal devil. 🫣🫠
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I truly hate that I am so easy to startle. I went to walk into the bathroom at the gym and could see the light was off. When I opened the door an employee was just walking out and my body decided to react like I had just come face to face with the literal devil. 🫣🫠
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Homeless camps are a policy failure, but "clearing homeless camps" isn't a policy solution, it's the state harassing people for the crime of embarrassing the state with its policy failure.
Press needs to stop repeating govt euphemism of “clearing homeless camps.” I’ve witnessed it in other cities: massive destruction of personal property. Not just bedrolls & tents; family photos, Bibles, meds. Times I’ve seen it people weren’t even given option to move their things.
August 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Homeless camps are a policy failure, but "clearing homeless camps" isn't a policy solution, it's the state harassing people for the crime of embarrassing the state with its policy failure.
I think a good contender for a contemporary version of the “I wear many hats” idiom is “I have many email addresses.”
July 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think a good contender for a contemporary version of the “I wear many hats” idiom is “I have many email addresses.”
The UCC has a very decentralized polity that means our denomination is messy and disorganized at times. It also means that if you've been to one UCC church, you've been to one UCC church. There's an incredible spectrum of theological, liturgical, cultural, political, etc. difference within the UCC.
Hey #UCCsky, I wasn't able to attend #UCCsynod this year. Quote this with something you'd like others to know about the United Church of Christ in 2025.
#ProgressiveChristian ⚓
#ProgressiveChristian ⚓
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The UCC has a very decentralized polity that means our denomination is messy and disorganized at times. It also means that if you've been to one UCC church, you've been to one UCC church. There's an incredible spectrum of theological, liturgical, cultural, political, etc. difference within the UCC.
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🖤 Following heartfelt discussion and careful consideration, General Synod took a clear stand in naming the ongoing genocide of Palestinians “a humanitarian crisis that calls for immediate action.”
📰 News Story: generalsynod.org/news-listing...
#UCCSynod
📰 News Story: generalsynod.org/news-listing...
#UCCSynod
General Synod Passes Declaration for an End to Genocide in Palestine
General Synod Passes Declaration for an End to Genocide in Palestine
generalsynod.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🖤 Following heartfelt discussion and careful consideration, General Synod took a clear stand in naming the ongoing genocide of Palestinians “a humanitarian crisis that calls for immediate action.”
📰 News Story: generalsynod.org/news-listing...
#UCCSynod
📰 News Story: generalsynod.org/news-listing...
#UCCSynod
Extremely irritated that we cannot escape whataboutism, even when discussing a resolution that is literally about an ongoing genocide. #UCCsynod
July 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Extremely irritated that we cannot escape whataboutism, even when discussing a resolution that is literally about an ongoing genocide. #UCCsynod
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It's a fascist regime, folks. You have to start treating it like such. You need all hands on deck and a remarkable change in attitude, language and tactics to confront Trump and MAGA.
The old guard ain't gonna cut it.
The old guard ain't gonna cut it.
July 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's a fascist regime, folks. You have to start treating it like such. You need all hands on deck and a remarkable change in attitude, language and tactics to confront Trump and MAGA.
The old guard ain't gonna cut it.
The old guard ain't gonna cut it.
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"How I Gave Up Universalism and Embraced Hell: a Memoir on 2025 Legislation"
July 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"How I Gave Up Universalism and Embraced Hell: a Memoir on 2025 Legislation"