Jesus prayed that his disciples be united

But if he didn’t want division, he shouldn’t have said he was coming back with a sword in his mouth to throw false prophets & whoever said he was one into hell

That was a self-fulfilling prophecy of religious civil war

And even in heaven it always will be

If Jesus had meant to inspire church history then I think not only would he have kept his disciples’ stories straighter, he would have said a number of things differently as well

I think if he’d known he was going to need Paul then he should’ve recruited him while he was alive

Most of them definitely are

Most of them are scientists and philosophers who’ve had their sword of personal confidence beaten into a plowshare of intellectual humility

And they can see how much our country values knowledge every time a climate scientist appears or doesn’t appear before Congress

I certainly would have rather had Sally Ride but I’m sure she would have declined as well

I think if Jesus or his disciples had anticipated the rise of Islam then the gospels would would have been written more consistent

If they’d wanted to keep Islam from rising at all, the one and only other thing they could’ve done differently would be make the Roman Empire treat its subjects better

They would have sent Einstein back to Germany

No, I don’t blame all men, I only blame all men who feel targeted

And when you say it’s only 1% of 1% then you’ve told on yourself

As someone who grew up in proximity with quiverfull families who have been trying for hundreds and hundreds of years to crush feminism and produce as many children as biologically possible, I never felt that the issue was invisible

That’s more nephews and nieces than I will ever need

I’ve been hearing a lot about mortgage fraud recently

Did we rise because we were lifted or because we lifted ourselves?

Did we rise because of our divine beliefs or in spite of them?

To find feminism in Judges, I feel, proves the truth of feminism, but not the truth of Judges

I’m so sorry to hear about your friends, I know sometimes there are not easy answers

He is taking the best drugs available anywhere and he’s done everything he can to limit their availability to others

The leadership, I do not believe hated the drugs, they loved them

What they hated was sharing