Baxter Williams

My theology laid bare, typos and all, for all to see.

Really interesting to me that the first ever survey of population statistics for homosexuals (from 1904) found about 2% of men and 5% bisexuals. And the latest modern Gallup polls have basically the exact same numbers

Dan McClellan explains aome of the factors in his decision to tithe. danielomcclellan.wordpress.com/2026/10/20/w...

"In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty." sounds like such a healing innovative quote until you realize that arguments have always been about what is essential, and this quote is just a truism.

Amazes me how late in the game we got verses in scripture.

TIL that "deuterocanon" is a counter-reformation term, even though the Catholic church already had "apocrypha" because it was the word used by Jerome.

It wasn't really the AI math discoveries that surprised me, as much as it was the reveal that there is an algorithmic system of truth called Lean that can confirm math results. Like, what do you mean we had an ultimate authority on truth for math just floating out there? Of course AI made progress!

There was only one man in history who had faith the size of a mustard seed.

Thinking about how much of my life I won't share on this account.

It seems to me that the "soul" aristotle talked about was more akin to "life force". I can totally understand fascination with life itself, but personally I'm more fascinated by consciousness.

If only I could have seen the size of the letters that the pastorals were written in. Then I would know if they were Pauline.

I haven't done my detailed assessment yet. But I feel like "underworld" is probably the best translation for Sheol and Hades today.

I still have to untangle this. It seems to have something to do with a disagreement with the Catholic church about people immediately going to heaven after death. But also could be a correction to misunderstandings among the laity from "Doom paintings" in England?

Wait so Tyndale is to blame for "sheol" being translated sometimes as "grave" and sometimes as "hell"?

I endorse what the pope says about AI, but not for the same reasons

Universalism is really the only option that is scandalous in its mercy. It's a bit upsetting in a way. It really makes one wonder what the point of this mortal existence was.

Updated to add the Dead Sea Scrolls, for kicks. Had to rely on Google Gemini for the apocrypha / deuterocanonical works among the DSS, because I couldn't find english translations online and I can't read Hebrew or Aramaic.

Wait is this the origin of the term "Vanity Fair"??

A nocturnal species that evolved to live in shadows would see the light as the pure embodiment of badness.

"text elemental" is so good

How am I in my mid 30s and still pulling an occasional all-nighter when I procrastinate on my work? This is college brainrot behavior. Why can I not do what I know is better for me??

The degree to which I have my life together is directly proportional to my Wordle streak. My current streak is 2 days.

Contradictions can always be made to be "only apparent".

I forgot this was an OG protestant book and was jump-scared by the Pope Cave Monster.

I'm only 45 minutes into Pilgrim's Progress, but I gotta say it's a little too on the nose. Like if you told an allegory of baseball with a main character named "Batter" who used a "stick" to hit a "round object".

All I want is for there to be a deeply interested researcher who is neither for or against Christianity. I have such a hard time trusting the conclusions of Christians who have a moral obligation to spread the gospel and atheists who come across as obviously biased against it in their writings.

I'm officially committing to a deep dive into historical critical study of "Hell". Here's one of the spreadsheets I've started during the research phase.