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The Table We're Building @tablewerebuilding.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As we ramp up recording for season 1, we want to talk to a wide variety of people: therapists, activists, pastors and priests, and other voices to add to this conversation. Listen to the trailer and give us suggestions for future guests. We'll listen. open.spotify.com/episode/41pj...

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Teaser for The Table We're Building

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

I would start by saying, "If we were following rubrics, I would preach about [topic and points of that topic]. But we're not, so today I'll say this:____" But I'm snarky.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Sometimes, as I'm rethinking a passage of the Bible, I go completely off the rails. I need an adult. ⚓

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

This. You cannot have an influence on society unless individuals play out that belief system. But by playing out that belief system they change and evolve it.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Point me to the one organization of Christianity. Show mw where they hold the same books as sacred in the Bible, where they treat the Bible thebsame, where worship looks the same, where theology is the same on every level. Show me that. I'll wait.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Sure. Its an ongoing debate. But ultimately it doesn't matter because the practice of belief will always interact with the ridigity of doctrine to create a new thing that people will want to examine. It's in evolution.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

That doesn't mean someone owns religion. It means that the practice of the religion in a specific way is something some people hold nasty sacred. Their practice dictates what that religion is to them. Thats what researchers need to wrestle with. Therefore multiple Christianities we choosento believe

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Back tonthe OP, we who believe a specific way will speaknupnwhen we believe out religion is being hijacked by ppl we do not see as practicing the same faith but claiming the same name. Thats the point. What we live shapes what we believe, and vice versa. We should call-out when that gets twisted.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Religion belongs to the people. Research is based on lived experience that is explored. Itndoeant mean thw researcher owns the faith.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Again, there is nontrue christian, in academic setting or parish life. There are humans trying to believe. Bad faith actors aren't believers, so no, they're not Christian in the sense of faith and theology. But inbself identification, this is the religion they claim. Who's right?

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

If you want to understand "religion" as an academic study, your right. If you want to live religion, she's right. Fornbelievera, religion takes a different context than for the detached observer. Histories tell us where we've been, but theology tells us to believe this makes you who you are.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

There is no one true Christian. There are believers and theologies we argue about, but none of of us are THE christian. That's absurd.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

Rev., not Ms. There is no objective Christian. Its all subjective, based on belief and self identification. I dont think is helpful to try and find an objective definition here. Faith is about trust, and trust is about practice. Learned or not, "the children shall lead them."

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Teddy Focaccia @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If we’re going to rehash the Gilded Age, it would be great for wealthy industry magnates to actually fund arts, hospitals, parks, schools, etc.

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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Cornell 7 we’re all talking about? That story was broken in the work of Cereese Qusba, who is a reporter at The Ithaca Voice and a news editor at The Cornell Daily Sun, two independent newspapers. She is still herself, a student at Cornell University.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

The action of living the belief is more credable than an academic study of something that evolves. This isn't science; it's religion. While there are studies about religion, they all rely on the practiciners to provide the insight and knowledge about the belief system.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

How is it that someone who self identifies as a Christian isn't representitive of hristianity? There's not an objective definition of what makes someone Christian, there is only the way that their belief system is lived out in real life.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

"Ya I have a girlfriend. She just goes to a different school."

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some brilliant words from Graie Hagans on Sukkot & community organizing. "The practice of gathering under the fragile, 3-walled sukkah reminds us that true safety doesn't come from rigid, heavy structures, but from collective care, community, and standing together in moments of uncertainty." Read:

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I Am Because Everyone Is

Sukkot, Radical Hospitality and Organizing; a Guest Post by Graie Hagans

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

You could still do the naked goddess camp. might mean something different now, but still. I'm just saying.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 29/09/2026

"I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of the land of the church. You shall have no other gods before me."

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 28/09/2026

When I'm presented with something I think is a good idea or that someone is excited about, immediately my brain goes to the problems so that we can not waste our time or solve said problems and do the thing. Apparently, this means I'm sucking the joy out of things. Does anyone else do this?

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 28/09/2026

My essay this week is all about how I want to leave my faith behind entirely, but I can't because Jesus keeps hanging onto me. theclutteredmouth.com/wont-let-go/

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Won't Let Go

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

we really need to start calling out these conservative christians for just straight up not believing in christianity. if you don’t believe christian teaching, nobody is forcing you to call yourself a christian! free yourself!

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 27/09/2026

Wait, there's a song called Chosin Texas?

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The Table We're Building @tablewerebuilding.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Faith after fallout. Hope after harm.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 27/09/2026

New podcast from @litbible.net and I. Check it out in your podcast players.

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Aaron @theclutteredmouth.com · 27/09/2026

Let's be honest: this is a conference for Chads.

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