The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Guy I’m voting for California Lt. Governor thanked me for his support on Twitter. 000 0
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Went to a based woke (Gospel) Mass today. Father said it is unchristian to oppose DEI, Some politicians are trying to divide Christians by force through ICE, Referred to “white” Christians as European Americans, Included liberation theology themes in the homily, 060 6
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 29/10/2025We put down one of my family dogs yesterday:( 230 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 23/10/2025philarchive.org/archive/JANS.... Philosophy Twitter is bad for philosophy and public understandings of philosophy. Most of the large accounts on there are bullshit artists that copy/paste from online encyclopedias.philarchive.org 020 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Forgot how many of my old mutuals moved over here 😰 010 1
Reposted by The OrigenistKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 29/08/2025How does Bluesky still not have polls? 1122 12
Reposted by The OrigenistTom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 29/08/2025A very @theorigenist.bsky.social coded question 031 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I should post here more. I got addicted to making polls 020 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Explained logical positivism to my roommate who is a PhD student in physics. He started laughing. 040 4
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I LOVE being Catholic. Surprised that it was Steubenville diocese conservatism that challenged my faith and not academic philosophy 🤔 170 7
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Why is Twitter plagued with Catholics that subscribe to young earth creationism. Has X become a website for people to take pride in their stupidity? 10281 28
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Man that killed priest in Kansas was quoted as saying that the Church should follow Trump’s example. These people literally worship the man as God. Yall need help. 162 6
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 09/04/2025According to the LDS Geneology website, which isn’t 100% accurate but a good generalization I assume, I have a ton of French ancestry I didn’t know about I have African-American ancestry I’m descended from BOTH Montaigne and Böhme. This is too cool. 060 6
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Good news: There is a mini-Renaissance emerging in the re-valuation of the humanities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest (Metro Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento). Bad News: It is in the realm of big business and technology management. 141 4
Reposted by The OrigenistTom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 01/04/2025We will rebuild Erasmus Twitter into Erasmus Bluesky eventually 1123 12
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 23/03/2025My academic advisor has two doctorates (apparently philosophy was sensitive about degree labels then; harder to make a career transition) One is from UNC, Chapel Hill One is from Duke He roots for both teams in basketball 🤣 Probably the only person on the planet who could get away with this 020 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Maybe the Jesuits have a point. Gain professional experience or higher education before joining. All the 18 year old, fresh out of high school, seminarians I see on Twitter are politically radicalized. Many are sympathizers for Franco. Maybe the minimum ordination age should be older nowadays? 4142 14
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Met with my advisor today. Reminder, I am in the philosophy department. He said I should remove references to Origen in my thesis because the ones to Augustine do the job, Augustine is more familiar, And Origen might come off as weird to some on the department 😂 7412 41
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Took a metaphysics of death class in the Fall. Sounds interesting. No, it was the most inane course I’ve ever taken. Readings: “does someone experience death before or after the heart stops” Pretending to know these solutions, yet calling metaphysics and theology irrational is laughable. 5210 21
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Cardinal John O’Connor and St. John of the Cross were both Jewish according to Halacha. Many Jewish Christians exists who are not converts. I get tired of explaining this to racists who question my ethnic identity. 040 4
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I love being Catholic, but sometimes the liturgy can feel very melancholic 230 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 06/03/2025First time cooking fish tonight, came out surprisingly good. A little too much seasoning though. 120 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 04/03/2025One of my students was wearing a Chicago Bears shirt today. Lord help me from failing them. 020 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Several people blocked and unfollowed me on X for making jokes about Cardinal Burke. Oh well. I didn’t realize he had such a fan club. 040 4
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Cringe lord on X that changes religions every season is neopagan again. Eastern Orthodox hyper Palamite (2023)> Rad Trad Catholic> “Gallican” (it’s 2025) Catholic> Neopagan> Catholic> Neopagan Unstable personality to have more religious changes than fingers on hand. 292 9
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Twitter Catholicism is generally extremely toxic. Like I’m sorry 18 year old first year Republican seminarian that I don’t like Elon and I wasn’t offended by Conclave. I’d like to think our faith is deeper than thought policing FWIW, I thought Conclave was pro-Catholic in a thought provoking way 2141 14
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 25/02/2025My guilty pleasure, only guilty because people get the wrong impression: I follow women’s swimming 050 5
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Twitter fell off as soon as @tomsdigest.bsky.social stopped posting about Romanian Protestantism 1102 10
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Sporadically shit posting St. Basil quotes on my Instagram story that condemn personal property, interest, and wealth hoarding, for my Republican family to see. “That sound Marx… wait a minute” 040 4
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 24/02/2025“Cultural Christian”=code for unbelieving Humean conservative. The Christians that eat this rhetoric up would do well to read Hume and discern for themselves if “culture warriors” are good allies. The answer is no. 161 6
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 22/02/2025TradBros saying tolerance is a sin because St. Nicholas supposedly assaulted Arius (likely a myth from the later Middle Ages) are beyond dull. The same legend indicates St. Nick prayed for forgiveness for his fault. 0142 14
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I suspect the young Erasmus experienced a bout of depression. There’s a story about his early studies at a religious community in Germany; this was before he went to Paris. Apparently, he was constantly criticized for heterodoxy for his distaste toward the way of life and scholastic philosophy 070 7
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Why did the Manicheans have a religious ritual around the “Elect” going “number 2”? Sources aside from Augustine confirm this. Yeah, super weird lol 130 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025One of the accounts that has me blocked on here has: “MAGA=block” Hmm 🤔 I don’t think Ive ever posted anything good about Trump on here lol 130 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Looked at the app that reveals who has you blocked on here. 100% of them are people I’ve never interacted with lol How funny 150 5
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 16/02/2025John Adams came from a family line of Puritan clergy. His father was a deacon and his mother’s family had several ministers. When asked why he decided not to enter seminary after earning his AM (MA) at Harvard, he said: “The clergy in its current state is full of dunces.” 020 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Kroger delivery driver just set the groceries next to the first apartment he saw in my building and sent a photo with the comment “followed instructions.” No you didn’t, you didn’t go to the listed address. No idea where in my building the photo is from. Had to deal with customer service… 120 2
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Tomorrow is a major holiday if you are a Platonist. 130 3
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The analytic philosopher saying: “I don’t understand, please be more precise” to the point that language itself is no longer used, but symbols for logical relations, Is a sign of systematic failure within academic philosophy to think beyond its own presumed methods. 000 0
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 13/02/2025For Plato there are two callings: The philosopher and the statesman. For the Fathers there are two callings: The active and contemplative For the Moderns there is one calling: The Will to Power Do you see the problem? 160 6
The Origenist @theorigenist.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Conservative Catholics in the Middle Ages: “The Pope is absolutely sovereign and has the right to advise any and every principality, kingdom, or republic in creation.” Conservative Catholics now: “The Pope should stay in his lane; he is wrong about Trump and immigration.” 160 6
