Bad theology is one of the most destructive forces on the planet. Good theologians are needed now more than ever. #churchstr

“Ideas go to war so people don’t have to” This the type of bars you only get at Bitcoin meetups. Shout out to @Xero for organizing the North Atlanta meetup. Would’ve never found this group or the orange pill app if it wasn’t for Nostr. Love this place

“Appreciation of the depths of beauty is a condition of our physical, mental, and spiritual health - and of our physical, mental, emotional, relational and spiritual maturity" - Makoto Fujimura

One thing I’ve noticed about the older generation, especially boomers, is that they often will only be open to ideas depending on the source it came from. If it’s not from a voice or source they trust, they will not take it seriously. Very poor at assessing the validity of an idea on its own merit. Obvious caveat that there are many incredible individual examples in that generation that do fit into this mold. I have the utmost respect for those people. But for all the weaknesses millennials have (and there are many), I see so much power in our ability to at least attempt to wrestle with the merit of an idea regardless where it comes from.

“We the people” has always sounded good but rang super hollow., if I’m being honest. Nostr gives that statement teeth. It really is a relatively small band of us who are leaning into our collective goal to enable self-sovereignty and human flourishing THROUGH OUR ACTIONS and not just through Twitter rants.

Am I a complete hypocrite because of the fact that I love my country but am much more pro-BRICS than pro-west? It’s because I love my country and want a good future that I want this western hegemony to break down. I don’t think China or Russia are necessarily good, but I also think they are much more down to earth and have a much lower tolerance for pedophiles! A global monetary system where neutral reserve assets like bitcoin and gold play a more significant role is better for the common man and awful for elites. Also lotta short-term pain for many western investors tho. This is direction things are moving and I’m very excited and hopeful about a multi-polar world after all the very painful dust settles. Your boy is fully allocated to Bitcoin, gold, silver, MINING COMPANIES (going to keep crushing for years), commodities and emerging markets. Despise many of the companies in S&P and seems like most obvious bubble of all time (but may drag out for a lot longer). Protect yourself by being a contrarian. You don’t need to be as diversified as I am but at least make sure you have some Bitcoin!!

I’m hopeful and firmly believe that Christian / Muslim relations will only grow stronger throughout the rest my lifetime. Too many Christians are waking up to all of the Jewish Zionist propaganda we’ve been fed by boomers our whole life. The reality is that Muslims love and respect Jesus immensely and there is so much more common ground in our beliefs and how we view the world than most Christians realize. If I was a Muslim, I’d be real hesitant about interacting with any “savior complex” Christians. That’s not my goal at all and I don’t expect to be warmly received by every Muslim I encounter. Yet if my life experience is any indicator, most Muslims will typically respond with the kind of disproportionate hospitality that they always do. Last night was a perfect example. I threw out to Nostr last week that I wanted to learn Arabic and would love some initial guidance to make the journey as effective as possible. My brother @Yusuf al-Texani didn’t know me at all but took two hours between 1:00 AM - 3:00 AM in Morocco to do just that. Told me up front before we met that he didn’t want any payment. Zapped him 10k sats anyways (which is nothing for two hours of 1:1 language tutoring) and immediately he said he did not need that much. Authentic generosity at its finest. Every religion has their psychopaths and extremists, including Christians and definitely including Jewish supremacists. It just takes different forms. So when we see poor Gazans throw a homemade bomb at an IOF tank that is unacceptable. But when Jewish and Christian leaders systematically live stream a genocide for two years that is acceptable because of Oct 7? Make it make sense. Love my Muslim brothers and sisters and sincerely hope this calling is a part of my life for all of my days.

David Hogg and Nick Fuentes on same page about ADL? 😂😂 never been more over for the Zionist cartel. Young people can disagree vehemently on all types of issues, but we all see Israel for exactly what it is. Once these brainwashed boomers are out of power, Israel will have no support. At that point we will see their true colors to a degree few can imagine. Have already seen prominent Zionists start to subtly remind dumb goyim that they have nukes. They don’t even try to veil their threats. Freedom is going to win. Free speech is going to win. But it’s probably gonna be really ugly in the interim.

For my own understanding when I’m talking to people about nostr, is there anything like this in eth, sol or other scamcoin spaces? #asknostr

Nothing ends a conversation quicker than when someone starts complaining about their kids. This gift of fatherhood is so precious. When people tell me “don’t worry, it goes by fast” implying that it’s a good thing they won’t be young anymore, I often reply that “I pray daily time slows down.” My wife and I lost two kids after the 20 week mark and would give an arm and a leg to have them with still with us. Five kids would be the dream

Are there any verified people on nostr who live in either #gaza or #westbank? Would love to follow and support them if so #asknostr

Is there a good #substack equivalent for nostr? #asknostr

Instead of calling it “yield curve control” we should call it “yield curve waterboarding”. It’s more visceral and descriptive of what they are really going to do to the purchasing power of those naive enough to hold fiat debt and debt-denominated instruments in the face of what’s coming.

Was reading a market commentary on commodities today (I’m a fun hang) and as the writer was reflecting back on a recurring historical pattern, he began his sentence with this beautiful injection of humanity. He wrote: “In hindsight - which is a lens that spares no one…” I literally paused and said “wow” out loud. It stunned me with how profound and out of place it felt. And yet, it was pure wisdom and immediately revealed a profound amount about the humble character of the writer. It fundamentally shifted the way I read the rest of his analysis of inflation trends and it pleasantly left me with much more than I was expecting. It encouraged me do more to fearlessly bring my humanity with me wherever I go and to bring the messiness and beauty of real life to all the realms we’ve sterilized and sanitized in our modern world.

As Bitcoiners, our grandchildren will one day ask us what is was like to get caught on the sidelines during the generational 5-month ETH bull market of 2025

God created us to be free

As western society has largely become more effeminate and soft, so too has the modern Church in the West. Probably no greater example of this than how we conceptualize “love”. Obviously there are different types of love, but as a general concept love is largely presented as being totally tolerant, never angry, always gentle and never firm, conflict-avoiding, etc. When you look at the life of Jesus through this lens however, the only conclusion you can reach is that there were many times when love incarnate was not actually “loving” at all! Think about the times where Jesus was flipping tables in the temple, excoriating the Jewish leaders for their corruption and even coming across as disrespectful to his own family. So we need to ask ourselves, is Jesus in the wrong or are we? The most ironic part about this, is that I often see what I think is this more true, Jesus-like love in courageous women who hate evil and cling to what’s good, than I do in passive men who won’t stand for anything.

“They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” - Revelation 12:11 As we begin to rapidly move in an increasingly totalitarian direction, there will be pockets of immense persecution of those who fight for freedom and human flourishing. I pray we grow increasingly courageous in speaking truth regardless of the consequences.

The last president we had with any courage and selflessness who truly fought for the people was JFK. Don’t have to agree with all his policies to respect and admire him. He largely stood for what was good and they killed him for it. One of the only politicians I believes shares those qualities today is Thomas Massie. I would support him through thick and thin and this is coming from someone who hates both political parties.

Realizing more and more that I don’t mind disagreements, arguments or even rebukes (for the most part lol). But what I loathe is when people try to do my thinking for me. #self-differentiation