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Ordinary Christian Saint. Reformed Baptist. Head of Household. On pilgrimage at #ToChristAlone.

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2026-07-24 21:11:26 GMT

#StartOS 0.4.0 dumping Docker/Podman for LXC container runtime is not priced in.
#SovereignStack
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2026-07-24 12:01:58 GMT

Imagine being on #X right now. 😂

2026-07-23 16:45:21 GMT

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This pod doesn't present anything outside of standard Orthodox theology (John of Damascus, Seventh Council, etc.). It is coherent within that tradition. It does **not**, however, produce first-century apostolic evidence of *commanded or practiced icon veneration*.
- The New Testament still contains no command to make or venerate painted/carved images of Christ or the saints, and no description of the apostolic church doing so.
- The earliest surviving Christian pictorial art (Dura-Europos baptistery frescoes, mid-3rd century) functions as decoration and teaching imagery, not as objects of liturgical kissing, bowing, or proskynesis.
- Second- and third-century writers who address the subject (Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, later Epiphanius) treat the use of images in a cultic/religious sense as pagan and reject it.
- Claims of continuity rely on later patristic development, the Incarnation argument, and interpretive readings of Old Testament images (cherubim, etc.), not on contemporary first-century records of the practice.
The podcast strengthens the Orthodox *theological* case and the historical distinction they draw between idolatry and iconography. It does not supply the missing apostolic-era evidence that the practice was commanded or observed in the first-century church. The foundation remains the later tradition and the Seventh Council’s ruling, not a direct biblical or first-century historical mandate.

2026-07-23 15:26:42 GMT

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Here I am. 👋

2026-07-23 11:22:19 GMT

Zero spam on @nprofile…4k44. 👏

2026-07-23 11:02:10 GMT

Running @nprofile…9yxp on #GrapheneOS.
https://blossom.primal.net/d134a3d9bcafba968d65bd78e5f2b62bfe6d91e7841ed43f36de3b4a74b69856.jpg
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2026-07-23 03:23:41 GMT

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I can't seem to mute "word5" or "#657" on Dark Wisp.
Seeing these mini game spam posts makes me feel like we're on Facebook.

2026-07-23 00:47:33 GMT

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The only good I can see in it is that it is a sign of the overall game theory advancing. Without even looking into the bill I know it must be terrible.

2026-07-22 22:54:20 GMT

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A patch release is a major milestone?

2026-07-22 21:00:36 GMT

If you keep art in your home, make it inspire admiration for Creation.
#ToChristAlone
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2026-07-22 18:37:09 GMT

Running Dark Wisp on #GrapheneOS. 🌑