JD™ @LostMyHats Many think that a “Messianic Jew” is a Jew who believes in Jesus. That’s a common misconception. A Jew who believes in Jesus is called a “Christian.” There’s not a special name for that. A Messianic Jew is a syncretist who despite believing in Jesus, chooses to retain post-temple, non-biblical rabbinic traditions that developed in opposition to Christ. This phenomenon also exists in Islam, in which “C5,” “Insider Movement, or “Messianic Muslims” profess faith in Jesus as Messiah, but retain Islamic cultural, social, and even some religious forms. Purely Talmudic traditions aren’t any more biblical than Koranic traditions, and both are in similar error. When one follows Christ, it requires letting go of false religion completely and embracing Jesus so fully that traditions invented in denial of Him have no quarter in our lives. 5:00 PM · Jan 11, 2026 · 140.4K Views
@BigModernism Feser is nothing if not consistently wrong. Calling this address “marvelous”...On the death penalty, the speech calls for abolition
Chris Jackson @BigModernism Feser is nothing if not consistently wrong. Calling this address “marvelous” is all the evidence you need to start reading Hiraeth to get the true story without the Trad Inc. spin. Here is an excerpt from my latest. Read the whole thing here: https:// open.substack.com/pub/bigmoderni sm/p/globalism-forever?r=5mfttc&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay The Diplomatic Corps address as a manifesto for the borderless world Leo XIV’s January 9 address deserves to be read as political theology, because that is what it is. It uses Augustine as staging, then pivots into contemporary governance. The speech praises multilateralism, laments nationalism, warns against “false representations of history,” speaks warmly of the UN’s role, urges reforms for efficiency, condemns violations of humanitarian law, critiques shrinking speech freedom, criticizes “Orwellian” language, defends conscientious objection in theory, then moves into the sacred cows: migrat...