East-facing Christian
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I realized along the way that discouraging vocations is baked into the cake for certain progressive Catholic ideologues. They want us to run out of celibate male priests, to make way for the married women priests. They think a priest shortage would force Rome’s hand.
The number of seminarians in a North Carolina diocese has declined by 19.6% since 2023-24, according to a brochure included with a new fundraising letter written by the diocese’s bishop.
Bishop Michael Martin, O.F.M. Conv., was installed as bishop of Charlotte in May 2024, when the diocese had 51 seminarians. The number of seminarians then declined to 45 in 2024-25, 44 in 2025-26, and 41 in 2026-27, according to the brochure.
Bishop Martin’s predecessor, Bishop Peter Jugis, governed the diocese from 2003 until the spring of 2024. Under his leadership, the number of seminarians increased steadily from 16 in 2015-16 to the peak of 51 in 2023-24. The current number of seminarians is the lowest since 2020-21.
Source: Catholic World News
Austin retweeted
Today's new #HoPWaG episode looks at the occasionalism of Malebranche: why did he think that God is the only cause that can make anything happen? His arguments are surprisingly good as it turns out...
historyofphilosophy.net/male…
#philosophy #malebranche #podcasts
Austin retweeted
Just fyi, Trump is going to walk out of this period of American history hated and vilified by everyone, but particularly his own side. That's his historical role in this political collapse.
Lucky for you, Trump's job isn't to save the republic by appointing Matt Gaetz.
Austin retweeted
Outside the Supreme Court, where the Palestine Action appeal hearing closed for the day, a man was arrested for saying, "In the UK, it's a crime to say, I support Palestine Action".
Police reportedly said it was due to the length of the pause between "crime to say" and "I support.."
Austin retweeted
AOC: A note for Gen Z. If you want to understand millennial cringe, what you all call millennial cringe, this earnestness, imagine all the seats we flipped last night. That feeling, plus, on top of it, electing the first Black president ever. And on top of that, you did it the first time you ever voted. That hits generationally. You’ve been chasing that feeling ever since.
And because you did it the first time you ever voted, you’re like, ‘Yeah, we can change the world. Why not? We did it the first time. Let’s just do it again.’
Austin retweeted
As the Lydian king Croesus consults two Greek oracles concerning his war plans, he gets a famously ambiguous answer:
ἢν στρατεύηται ἐπὶ Πέρσας, μεγάλην ἀρχὴν μιν καταλύσειν.
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if he attacked the Persians, he would destroy a great empire.
Herodotus 1.53.3
Austin retweeted
Decisions affecting human life, freedom, and the use of force must always remain subject to effective, informed, and responsible human oversight. For this reason, artificial intelligence must be “disarmed”, and I encourage the States meeting in Geneva in November to take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons.
Austin retweeted
This is the defining experience of normie life because society doesn’t exist anymore. There are no governing social protocol or rituals for strangers to interact. There is no culture. No god. No people. Nothing. The boomers destroyed our civilisation. All that’s left is universal, unrelenting, low grade hostility.
I was quickly reminded why I hate going out last night
Everybody is just so fucking mean and angry man. Always looking for a way to socially win against you. Girls will bait you into a convo to walk away. Guys will find a way to get a quick “nut drag” on you socially
People will find ways to just throw social jabs when they are supposed to be out having a good time
I’m starting to genuinely hate the human race
I used to think our one redeemable quality is our thinking and rational abilities to transcend us from a beast
This genuinely doesn’t exist in most people
Austin retweeted
Plutarch on nobility:
εὐγένεια καλὸν μέν, ἀλλὰ προγόνων ἀγαθόν.
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Noble descent is a fine thing, but a good that belongs to your ancestors.
The Education of Children 5d
Austin retweeted
Of course, often in life the intelligent thing to say is "we don't know what we are talking about."
