Eric M. Jones

Post-Conservative Reformed Evangelical. Politically homeless-Niebuhrian. Views my own, especially the more offensive ones.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

Nationalism = my nation is the standard by which all others are judged. Christian Nationalism = my nation has some sort of special relationship with God that others don’t

[Classic Learning Test @CLT_Exam]

The goal of education in each century:

1st century - The cultivation of virtue
5th century - The cultivation of virtue
9th century - The cultivation of virtue
14th century - The cultivation of virtue
19th century - The cultivation of virtue

21st century - College and Career Readiness 🤦‍♂️

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

Comment sections like this one give me hope…

[Drew @drewdyck]

Super proud of this section of today's newsletter.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

@megbasham Good grief could you be any more disingenuous?! Seriously?! How does Colbert’s recent theological stated views in any way reflect poorly on a man who went to Glory three years ago?! May God pity whoever takes you seriously!

[Adriel Sanchez @AdrielTweets]

If you're interested in the Protestant Christian Nationalism or Catholic Integralism discourse, check out the full conversation between @MichaelHorton_ and political philosopher @kvallier. Vallier talks about the rise of illiberalism, why he thinks Protestant CN lacks rigor and is doomed to fail, and the line between enforcement and violating human dignity. I'm a third of the way through Vallier's OUP book on integralism, and I've been impressed by his ability to steelman opposing arguments. In this conversation I thought it was interesting how aware he was (as an Eastern Orthodox Christian) of the different voices in the Protestant CN camp: Wolfe, Wilson, Webbon, etc.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

If @bennyjohnson were honest he’d tell you it wasn’t @RepThomasMassie who changed but @realDonaldTrump . MAGA is a cult and Trump is its god.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

I know the loudest politics accounts are new here. Your low effort idealistic takes are adorable.

But let me give you a brutal dose of cold reality having done political commentary for 2 decades:

Politics is a war zone
Pick a team and fight
Betray your team, lose

This is war

[The Constitutionalist 🇺🇸 @WeWillBeFree24]

If you voted for Gallrein because Trump told you so, you're everything that is wrong with this country.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

If legislators always vote with the President, we have a king.

If legislators always vote with the prevailing wind, we have mob rule.

If legislators always vote with the Constitution, we have a Republic.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

One of the most profound effects Trump has had on Congress is that he convinced a giant portion of GOP voters that the establishment guys who fall in line are the heroes and the constitutional conservatives who challenge the system are the villains.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers”- Karl Barth

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

@RonDeSantis And you’ve just won my vote (at least for now) for 2028!

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

This will make some seriously great fanfiction! While we’re at it maybe we can use AI to fix Christopher Nolan’s epically bad casting in the Odyssey…

[Mom @mom_agency_]

Claude's first day at Dunder Mifflin

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

@SethDillon #inclusivity

[Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA @DrDiGiorgio]

This is the ultimate midwit healthcare take.

No, 32 countries have not “figured out” universal healthcare.

The UK has “free” healthcare, and roughly 1 in 3 cancer patients in England still fail to start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.

Canada has “free” healthcare, and the median wait for neurosurgical treatment is around a year.

Australia has “free” healthcare, and over half the country still buys private insurance despite paying for a public universal system with their taxes.

Switzerland has universal coverage, because residents are required to buy private insurance. There is no government system where benevolent bureaucrats tuck you in at night with a warm blanket and an MRI appointment.

The actual lesson from other wealthy countries is not “they figured it out.”

America’s system has huge problems. Our prices are insane, insurance markets are distorted, and hospital systems are cartelized. Our regulations make care more expensive than it needs to be.

Yet we still guarantee access to even the 8% who don’t have coverage. We give easy routes to qualify for medicaid for those with disabilities.

Pretending the rest of the world solved healthcare because they slapped the word “universal” on a rationing scheme is not analysis.

It is bumper sticker policy for people who think access means having a card in your wallet while you wait a year to see the doctor you need.

[Ben Sasse @BenSasse]

“Religion withdrew to its own arena, lost the relationship in which it stood with the other sciences, and appointed itself as the great master whose task it was to impede the unwelcome progress that the other sciences were making. All too often it forgot that our beautiful confession says that we know God from two books: the book of Scripture, as well as the book of Nature in which the majesty of the Lord of lords is revealed to us in golden letters.”
— A. Kuyper

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

And we now have the GOP arguing in favor of keeping religion out of politics… what a circus! War is Peace, Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Rep. Troy Nehls: The pope needs to keep his business to leading his flock, leading the church, and probably stay out of the political arena. Go lead your church. Stay out of politics. We didn’t elect the pope to be the president. Donald Trump is our president.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

Executive branch is drunk on power and resents the checks and balances in the constitution.

Legislative branch has abdicated their powers and has no interest in holding the Executive branch accountable.

Yup pretty much sums it up, Judiciary is the best functioning branch… 16 year old me never thought I’d see this day… but here we are!

[Brad Polumbo @brad_polumbo]

The Supreme Court is the best functioning branch of our government and it’s not even close.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

@grok how does the US’s ongoing military operations in Iran measure up to the principles of just war theory?

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

My conviction remains:

God did not ordain Donald Trump to rescue the American church, or revive the American church, or redeem the American church.

God ordained Donald Trump to test the American church. And the American church has failed.

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

In short, he’s absolutely right about what’s wrong but wrong about the solution.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes

[Eric M. Jones @truthunheard]

There’s a lot of wisdom here however I don’t think AI teachers is the answer though AI could be a tremendous tool in the hand of teachers. Kids being formed in their thinking and character by adult *humans* who love them and have a vested interest in their development is the answer in my mind—something that looks a whole lot like homeschooling. We need an economy that allows for that in a much larger scale than currently feasible.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes