Heck, you don’t have to look farther than any given Tim. That name derives from Greek “timotheos”, which means “he who honors God”. Any atheist named Tim is at risk of spontaneously triggering an Alanis Morissette song.
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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoThe man credited with inventing the mortgage was 15th century Englishman Nicholas Barbon. Sometimes his last name is rendered Barebon or Barebone; because Benjamin Franklin hadn’t invented spelling yet. Nicholas Barbon’s middle name was apparently “If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hasdst-been-damned”.
His dad’s name was Praise-God Barbon.
Look, if you ever want to know why American theology is as fucked as it is, it’s because we were colonized by people like THAT.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
“Timaeus” if you’d prefer Tori Amos
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago So Constable Visit-the-Infidel-with-Explanatory-Pamphlets from Discworld wasn’t as far from reality as I thought he would be.
There’s weirdos, and there’s religious weirdos. They’re really in a league of their own.