David Mahfood
@dmahfood.bsky.social
Faith seeking understanding | Sometime Theology Professor
PhD @SMU | MA @ACUedu | BA @UF |
Sports: @FloridaGators & @LFC
Murfreesboro, TN
PhD @SMU | MA @ACUedu | BA @UF |
Sports: @FloridaGators & @LFC
Murfreesboro, TN
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David Mahfood
@dmahfood.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Ok this is my first time on any platform getting so many followers at once that I feel the need to introduce myself a bit. So, here we go.
Vocationally, I'm a Christian theologian of a broadly ecumenical, evangelical-catholic variety, a dad, & fan of the Florida Gators and Liverpool Football Club.
Vocationally, I'm a Christian theologian of a broadly ecumenical, evangelical-catholic variety, a dad, & fan of the Florida Gators and Liverpool Football Club.
Hello friends! Haven't been on here too much, mostly been posting on the other place. But I wanted to share a personal update here too for those of you who I'm only connected to here: we're moving to Murfreesboro! For Jo's job primarily, but I've also found an opportunity to do some teaching.
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hello friends! Haven't been on here too much, mostly been posting on the other place. But I wanted to share a personal update here too for those of you who I'm only connected to here: we're moving to Murfreesboro! For Jo's job primarily, but I've also found an opportunity to do some teaching.
Mikel Arteta be like:
"Arsenal can still win the League, if Mike Pence has the courage"
"Arsenal can still win the League, if Mike Pence has the courage"
May 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mikel Arteta be like:
"Arsenal can still win the League, if Mike Pence has the courage"
"Arsenal can still win the League, if Mike Pence has the courage"
I'm an older millennial and can I just say I genuinely miss talking on the phone to my friends all the time when I was a kid. When I went to college and got a calling card and could talk to my cousin (long distance!) without much of a time limit, it was great.
You know it's unprecedented times when Millennials are voluntarily making phone calls.
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I'm an older millennial and can I just say I genuinely miss talking on the phone to my friends all the time when I was a kid. When I went to college and got a calling card and could talk to my cousin (long distance!) without much of a time limit, it was great.
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our common life depends upon each other's toil
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
our common life depends upon each other's toil
Not to toot my own horn but some of us are still having fun on the other website
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Not to toot my own horn but some of us are still having fun on the other website
Someone on the other site said that in the Bible Jesus has no sense of humor, but if you ask me "How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?" is a genuinely a funny line, among others.
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Someone on the other site said that in the Bible Jesus has no sense of humor, but if you ask me "How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?" is a genuinely a funny line, among others.
A thought sparked by a project I'm working on: A lot of work in philosophy of religion has been about trying to show that some religious belief is or isn't rationally justified according to some preselected standard. And that's generally a fine sort of project. 1/
January 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A thought sparked by a project I'm working on: A lot of work in philosophy of religion has been about trying to show that some religious belief is or isn't rationally justified according to some preselected standard. And that's generally a fine sort of project. 1/
Cessationists can't explain this
January 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Cessationists can't explain this
My wife is what some might call a "Disney adult" (not a weird emotionally stunted one—she just likes it and considers being able to go relatively affordably a perk of living in Central Florida). But I'm grateful I've got a buddy who, like me, is mostly in it for the snacks.
January 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My wife is what some might call a "Disney adult" (not a weird emotionally stunted one—she just likes it and considers being able to go relatively affordably a perk of living in Central Florida). But I'm grateful I've got a buddy who, like me, is mostly in it for the snacks.
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nobody:
my six year-old: mom it was so dumb of Sauron to pour all of his strength into the One Ring
my six year-old: mom it was so dumb of Sauron to pour all of his strength into the One Ring
January 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
nobody:
my six year-old: mom it was so dumb of Sauron to pour all of his strength into the One Ring
my six year-old: mom it was so dumb of Sauron to pour all of his strength into the One Ring
I've been thinking about the criticism that some elements in an artistic product are "gratuitous." Surely the whole thing is gratuitous in one sense—the author or artist wasn't obligated to make it at all, and is free to do whatever she wants with it. But on another level... 1/
January 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I've been thinking about the criticism that some elements in an artistic product are "gratuitous." Surely the whole thing is gratuitous in one sense—the author or artist wasn't obligated to make it at all, and is free to do whatever she wants with it. But on another level... 1/
Descriptivists can't explain why "a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true" does not appear in the dictionary under the word "tenant"
January 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Descriptivists can't explain why "a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true" does not appear in the dictionary under the word "tenant"
The practical theologians have only changed the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to interpret it.
December 30, 2024 at 11:29 PM
The practical theologians have only changed the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to interpret it.
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I once naively thought that since child mortality was so much higher back in the day people would be inured to it. But reading the Stoic philosophers (Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius in particular) made it apparent: no, it was experienced as fully devastating, it took immense fortitude just to go on.
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I once naively thought that since child mortality was so much higher back in the day people would be inured to it. But reading the Stoic philosophers (Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius in particular) made it apparent: no, it was experienced as fully devastating, it took immense fortitude just to go on.
Me coming up with names for arbitrarily divided generations
December 30, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Me coming up with names for arbitrarily divided generations
I love the Third Day of Christmas. It's all about constructing bizarre mini-feasts from clever combinations of leftovers while your kids play with their new stuff.
December 27, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I love the Third Day of Christmas. It's all about constructing bizarre mini-feasts from clever combinations of leftovers while your kids play with their new stuff.
Merry Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo to all who celebrate
December 26, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Merry Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo to all who celebrate
Guys, over on Twitter we are having meltdowns some guy never having heard of Homer's Odyssey and then other people acting like it's crazy/elitist/America-centric(???) to think not having *heard of* The Odyssey is a mark against one's being considered an educated person
December 25, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Guys, over on Twitter we are having meltdowns some guy never having heard of Homer's Odyssey and then other people acting like it's crazy/elitist/America-centric(???) to think not having *heard of* The Odyssey is a mark against one's being considered an educated person
Merry Christmas!!
December 25, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!!
Wordle 1,285 2/6*
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December 25, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!!
Wordle 1,285 2/6*
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The church scene in Home Alone is an all time great representation of Christianity in a Christmas movie
December 24, 2024 at 10:31 PM
The church scene in Home Alone is an all time great representation of Christianity in a Christmas movie
What we need for college football is a Champions League style formula allocating playoff slots to conferences based on non-conference performance over the previous few seasons
December 24, 2024 at 3:14 PM
What we need for college football is a Champions League style formula allocating playoff slots to conferences based on non-conference performance over the previous few seasons
I guess in this way it's a perfect analogy for politics
The great thing about college football is there's too many teams and not enough games to provide enough data to rank them very confidently but everyone draws super strong conclusions based on each individual game
December 22, 2024 at 12:46 AM
I guess in this way it's a perfect analogy for politics
The great thing about college football is there's too many teams and not enough games to provide enough data to rank them very confidently but everyone draws super strong conclusions based on each individual game
December 22, 2024 at 12:45 AM
The great thing about college football is there's too many teams and not enough games to provide enough data to rank them very confidently but everyone draws super strong conclusions based on each individual game
Will Bluesky ever give us something like this? Is it even possible anymore, or has the time for this passed us by unappreciated
December 21, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Will Bluesky ever give us something like this? Is it even possible anymore, or has the time for this passed us by unappreciated