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Theological texts as pulp sci-fi

Also, a divine willy-waving contest

Rohan Salmond
Apr 20
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*bing bong* Hello, I am the saintly skull in the Modern Relics logo. I have been tasked with posting this edition of the newsletter on Rohan’s behalf because he is on holiday and didn’t feel like taking his laptop with him. If these memes feel a week old to you it’s becasue this computer reliquary I’m inside is still using dial-up and it literally took that long to download all the jpegs. Nothing in this edition will keep you out of heaven, and I should know! Enjoy.

Twitter avatar for @ChristnNitemareChristian Nightmares @ChristnNitemare
Good morning!

March 30th 2022

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Theological texts as pulp sci-fi

Ben Menghini posted this thread ages ago but I just found it again. My favourite is Revelations of Divine Love “from the twisted mind of Julian of Norwich” but they’re honestly all so excellent. Click through below.

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April 19th 2020

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An AI designed a demon tattoo

via @ssharmaUS

This Danish “Church of Lucifer” account doesn’t have a public website, but seems to be a real thing that exists that people engage with in a non-shitpost way. Anyway, they claim that the first tattoo designed by an AI is actually a sigil tied to a demon they’ve been communing with for years. A horror movie pitch ready to go!


Tom’s Diner but make it chant

Twitter avatar for @a_benjamina. Benjamin @a_benjamin
Tiktoks getting ready for Holy Week

April 9th 2022

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Let’s talk about Behemoth’s penis

This article is apparently about disability in the ancient world, but I can’t get past the incredible abstract, which claims the way the Behemoth is described in the Book of Job in the Bible implies it has “massive genitalia”. The author also uses the phrase “divine willy-waving contest”.

via @freney / @isaacsoon2

It is an entirely serious article in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and it’s almost enough to get me to pursue a career in academia.


Punching water into wine

via @a_benjamin

I will never think about the wedding at Cana the same way again.


“How to defend yourself if your mom ever comes swinging at you with a sandal”

Twitter avatar for @enthahotnessentha @enthahotness
This is perfect

April 1st 2022

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Watch these two videos in order

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Good morning! I’ll never get tired of posting this.

March 24th 2022

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@ChristnNitemare

March 25th 2022

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Internet religion

via @CSMFHT

No Kirby

via @dvdpeters

So do I, girl

via @ChristnNitemare

In and out

This does the rounds once a year or so and for good reason. Thanks to Jono for reminding me of it!


No more posts!

Again, there’s no links section this week because of space issues. I’m accruing a good list of interesting reads though, so I’ll try to include that next week. Okay byeee!

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