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Fidget spinners, am I right? I’ve seen them in sporting goods stores, grocery stores, movie rental stores, gas stations, they’re literally everywhere. I, however, am proud to say that I do not own a single one. Why do I say I am proud? Because at all of those stores I mentioned I have looked and even picked up more than one fidget spinner and thought about buying one, but I didn’t. Yet.
Now I might have to get one since apparently there is potentially some deeper religious meaning being applied to these annoying little bastards. That’s because they have suddenly started making appearances in the hands of holy men at churches and now I wonder if God doesn’t WANT me to buy one.
What's up teens this is Youth Pastor Augustine and when your heart gets restless and fidgety, take God for a spin and find your rest in him. pic.twitter.com/wasvR8PPzR
— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) June 12, 2017
See what I mean?
Christian Today journalist Joseph Hartropp knows what I mean…
Its tripartite design does resemble certain images of the Trinity. And while objects like three-leaf clovers have been touted in the past as analogies for Gods triune nature, the Fidget Spinner goes further because it spins – and so perhaps better captures the dynamic movement, equality and relationality of the Godhead. After all, it’s been popular to describe the mutual indwelling of the persons of the Trinity – the perichoresis (Latin for ‘rotation’)– as a ‘divine dance’.
Whoa.
'Whosoever shall speak of the mystery of the trinity on Trinity Sunday and use a finger spinner, anathema sit.' pic.twitter.com/ml5XXmU4sz
— Steve Holmes (@SteveRHolmes) June 8, 2017
Hartropp continues…
There’s something a little cheesy about Christians always pointing to culture’s latest fad, seizing the opportunity to declare that ‘God is just like that!’ Then again, Christian theology would also say its basic to humanity to seek God out and ponder his mystery, looking for connections in creation.
It may be cheesy, but I don’t know, it’s happened so often now that I think I am starting to believe in the spiritual power of the fidget spinner…
so beautiful how st. patrick used the 3 parts of the fidget spinner 2 explain the holy trinity – some ppl say shamrock & r very misguided :/ pic.twitter.com/4ETu27VlRY
— Patrick McGuire (@patrickrmcguire) June 13, 2017
sitting in a REAL CHURCH right now and a REAL PRIEST is equating the HOLY TRINITY to a FIDGET SPINNER !!!!!
— Sara LoPiccolo (@high_lo_piccolo) June 11, 2017
i know it's bedtime because i just saw a three-pronged fidget spinner used to explain the fathomability of the holy trinity
— trashwina (yash) (@yashwinacanter) June 14, 2017
just watched my sister use her fidget spinner to explain the holy trinity
— just kendall (@Kendallcordell) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/aribriella/status/874091687936573440
You know your priest's sermons are on point when he compares the holy trinity to a fidget spinner #Relevant #Partialism pic.twitter.com/3JvXl94hRv
— Samuel Brebner (@SamuelBrebner) June 11, 2017
Exactly.
Just one question though. Does that mean that these new toothpick crossbows that are also now all the rage are the work of Satan?
H/T Mirror