Christianity

GhostOnTheHalfShell,
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Aug 13

Church and State | Texas's immigration policy and Church Crisis

https://youtu.be/5Bo6rFjpIt4

7 min video

Church leaders find out what happens to religion in the service of a political party.

HuShuo,
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Well, this step happened pretty quickly. This is the silly stage. The next stage will be earnest worship.

A new AI app lets users ‘text’ with Jesus. Some call it blasphemy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/08/12/text-with-jesus-chatgpt-ai/

MKSinSA,

We've all been sounding the alarm on fake ( In Name Only) now those chickens are coming home to roost. Have fun with that without an actual Christ.

"... pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evangelicals-2663078391/

gedeonm,
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MKSinSA,

Oh, @gedeonm, all those tax exemptions go bye-bye if they don't pretend to be upset. @strangetikigod

MedievalMideast,

For the 67% of my followers who started following me this last weekend, expecting more incisive analysis of Terms of Service from major companies, you won't find that here, but I can offer you something better:

Incisive analysis of and in the including sources in various languages.

(If that's a disappointment, sorry but I'm used to that.) 😉

MedievalMideast,

If you want to see Middle Eastern , I expect good things to start appearing soon from @jedwardwalters so follow him.

gvwilson,
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@MedievalMideast Currently reading Armstrong's "Sacred Nature" - if you're going to post about those faiths' views of nature and our place in it/responsibility to it, then or now, I won't be disappointed :-)

TheConversationUS, (edited )
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Nearly 1500 years after Justinian founded a monastery on the Sinai peninsula at the foot of what is believed to be Mt. Sinai, some Christians are looking for Mt. Sinai in Saudi Arabia -- even though the Hebrew Bible gives contradictory location clues and even different names to the mountain of God.

https://theconversation.com/tourists-search-for-mount-sinai-in-saudi-arabia-but-does-a-geographical-location-for-pivotal-bible-event-even-exist-210238

TheConversationUS,
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@tawtovo Thank you for letting us know. I will forward that along to our editor to correct.

regordane,
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@TheConversationUS

Although the article cites some (fairly unoriginal) textual analysis of the Tenach, its primary angle is about where Christians think Sinai might have been. Using a hashtag that's for 21st century Jews chatting about stuff of 21st century Jewish interest seems a bit like shoehorning to me.

Also, in practical terms, makes it easier for evangelical Christians to find and potentially annoy Jews on Mastodon.

In my opinion it would be better to remove it.

jcalexandrewrites,

(1/3) The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced most people reject because of insecurity.

Most people assume they're good people—or, at least, good enough. At least they're not the "worst" person. They're not "bad", so they must be "good", right?

Christianity doesn't teach that. It tells people, upfront, that they are not as good as they think they are.

ultamentkiller,

A brother asked his elderly abba: “How does one become ‘a fool for the Lord's sake’ [1 Cor 4:10]?” The elder said to him: “There was a child in a coenobion who was given to a good elder so he might bring him up and teach him the fear of God. The elder would say to him: ‘When somebody reviles you, bless him; and if you are sitting at table, eat what is decaying and leave what is good and, if you are to choose a garment, leave the good one and take the one that is worn out.’ ‘Am I a fool that you tell me to behave like that?’ the child said to him. ‘I am telling you to do those things for this reason that you may become “a fool for the Lord's sake”, so that the Lord may make you wise’, said the elder. The elder showed what one does to become ‘a fool for the Lord's sake’, you see.”
-Sayings of the Desert Fathers

BreakBadventist,

What's your ?

atheistengineer,

2000 years of "any day now."

artcameroon,
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Painting of the Day. Prayer II
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/prayer-2-african-christian-art/
*This beautiful and exuberant painting by Cameroonian artist @Anguwalters is a powerful and moving depiction of prayer.

ghostrunner,
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10A,

@ghostrunner Even with only 12, it's rather easy to be humbled by comparison. Now with over 2.6 billion and counting, plus the innumerable deceased, well, some people are more popular than others. No doubt it helps that He's the source of all love. And no doubt we can still gain new friends by becoming more Christlike. But as a fellow introvert, 12 close friends sure does sound overwhelming, especially if we were all to gather at the same time. As for the lonely, though, it's good to know He is with us always, even unto the end of the world.

ilinamorato,

I was contemplating this yesterday, but as usual, @brheiney said it better.

"So, as heat deaths rise, when we speak of those who die, don’t just say they died of heat. Say they died of poverty, of neglect, of a world that values the wealthy more than those who are not, of a society that looks away from the preventable suffering of the vulnerable."

gargamel,

Cathédrale-Primatiale Saint-André de Bordeaux

En: Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux

RiversideBryan,
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Beautiful ❤️

slcw,
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Today's American don't want religious freedom, they want religious authority. They want to remake America into a , nation in which Christians are explicitly in control, and everyone else is part of a powerless second class. This imposition of a ideology and control structure is the single, animating agenda of contemporary, American . We all must fight to make sure their agenda never comes to pass.

https://religionnews.com/2023/07/11/for-too-many-christians-the-lines-between-dominionism-nationalism-and-fascism-are-blurred/

KowethasKernow,

It's semi-traditional to eat Indian food today in honour of the Feast of St Thomas, who was credited with taking Christianity to India.

https://taylormarshall.com/2012/12/why-you-should-eat-indian-food-today.html


seanbala, (edited )
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Preparing the intercessions / prayers tomorrow for Church. It seems to me that when the Church updates the Book of Common Prayer, there is a real need to expand the prayers and meditations to reflect our grief and our calls around . breakdown stresses not only the physical or geological but also the mental, psychological, and spiritual. Religions have a vital role to play going forward.

seanbala, (edited )
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@deepmud These ideas seem primarily economic but they are ultimately philosophical and spiritual.

I have felt for a while that the key condition of modernity and capitalism is rootlessness. And until we address that - that deep cultural, philosophical, and spiritual malaise - no real change will be possible.

I don't expect everyone to agree with me - I know there are so many opinions about this. Thank you for sharing your views. And again, I apologize if I came off as condescending.

2/2

deepmud,

@seanbala thank you for that apology which I accept.

If you haven't read George Orwell's book I recommend it. I think capitalism is not the cause, it is only the symptom of the true cause which is greed. Imo.

Also, people are hierarchical and status seeking. Both of these are largely a waste of time but that's one reason for luxury items, which are also a waste of time.

Buddhism is the only religion I know of that suggests joy in simplicity.

Does the Bible tell us to obey the posted speed limit?

As we all know, police won't pull you over for going slightly above the speed limit. In some places you can only get away with 5mph over, while in other places it's commonplace for traffic to move at 20mph over the posted speed limit. So why would anyone in their right mind decide to go under the speed limit? Why would anyone...

Peternimmo,
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"We want our Christianity to be easy, and we ignore Christ’s warnings that it cannot always be so".
Opening based on the for 25 June 2023 Proper 7A

https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2023/06/21/opening-prayers-for-25-june-2023-proper-7a/

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