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In Texas, the GOP wants teachers to hang up the 10 commandments in every classroom.

It is just funny to see how Talarico shows the hypocrisy of Republican legislators in mandating that.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z42mmYnIacc

#Talarico #GOP #Hypocricy #10Commandments #Christians

#USA #Trump #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedophiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover #democracy #politics

well, that ship has sailed...

#KyleKulinski #NeilDegrasseTyson on #US #science #BrainDrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9GcO-e69RE

3,000 Backlogged Eye Surgeries Paid Forward by US-Caribbean Churches, Restoring Sight for Thousands

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3000-backlogged-eye-surgeries-paid-forward-by-us-caribbean-churches-restoring-sight-for-thousands/

#US #USA #trump #vance #MAGA #ICE #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #hostiletakeover #democracy #politics #privacy #incels #techbros #pedophiles #billionaires
#men born with #PsychiatricDisorders

#ParkrosePermaculture on #phone #iphone #security #datasafety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chFQ-g3Mhfk

Vatican hosts Christians, Dharmic faiths to strengthen fraternity in Europe

Representatives of Christianity and Dharmic religions present in Europe gathered in Rome this week to reflect on fraternity…
#Europe #EU #CatholicChurch #catholic-news #Christians #Dharmic #fraternityinEurope #PopeLeo #Pope-Leo-XIV #Vatican #VaticanNews
https://www.europesays.com/europe/79758/

𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐕 100 𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌|𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖

https://youtube.com/live/YrFJwbMSrC0?is=QTEXwBG0asNNznPr

#ElNino #SuperElNino #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #fascism #genocide

Okay, here's another one by #SecularTalk #KyleKulinski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt0AY9R-YKo

#US #USA#vance #MAGA #ICE #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedophiles #billionaires #democracy #politics #war #Iran

#ElNino #SuperElNino #USAID #musk #trump #fascism #genocide

MANDATORY Viewing!

No, you're not scrolling away: SIT DOWN AND WATCH!

And then get out there and #takeaction #organize your #community!

#protest #resist #boycott #nonviolent #resistance #communityService #selfsufficience #resilience #mutualAid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtTcBkQT98

#US #USA#vance #MAGA #ICE #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedophiles #billionaires #democracy #politics #war #Iran

YAH ONLY TV 100 BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT LIVE STREAM|CLICK THE LINK BELOW

https://youtube.com/live/aMJfu_JQ8J8?is=OYZUBdEZbw4ytXKo

#PamBondi #epstein #epsteinFiles #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #christians #republicans #trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis
#PullupsPastaPolitics

THIS!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8rQ1QuEX6yM

#US #USA #trump #vance #MAGA #stopfascism #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #billionaires #hostiletakeover #democracy #politics #NoKings
#Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles
#PullupsPastaPolitics

"lies have short legs"
#DOJ #coverup #fascism #nazis #pedofiles

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fts0k7GWWuY

#US #USA #trump #vance #MAGA #military #war #NATO #Greenland #Denmark #EU #Putin #Russia #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #billionaires #hostiletakeover #democracy #politics #NoKings #PullupsPastaPolitics

We outnumber these criminals by the millions. Just sayin'

-> #takeaction #organize #boycott #protest #resist #resistance

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L6rd3qdHnMk

Samaritanism

Samaritanism is an Abrahamic monotheistic, ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, & legal traditions of the Samaritan people.

Often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, who originated from the Hebrews & Israelites. They began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the 4th, & penultimate, stage of ancient Assyrian history.

Central to their continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land is keeping the Patriarchal & Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah. Samaritans believe this is the original & unchanged version of the Pentateuch (which is the first 5 books of the Hebrew & Christian bible) since Moses & the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The Abisha Scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha, son of Aaron the priest, around 3,000 years ago based on living tradition. However, Jewish & Christian theologians have made attempts to dispute this claim which proved unsatisfactory.

Judaism claims Samaritanism developed right alongside their own religion. Samaritanism asserts itself as the true preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites’ original holy site was Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the State of Palestine (West Bank).

They also believe that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli (In the Book of Samuel, Eli was a priest & judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh) to the city of Shiloh.

The Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac occurred. In comparison to the Jewish belief that it occurred at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Today there are only about 900 registered communal members. This puts Samaritanism as 1 of the smallest ethnoreligious groups globally in the Abrahamic faiths. Samaritans believe that this is a prophecy fulfilled from the scriptures: “You’ll be left few in number.”

Though they hope for a future time when a prophet like Moses known as the “Taheb” (Restorer) will perform 3 signs, namely the jar of manna, the staff of Moses, & Cherubim, or the Golden Candlestick.

This time period they believe is when an era of Divine Favor would return, & the hidden tabernacle of Moses would miraculously be revealed for the Israelite people & Mount Gerizim is restored to its former glory.

Samaritans trace their history, as a separate entity, to a period soon after the Israelites’ arrival into the “Promised Land.” Samaritan historiography traces the schism to High Priest Eli leaving Mount Gerizim, where stood the 1st Israelite altar in Canaan, & building a competing altar in nearby Shiloh.

The dissenting group of Israelites who followed Eli to Shiloh would be the ones who, in later years, would head south to settle in Jerusalem (the Jews). Whereas the Israelites who stayed on Mount Gerizim, in Samaria, would become known as the Samaritans.

Genetic studies in 2004 suggest that Samaritans’ lineages trace back to a common ancestor with Jews in the paternally-inherited Jewish high priesthood (Cohanim) temporally near to the period of the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel. They’re probably descendants of the historical Israelite population. The Cohanim refers to the Jewish priestly class, male descendants of Aaron the priest.

The Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus, destroyed the Mount Gerizim Temple & brought Samaria under his control around 120 BCE. This led to a long-lasting sense of mutual hostility between the Jews & Samaritans.

From this point, the Samaritans likely sought to consciously distance themselves from their Judean brethren. Both peoples came to see the Samaritan faith as a religion distinct from Judaism. By the time of Jesus, Samaritans & Jews deeply disparaged one another, as shown by Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The main beliefs of Samaritanism are:

• There’s 1 God, Yahweh, the same God recognized by the Jewish prophets.
• The Torah is the only true holy book & was given by God to Moses. The Torah was created before the creation of the world & whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The Torah’s status in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes them to reject the Oral Torah, the Talmud, & all the prophets & scriptures, except for a version of the Book of Joshua (which they don’t hold as Scripture), whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the Book of Joshua in the Jewish “Bible.” Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
• Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the 1 true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans don’t recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem & don’t recognize the Temple Mount, claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the Binding of Isaac took place.
• The Apocalypse, called “the day of vengeance,” will be the end of days. When an entity called the Taheb (basically the Jewish Messiah equal) that comes from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years & bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be resurrected. The Tahib will then discover the tent of Moses’ Tabernacle on Mount Gerizim, & will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.

The Samaritans have retained the institution of a high priesthood & the practice of slaughtering & eating lambs on Passover Eve. They celebrated Pesach, Shavuot, & Sukkot. But they use a different method from that used in mainstream Judaism in order to determine the dates annually.

For example, Yom Teru’ah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei (This is the 1st month of the civil year & the 7th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar.), isn’t considered a New Year as it is in Rabbinic Judaism.

Their Sabbath is observed weekly by the Samaritan community every week from Friday to Saturday, beginning & ending at sundown. For 24 hours, the families gather together to celebrate the rest day: all electricity with the exception of minimal lighting (kept on the entire day) in the house is disconnected, no work is done, & neither cooking nor driving is allowed.

The time is devoted to worship which consists of 7 prayer services, reading the weekly Torah portion, spending quality time with family, taking meals, rest & sleep, & visiting other members of the community.

Passover is particularly important in the Samaritan community, climaxing with the sacrifice of up to 40 sheep.

The Counting of the Omar remains relatively unchanged. The Counting of the Omar is a ritual in Judaism that consists of a verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot. However, the week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses.

During Sukkot, the Sukkah (the temporary hut built for use during Sukkot) is built INSIDE of houses, instead of OUTSIDE like mainstream Judaism. This Samaritan tradition is traced back to the persecution of the Samaritans during the Byzantine Empire.

The roof of the Samaritan Sukkah is decorated with citrus fruits & branches of palm, myrtle, & willow trees. This is in accordance with the Samaritan interpretation of the 4 species designated in the Torah for the holiday. The 4 species are 4 plants (the etrog, lulav, hadass, & aravah) mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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#FYI #us #usa #trump #hostiletakeover #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #abuse #childabuse #pedophile #childmarriage #boycott #protest #resist #democracy #politics #PullupsPastaPolitics #hawkpodacsts #duet

How many of these do you want to watch in silence till you #takeaction?!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OTPkCkp2aJs

Some #theological hills I am willing to die on:
1) The plenary inspiration of #scripture
2) At bare minimum, adherence to the #doctrines proclaimed by the first four Councils of the undivided #church must be upheld.
3) The #eucharist / #lordssupper ought to be celebrated *weekly*.
4) The #eucharist / #lordssupper , while symbolic, is not merely symbolic but also a true/real encounter/communion with Jesus.
5) #Baptism *must* be done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
6) Baptism is #regenerative
7) #Liturgical #worship is essential because the #bible itself reveals the Church’s worship as liturgical.
8) The #unity of the Church is not merely a spiritual reality (i.e. invisible), but a reality that ought to be visible for all the world to see.
9) Except in the cases of #heresy or wholesale unrepentant #sin within a portion of the Church, rending the Church’s unity is sinful. (So, disagreements over adiaphora are not worthy of division -- no matter how much one love's their pet theological theory)
10) All #christians must pray for and actively work towards and for the reunification of the Church.

@courtcan

Assuming your post is not a prank...

There is no real religious claim being made here. Only a moral one. And (if I'm reading it correctly) it casts aspersion on non-believers without any justification. #Atheists #Theists #Christians are equivalent in the argument... people either act/think with others in mind, or they don't. Religion doesn't come into it.

#Pyrotheology appears to be the creation of Peter Rollins. I can't say I understand "what he's on about" with this definition... https://peterrollins.com/pyrotheology.

This sentence makes me think of #Existentialism (which again is not a religious doctrine)...

"...revealing that we must tarry with the antagonisms of existence if we wish to see transformation in the personal and political world."

If you are interested in existentialism I suggest reading the novels by #AlbertCamus!

"The Fall" and "The Plague" are my personal favorites, plus the four page "Myth of Sysyphus"...

https://www.stephenhicks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CamusA-Myth-of-Sisyphus-1942.pdf

#Farright #ChristianNationalists (#Fascists) #fueling #antiqueer #laws

But #Jesus was as #queer as they come

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Christians #ChristianNationalists #Fascism #Fascists #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/07/07/opinion-far-right-christian-messaging/