#persecute — Public Fediverse posts

📖 “Blessed are you when people revile you and #persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they #persecuted the prophets who were before you.” ‭‭ — Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭12‬ #NRSVue #Beatitudes

Matthew 5:3-12 (NRSVUE) - “Ble...

Did #Paul Really #Persecute #Christians?

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

Drawing from #Acts, #Philippians, and a close reading of the #Greek verb #diōkō, Robyn explores whether Paul was really hunting Christians down… or if he was doing something more like pestering, pursuing, or #policing #doctrine.

#MartialLaw or #StateOfEmergency legislation may increase police or executive powers, decrease #CivilRights & lower legal barriers for arrest, detention, or imprisonment.

These powers are used to #persecute #resistance sympathisers & #dissidents of all stripes.

We’ve seen the rise in #authoritarianism & #xenophobia & we’ve seen a backlash against free movement, #immigrants, & #refugees #RESIST #USPol #auspol #TrumpCoup

#ElieWiesel, écrivain et #survivant de la #Shoah, #prix #Nobel de la #paix 1986 :

" J'ai juré de #ne #jamais #me #taire quand des êtres humains endurent la #souffrance et l'#humiliation, où que ce soit .
Nous devons toujours prendre parti.
La #neutralité aide toujours l' #oppresseur , jamais la #victime .
Le #silence encourage le #persécuteur jamais le #persécuté"

#ElieWiesel, écrivain et #survivant de la #Shoah, #prix #Nobel de la #paix 1986 :

" J'ai juré de #ne #jamais #me #taire quand des êtres humains endurent la #souffrance et l'#humiliation, où que ce soit .
Nous devons toujours prendre parti.
La #neutralité aide toujours l' #oppresseur , jamais la #victime .
Le #silence encourage le #persécuteur jamais le #persécuté"

#ElieWiesel, écrivain et #survivant de la #Shoah, #prix #Nobel de la #paix 1986 :

" J'ai juré de #ne #jamais #me #taire quand des êtres humains endurent la #souffrance et l'#humiliation, où que ce soit .
Nous devons toujours prendre parti.
La #neutralité aide toujours l' #oppresseur , jamais la #victime .
Le #silence encourage le #persécuteur jamais le #persécuté"

#ElieWiesel, écrivain et #survivant de la #Shoah, #prix #Nobel de la #paix 1986 :

" J'ai juré de #ne #jamais #me #taire quand des êtres humains endurent la #souffrance et l'#humiliation, où que ce soit .
Nous devons toujours prendre parti.
La #neutralité aide toujours l' #oppresseur , jamais la #victime .
Le #silence encourage le #persécuteur jamais le #persécuté"

#ElieWiesel, écrivain et #survivant de la #Shoah, #prix #Nobel de la #paix 1986 :

" J'ai juré de #ne #jamais #me #taire quand des êtres humains endurent la #souffrance et l'#humiliation, où que ce soit .
Nous devons toujours prendre parti.
La #neutralité aide toujours l' #oppresseur , jamais la #victime .
Le #silence encourage le #persécuteur jamais le #persécuté"

No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is #fascism

The risk, at least for the West, is not a new #worldWar, but merely a poisoned public life, a #democracy reduced to the #tyranny of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful #rhetoric while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and #persecute their neighbours.

#GOPfascists #TrumpFascism #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #NewFascism #endOfDemocracy #VoteBlue

https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867

No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is #fascism

The risk, at least for the West, is not a new #worldWar, but merely a poisoned public life, a #democracy reduced to the #tyranny of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful #rhetoric while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and #persecute their neighbours.

#GOPfascists #TrumpFascism #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #NewFascism #endOfDemocracy #VoteBlue

https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867

No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is #fascism

The risk, at least for the West, is not a new #worldWar, but merely a poisoned public life, a #democracy reduced to the #tyranny of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful #rhetoric while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and #persecute their neighbours.

#GOPfascists #TrumpFascism #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #NewFascism #endOfDemocracy #VoteBlue

https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867

No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is #fascism

The risk, at least for the West, is not a new #worldWar, but merely a poisoned public life, a #democracy reduced to the #tyranny of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful #rhetoric while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and #persecute their neighbours.

#GOPfascists #TrumpFascism #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #NewFascism #endOfDemocracy #VoteBlue

https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867

No, this isn’t the 1930s – but yes, this is #fascism

The risk, at least for the West, is not a new #worldWar, but merely a poisoned public life, a #democracy reduced to the #tyranny of tiny majorities who find emotional satisfaction in a violent, resentful #rhetoric while their narrowly-elected leaders strip away their rights and #persecute their neighbours.

#GOPfascists #TrumpFascism #ChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #NewFascism #endOfDemocracy #VoteBlue

https://theconversation.com/no-this-isnt-the-1930s-but-yes-this-is-fascism-68867

“That’s the great trouble when a new thinker comes along. They all moan that they can’t understand him; the fact annoys them very much; and ten to one they persecute him and call him an Atheist or a Degenerate or a Pro-German or a Bolshevik, or whatever the favourite term of abuse happens to be at the time.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/02/01/thats-the-great-trouble-when-a-new-thinker-comes-along-they-all-moan-that-they-cant-understand-him-the-fact-annoys-them-very-much-and-ten-to-one-they-persecute-him-and-call-him-an-atheist-or/

https://youtu.be/cSfpNfm9N1U

#lessons for #passion #Friday ( #holyweek ) :

- If they can't make you disappear, the elite will use the #armed men to #persecute, #arrest and #beat you.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A47-50&version=NIV
- The same judge willing to apply the full force of the law if he finds you guilty, will condescend to condemn you in doubt if you have already been condemned by the #publicopinion .
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A22-24&version=NIV
- In short, if the powerful want you #dead, you're dead.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A57-61&version=NIV