#puritans — Public Fediverse posts
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Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.
#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs
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Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.
#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs
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Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.
#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs
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Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.
#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs
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Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.
#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs
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Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian -
Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian -
Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian -
Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian -
Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian -
The Puritans who stole Christmas!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas
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The Puritans who stole Christmas!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas
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The Puritans who stole Christmas!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas
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The Puritans who stole Christmas!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas
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William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
.Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73
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William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
.Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73
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William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
.Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73
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William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
.Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73
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William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
.Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73
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Samuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
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Samuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
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Samuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
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Samuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
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Samuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
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Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!
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Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1751744/yes-i-m-the-puritan-who-stole-christmas
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Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!
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Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1751744/yes-i-m-the-puritan-who-stole-christmas
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
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Dear #MAGA, The #Puritans in Salem didn't hang #Witches, they hung women for simply being women.
a man in a pilgrim hat holds a... -
Dear #MAGA, The #Puritans in Salem didn't hang #Witches, they hung women for simply being women.
a man in a pilgrim hat holds a... -
Dear #MAGA, The #Puritans in Salem didn't hang #Witches, they hung women for simply being women.
a man in a pilgrim hat holds a... -
Dear #MAGA, The #Puritans in Salem didn't hang #Witches, they hung women for simply being women.
a man in a pilgrim hat holds a... -
Like all human movements, the #Puritans had their excesses. “#Power corrupts" is not just a bumpersticker. We should keep the righteous and divorce from the unrighteous when studying history. This is true with the Puritans just as it is when studying anyone who isn't #Jesus.
#Christianity #Sin | Contra #ChristianNationalism
Original: https://x.com/trbutler/status/1951741183115382823 -
Like all human movements, the #Puritans had their excesses. “#Power corrupts" is not just a bumpersticker. We should keep the righteous and divorce from the unrighteous when studying history. This is true with the Puritans just as it is when studying anyone who isn't #Jesus.
#Christianity #Sin | Contra #ChristianNationalism
Original: https://x.com/trbutler/status/1951741183115382823 -
Like all human movements, the #Puritans had their excesses. “#Power corrupts" is not just a bumpersticker. We should keep the righteous and divorce from the unrighteous when studying history. This is true with the Puritans just as it is when studying anyone who isn't #Jesus.
#Christianity #Sin | Contra #ChristianNationalism
Original: https://x.com/trbutler/status/1951741183115382823 -
There are many sharp insights in this piece, but the one that gladdens my #histodon heart:
"One could argue, critically or approvingly, that the country has its roots not only in Protestant Christianity but in a particular kind of Protestant Christian _dissent_, that authentic American Christianity is inherently iconoclastic, and builds its power by positioning itself against a supposedly repressive status quo. It’s easy to forget, for example, that the Puritans were not so named for abstemious moral teachings—they were actually comparatively relaxed about that sort of thing, especially in matters of sex—but for their desire to purify the Reformed church of its remaining Catholic influences."
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There are many sharp insights in this piece, but the one that gladdens my #histodon heart:
"One could argue, critically or approvingly, that the country has its roots not only in Protestant Christianity but in a particular kind of Protestant Christian _dissent_, that authentic American Christianity is inherently iconoclastic, and builds its power by positioning itself against a supposedly repressive status quo. It’s easy to forget, for example, that the Puritans were not so named for abstemious moral teachings—they were actually comparatively relaxed about that sort of thing, especially in matters of sex—but for their desire to purify the Reformed church of its remaining Catholic influences."
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There are many sharp insights in this piece, but the one that gladdens my #histodon heart:
"One could argue, critically or approvingly, that the country has its roots not only in Protestant Christianity but in a particular kind of Protestant Christian _dissent_, that authentic American Christianity is inherently iconoclastic, and builds its power by positioning itself against a supposedly repressive status quo. It’s easy to forget, for example, that the Puritans were not so named for abstemious moral teachings—they were actually comparatively relaxed about that sort of thing, especially in matters of sex—but for their desire to purify the Reformed church of its remaining Catholic influences."
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There are many sharp insights in this piece, but the one that gladdens my #histodon heart:
"One could argue, critically or approvingly, that the country has its roots not only in Protestant Christianity but in a particular kind of Protestant Christian _dissent_, that authentic American Christianity is inherently iconoclastic, and builds its power by positioning itself against a supposedly repressive status quo. It’s easy to forget, for example, that the Puritans were not so named for abstemious moral teachings—they were actually comparatively relaxed about that sort of thing, especially in matters of sex—but for their desire to purify the Reformed church of its remaining Catholic influences."
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There are many sharp insights in this piece, but the one that gladdens my #histodon heart:
"One could argue, critically or approvingly, that the country has its roots not only in Protestant Christianity but in a particular kind of Protestant Christian _dissent_, that authentic American Christianity is inherently iconoclastic, and builds its power by positioning itself against a supposedly repressive status quo. It’s easy to forget, for example, that the Puritans were not so named for abstemious moral teachings—they were actually comparatively relaxed about that sort of thing, especially in matters of sex—but for their desire to purify the Reformed church of its remaining Catholic influences."
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#WarOnWomen #USAID #abortion #contraceptives #TrumpRegime #fascists #puritans #ChristianNationalists
"U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday that a decision had been taken to destroy the stock.
The supplies have been stuck for months in a warehouse in Geel, a city in the Belgian province of Antwerp, following President Donald Trump's decision to freeze U.S. foreign aid in January.
They comprise contraceptive implants and pills as well as intrauterine devices to help prevent unwanted pregnancies, according to seven sources and a screengrab shared by an eighth source confirming the planned destruction.
The U.S. government will spend $167,000 to incinerate the stocks at a facility in France that handles medical waste, the U.S. State Department confirmed.
The spokesperson said that a preliminary decision had been made to destroy certain products from terminated U.S. Agency for International Development contracts.
'Only a limited number of commodities have been approved for disposal,' the spokesperson said via email, adding that no condoms or HIV medications would be destroyed.
U.S. lawmakers have introduced two bills this month to prevent the destruction of the supplies following Trump's decision to shut down USAID, but aid groups say the bills are unlikely to be passed in time to stop the incineration.
The Belgian foreign ministry said Brussels had held talks with U.S. authorities and 'explored all possible options to prevent the destruction, including temporary relocation.'
'Despite these efforts, and with full respect for our partners, no viable alternative could be secured. Nevertheless, Belgium continues to actively seek solutions to avoid this regrettable outcome,' it said in a statement shared with Reuters on Tuesday.
'Sexual and reproductive health must not be subject to ideological constraints,' it added.
The supplies, worth $9.7 million, are due to expire between April 2027 and September 2031, according to an internal document listing the warehouse stocks and verified by three sources.
(. . .)
One of the sources with knowledge of the issue said that the Trump administration was acting in accordance with the Mexico City policy, an anti-abortion pact in which Trump reinstated U.S. participation in January. The pact forbids the U.S. government from contributing to or working with organisations providing funding or supplies that offer access to abortions.
The source said there was no way for the U.S. government to ensure that UNFPA would not share the contraceptives with groups offering abortions, violating the Mexico City policy. The State Department also told Reuters these were factors in their decision on Wednesday, and added that it had avoided $34.1 million in costs by cancelling other orders placed under the Biden administration.
The source also said the matter was complicated by the fact that the contraceptives in Belgium were embossed with the USAID trademark and Washington did not want any USAID-branded supplies to be rerouted elsewhere.
UNFPA did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the concerns raised by the source."
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#WarOnWomen #USAID #abortion #contraceptives #TrumpRegime #fascists #puritans #ChristianNationalists
"U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday that a decision had been taken to destroy the stock.
The supplies have been stuck for months in a warehouse in Geel, a city in the Belgian province of Antwerp, following President Donald Trump's decision to freeze U.S. foreign aid in January.
They comprise contraceptive implants and pills as well as intrauterine devices to help prevent unwanted pregnancies, according to seven sources and a screengrab shared by an eighth source confirming the planned destruction.
The U.S. government will spend $167,000 to incinerate the stocks at a facility in France that handles medical waste, the U.S. State Department confirmed.
The spokesperson said that a preliminary decision had been made to destroy certain products from terminated U.S. Agency for International Development contracts.
'Only a limited number of commodities have been approved for disposal,' the spokesperson said via email, adding that no condoms or HIV medications would be destroyed.
U.S. lawmakers have introduced two bills this month to prevent the destruction of the supplies following Trump's decision to shut down USAID, but aid groups say the bills are unlikely to be passed in time to stop the incineration.
The Belgian foreign ministry said Brussels had held talks with U.S. authorities and 'explored all possible options to prevent the destruction, including temporary relocation.'
'Despite these efforts, and with full respect for our partners, no viable alternative could be secured. Nevertheless, Belgium continues to actively seek solutions to avoid this regrettable outcome,' it said in a statement shared with Reuters on Tuesday.
'Sexual and reproductive health must not be subject to ideological constraints,' it added.
The supplies, worth $9.7 million, are due to expire between April 2027 and September 2031, according to an internal document listing the warehouse stocks and verified by three sources.
(. . .)
One of the sources with knowledge of the issue said that the Trump administration was acting in accordance with the Mexico City policy, an anti-abortion pact in which Trump reinstated U.S. participation in January. The pact forbids the U.S. government from contributing to or working with organisations providing funding or supplies that offer access to abortions.
The source said there was no way for the U.S. government to ensure that UNFPA would not share the contraceptives with groups offering abortions, violating the Mexico City policy. The State Department also told Reuters these were factors in their decision on Wednesday, and added that it had avoided $34.1 million in costs by cancelling other orders placed under the Biden administration.
The source also said the matter was complicated by the fact that the contraceptives in Belgium were embossed with the USAID trademark and Washington did not want any USAID-branded supplies to be rerouted elsewhere.
UNFPA did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the concerns raised by the source."
