#theology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #theology, aggregated by home.social.
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I find the cosmological argument compelling because it argues that everything that begins to exist has a cause, leading to the conclusion of a First Cause that itself is uncaused.
#cosmologicalargument #philosophy #theology #existence #cosmology
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I find it interesting how some interpret the Bible to accommodate the concept of evolution, blending faith with science in unique ways.
#BiblicalStudies #Evolution #FaithAndScience #Theology #Christianity
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I find the cosmological argument fascinating because it asserts that everything that exists has a cause, ultimately leading to the necessity of an uncaused first cause.
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Hell is traditionally described as a place of eternal separation from God, often portrayed as punishment for sin in many religious teachings.
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The headlines call them hidden. The scholars call them later. My full review of The Missing Gospels is live now.
#books #bookreview #EarlyChristianity #theology
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Apologetics is the discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. It plays a crucial role in helping believers articulate their faith and address doubts. Engaging with challenging questions can strengthen one's understanding and conviction. #Faith #Apologetics #Christianity #Philosophy #Theology
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Psalm 39
God breathed in.
I was born.God breathes out.
I will die.Thus is the scope of my life.
August 16, 2015
#BreathOfLife #christianMysticism #ContemplativeWriting #cosmicSpirituality #Creation #divineBreath #dustAndBreath #Ecclesiastes #existentialReflection #faithAndMortality #Genesis #God #GodBreath #GriefAndHope #Humanity #lifeAndDeath #Mortality #poeticTheology #sacredArt #sacredImagination #SpiritualReflection #Spirituality #surrealArt #Theology #visualMeditation #Writing -
Труды по археологии, истории и географии. Российская империя. Вторая половина XIX века. часть 3 #археология, #историяРоссии #география #история #Россия #19век #журналы #труды #20 век
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/21MATLAB & Simulink books
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/17_Украинский язык подборка словарей
_українська мова збірка словників
Ukrainian language Dictionary collection
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/16_Книги 18, 19, 20 века, изданные до 1917 года и имеют отношение к Украине
_Books of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, published before 1917 and related to Ukraine
_Книги 18, 19, 20 століття, видані до 1917 року і мають відношення до України
#украина #Ukraine #україна
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/15Книги. Полиграфия, Переплетное дело, реставрация, редактирование, редактура и корректура.
Поліграфія, палітурна справа та реставрація книг
Printing, Bookbinding and book restoration
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/14#Anthropology #sociology #culture #linguistics #History #archaeology #Literature #Politics #economics #law #Theology, #philosophy #history of ideas
#Anthropology #sociology #culture #linguistics #History #archaeology #Literature #Politics #economics #law #Theology, #philosophy #history of ideas
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/12John Wiley & Sons - подборка книг издательства
John Wiley & Sons - a selection of books published by
John Wiley & Sons-добірка книг видавництва
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/10Подборка книг по микроконтроллерам, ПЛИС, САПР, справочники
#Цифроваяобработкасигналов, #теорияинформации #Микроконтроллеры, #компьютер, #роботы #Сеть. #Сетевыетехнологии #Электропитание, #сварка, #импульснаятехника #Автомобиль #САПР
Добірка книг з мікроконтролерів, ПЛІС, САПР, довідники
#САПР #Цифроваобробкасигналів #Теоріяінформації #мікроконтролери, #компютер, #роботи #Мережа #Мережевітехнології #електроживлення, #зварювання, #імпульснатехніка #автомобіль #САПР
A selection of books on microcontrollers, FPGAs, CAD, reference books
#Digital signal processing, #Information theory #Microcontrollers, #Computer, #robots #Network. #Network technologies #Power supply, #Welding, #Pulse technology #Car #CAD
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/9GeoChemistry, Field Engineering, Geology, GeoPhysics, Drilling, Hydrogeology, Electric Exploration, Digital Signal Processing, Seismology, Well logging Геохимия, Полевая инженерия, Геология, Геофизика, Бурение, Гидрогеология, Электроразведка, Цифровая Обработка сигналов, Сейсмология, Каротаж скважин Геохімія, Польова інженерія, Геологія, Геофізика, Буріння, Гідрогеологія, електророзвідка, Цифрова обробка сигналів, сейсмологія, Каротаж свердловин
#GeoChemistry, #Field Engineering, #Geology, #GeoPhysics, #Drilling, #Hydrogeology, #Electric Exploration, #Digital Signal Processing, #Seismology, #Well logging #Геохимия, #Полеваяинженерия, #Геология, #Геофизика, #Бурение, #Гидрогеология, #Электроразведка, #ЦифроваяОбработкасигналов, #Сейсмология, #Каротажскважин #Геохімія, #Польоваінженерія, #Геологія, #Геофізика, #Буріння, #Гідрогеологія, #електророзвідка, #Цифроваобробкасигналів, #сейсмологія, #Каротажсвердловин
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/8Mobile library
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/7Кулинария, Кулінарія, Cuisine
cooking recipes food national cuisine cuisine Russian cuisine Ukrainian cuisine ethnic cuisine fast food soups cocktails wine cheeses alcohol fish raw food diet vegetarian salads seafood Mediterranean cuisine lose weight healthy food potatoes vegetables fruits Vietnamese cuisine Georgian cuisine Caucasian cuisine Mexican cuisine Italian cuisine French cuisine Portuguese cuisine microwave
кулинария рецепты еда национальная кухня русская кухня украинская кухня этническая кухня фастфуд супы коктейли вина сыры алкоголь рыба сыроедение вегитарианство салаты морепродукты средиземноморская кухня худеем здоровое питание -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
As part of my zine's multi-media empire, I have created dozens of strange websites. Here is one, based on a true story: https://churchofthewronggod.com
#religion #satire #theology #parody #atheism #agnosticism #gods
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The Maranatha Empire
There is a prayer so holy that it should burn the tongue of every empire that tries to speak it.
#anabaptist #antiImperialTheology #breadAndCup #ChristianEthics #ChristianNationalism #ChristianWitness #Church #churchAndEmpire #comeLordJesus #cruciformFaith #Discipleship #domination #Empire #empireCritique #Faithfulness #FootWashing #Humility #Jesus #kingdomOfGod #LambOfGod #Maranatha #MaranathaEmpire #Nonviolence #peaceTheology #Peacemaking #Power #propheticChristianity #PropheticEssay #religiousPower #Revelation #SpiritualReflection #Theology
Maranatha.
Come, Lord.
It is the cry of the small church under pressure. The cry of the persecuted and the patient. The cry of those who have no armies to summon, no throne to defend, no voting bloc sufficient to save them, no market share large enough to secure their future. It is the cry of those who wait because they know they are not God.
But in every age, there are those who take this prayer of waiting and turn it into a banner of possession.
They say, “Come, Lord,” but what they mean is, “Give us control.”
They say, “Thy kingdom come,” but what they mean is, “Let our faction rule.”
They say, “Prepare the way of the Lord,” but what they build are prisons, borders, propaganda machines, religious celebrity platforms, and monuments to their own fear.
This is the Maranatha Empire.
It is not one nation only, though nations may become its servants. It is not one denomination only, though denominations may become its chapels. It is not merely Rome, nor Geneva, nor Washington, nor Moscow, nor any other city that has mistaken power for providence. The Maranatha Empire is the recurring temptation of the religious heart: to stop waiting for Christ and begin replacing him.
It begins quietly.
It begins with concern.
The world is dangerous. The children are vulnerable. The church is shrinking. The enemies are multiplying. The culture is changing. The old certainties are crumbling. The people are afraid.
Fear, when baptized, often calls itself faithfulness.
So the frightened church begins to reach for tools Jesus refused.
A throne.
A sword.
A spectacle.
A scapegoat.
A strongman.
A law that can accomplish what love has not yet persuaded.
A state that can enforce what the Spirit has not yet formed.
A leader who promises to defend Christ, as though Christ ever asked Peter to keep swinging after Gethsemane.
This is how the prayer becomes an empire.
The early church cried, “Come, Lord Jesus,” because it knew that Caesar was not Lord. The Maranatha Empire cries, “Come, Lord Jesus,” because it wants Caesar to become useful.
The early church broke bread in homes. The Maranatha Empire builds platforms and calls them altars.
The early church welcomed the stranger. The Maranatha Empire sees the stranger as a threat.
The early church died rather than kill. The Maranatha Empire kills and calls the dead collateral damage in the defense of righteousness.
The early church believed the Lamb had conquered. The Maranatha Empire keeps looking for a beast strong enough to protect the Lamb.
And there is the blasphemy.
Not that empire rejects Christ outright. That would be too honest. The Maranatha Empire does something more dangerous. It uses Christ as decoration for a power that is fundamentally afraid of the cross.
It sings of the Lamb while trusting the dragon.
It preaches resurrection while organizing itself around survival.
It displays the cross while despising weakness.
It quotes Jesus while ignoring the people Jesus told us to notice: the poor, the imprisoned, the hungry, the foreigner, the enemy, the child, the wounded man beside the road.
The Maranatha Empire is not built by atheists. It is built by believers who have lost patience with the way of Jesus.
For the way of Jesus is slow.
It is seed, yeast, salt, light.
It is foot-washing.
It is forgiveness seventy times seven.
It is refusing the shortcut of domination even when domination appears efficient.
It is telling Peter to put away the sword when everything in Peter’s body screams that this is the moment for holy violence.
It is standing before Pilate and saying, “My kingdom is not from this world,” not because the kingdom has nothing to do with the world, but because it does not come by the world’s methods.
The Maranatha Empire cannot tolerate this.
It cannot tolerate a Messiah who will not seize power.
It cannot tolerate a church that would rather be faithful than influential.
It cannot tolerate a people whose politics begin at the basin and towel.
It cannot tolerate enemy-love, because enemy-love ruins the machinery. Empire requires enemies. It needs them. It feeds on them. Without enemies, the crowd might look too closely at the throne.
So, the Maranatha Empire manufactures urgency.
There is no time to love.
No time to listen.
No time to discern.
No time for reconciliation.
No time for peacemaking.
No time to ask whether the means resemble the Christ we claim to serve.
The hour is late, they say. The danger is great. The stakes are too high. We must act now. We must take control now. We must win now.
And somewhere beneath all that urgency is a terrible confession:
They do not actually believe the Lord is coming.
Or, if he is coming, they do not trust him to arrive in the right way.
So they build him an empire to inherit.
But Christ does not inherit empires.
He judges them.
He walks in alleyways, not palaces. He asks whether the churches have kept their first love. He warns those who are rich and comfortable and self-satisfied that they may be poor, blind, and naked. He stands at the door and knocks, not because he has been defeated by secularism, but because religious people have locked him outside while holding meetings in his name.
The Maranatha Empire is always shocked when Jesus is found outside the gate.
Outside the camp.
Outside respectability.
Outside the approved narrative.
Outside the walls with the crucified, the excluded, the unclean, the inconvenient, and the condemned.
The empire expected him in the capital.
But he is with the refugees.
The empire expected him in the cathedral of victory.
But he is with the mother of the disappeared.
The empire expected him on the reviewing stand.
But he is washing feet in the basement.
The empire expected him to bless the troops.
But he is asking why his followers are still carrying swords.
This is why Maranatha must remain a dangerous prayer.
It must never be allowed to become a slogan for conquest. It must never be printed on the banners of those who are unwilling to be converted by the One they summon. To pray “Come, Lord” is not to invite divine endorsement of our projects. It is to invite judgment upon them.
Come, Lord, and judge our churches.
Come, Lord, and judge our flags.
Come, Lord, and judge our markets.
Come, Lord, and judge our weapons.
Come, Lord, and judge our sermons.
Come, Lord, and judge our secret hatreds.
Come, Lord, and judge the ways we have used your name to avoid your way.
This is the prayer empire cannot honestly pray.
Because if the Lord comes, the first thing to fall may not be our enemies.
It may be our idols.
The algorithm.
The nation.
The party.
The brand.
The gun.
The strongman.
The myth of innocence.
The lie that we can harm others for a righteous cause and remain untouched by the harm.
The Maranatha Empire teaches us to fear the collapse of Christian influence.
Jesus teaches us to fear gaining the world and losing our soul.
The Maranatha Empire asks, “How do we take back the culture?”
Jesus asks, “Can you drink the cup that I drink?”
The Maranatha Empire says, “Blessed are the winners.”
Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek.”
The Maranatha Empire says, “Blessed are the forceful, for they shall secure the future.”
Jesus says, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
And perhaps this is the word for us now:
The church does not need to become more powerful.
The church needs to become more faithful.
Not passive. Not silent. Not withdrawn into pious irrelevance. But faithful in the particular, cruciform, stubborn way of Jesus. Faithful enough to resist evil without becoming its mirror. Faithful enough to tell the truth without hatred. Faithful enough to protect the vulnerable without worshiping violence. Faithful enough to build communities of economic sharing, hospitality, forgiveness, courage, and joy. Faithful enough to be a people who can live without controlling the outcome.
That is the hard part.
Empire is attractive because it promises control.
Jesus offers communion.
Empire promises security.
Jesus offers peace.
Empire promises victory over enemies.
Jesus offers reconciliation that may begin with our repentance.
Empire promises to make us great.
Jesus invites us to become small enough to enter the kingdom.
So, let the Maranatha Empire fall.
Let it fall first in us.
Let it fall in every place where we have confused anxiety with zeal. Let it fall where we have preferred dominance to witness. Let it fall where we have wanted laws to do what discipleship would not. Let it fall where we have used the suffering of others as fuel for our own righteousness. Let it fall where we have asked Jesus to come only after we have arranged the throne to our liking.
And when it falls, may something older and more beautiful remain.
A table.
A basin.
A towel.
A loaf.
A cup.
A people gathered without illusion, without empire, without the need to be impressive, whispering the ancient prayer not as conquerors but as witnesses:
Maranatha.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Come not to crown our domination, but to free us from it.
Come not to baptize our fear, but to cast it out.
Come not to make our empire holy, but to teach us again that your kingdom comes like a seed, like yeast, like mercy, like a Lamb who was slain and yet lives.
And until you come, make us faithful.
Not imperial.
Not triumphant.
Not afraid.
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Spiritual Enlightenment is #1 Priority for the Human Race – Not AI-Driven War.
Article republished by Jerry Alatalo | April 30, 2026
(Source: ConsortiumNews.com)
[Editor’s note: Here is my response to the article:
Another briefing by Defence Minister Luke Pollard, which was delivered in private but obtained by Declassified, offers additional clues about the role of British satellite operations in the war.
Pollard said last month that artificial intelligence (AI) applications were “helping save lives in the Middle East, protecting British citizens, British bases and British allies across the Gulf.”
He went on to acknowledge that the U.K. government was “using AI to enhance the speed of backfield decision making, to analyse satellite images.”
This effort might be assisted by Palantir, [the data analysis and AI software company], which sponsored a U.K. Space Command conference in 2024 and said it was “pushing AI to the very edge of space in ways that’s never been seen before” while supporting “agile operations for our allies in the U.S. [and] U.K.”
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Criticism of artificial intelligence-driven warfare includes concerns about the loss of human judgment in life-and-death decisions, the opacity of algorithmic decision-making, and the potential for unintended civilian casualties due to errors in targeting. Additionally, there are significant ethical and legal challenges regarding accountability when autonomous systems malfunction or misclassify targets.
(Source: DuckDuckGo “Search Assist” – response to query: “Criticism of artificial intelligence-driven warfare”)
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The Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget documents released this week, signalling a major pivot towards AI-powered war.
In its 2027 budget, the Pentagon has asked for over $54bn to fund the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, a 24,000% increase on last year.
An overview of the budget describes this money as going towards “autonomous and remotely operated systems across air, land, and above and below the sea,” including the “Drone Dominance” program.
The amount is over half the entire defence budget of the UK. In an opinion piece published yesterday, former CIA director David Petraeus said it was “the largest single commitment to autonomous warfare in history”.
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The human race needs a healthy dose of spiritual enlightenment as noted by the late Native American spiritual leader Rolling Thunder (1916-1997): “The most basic principle of all is that of not harming others, and that means all people, all life, and all things.”
The LAST thing the human race needs at this pivotal, precarious, wars-and-rumors-of-wars moment in history is soulless, non-discerning, coldly-harmful-and-destructive, autonomous (artificial intelligence-driven) war.
Peace.]
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UK Intel Role in Iran War UK Says It’s Not In
April 30, 2026
Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified UK indicate Britain had a more active role in Iran war than ministers admit, Abdullah Farooq and John McEvoy report.
The UK Space Command uniform patch, being worn by personnel at RAF Fylingdales. (Charliehaines /Wikimedia Commons /CC BY-SA 4.0)
By Abdullah Farooq and John McEvoy
Declassified UKThe U.K. government has played a quiet intelligence role in the illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, satellite data analysed by Declassified suggests.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) sent its first earth imaging satellite, named Tyche, into space in August 2024.
The satellite can obtain images with a 90cm resolution within a 5-kilometer imaging swath, enabling the identification of military targets with high resolution.
“The washing machine-sized spacecraft will have sufficient resolution to identify battlefield troop positions and vehicles,” the BBC reported.
Analysis of Tyche’s recent movements indicates the satellite increased passes over Iran before the Twelve-Day War last June as well as the latest conflict.
While the MoD says Tyche’s orbit has not been deliberately altered, the number of passes over Iran spiked from 12 in April last year to 39 in May and 50 in June, representing an overall increase of over 300 percent.
Passes over Iran declined between July and September before increasing again in October to 55, reaching an all-time high of 69 in December and remaining elevated during the 2026 war.
The satellite also passed over some military targets in Iran shortly before they were attacked by the U.S. or Israel.
The information suggests Britain has played a more active intelligence role than ministers admit, and appears to further challenge the government’s claim of only “defensive” participation.
An MoD spokesperson refused to say whether British satellite imagery over Iran had been shared with the U.S. or Israel, citing “intelligence” reasons.
[On April 29, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:
“My position on the Iran war has been clear from the start. We’re not going to get dragged into this war. It is not our war and a lot of pressure has been applied to me to take a different course… I’m not going to change my mind. I’m not going to yield. It is not in our national interest to join this war and we will not do so. I know where I stand.”
However, the BBC reported that Starmer said on March 6:
“Look, the special relationship is in operation right now. We’re sharing intelligence on a 24/7 basis in the usual way. That is the special relationship.”
Satellite activity
Declassified used open-source two-line element (TLE) data and a propagation algorithm to determine where the satellite had gone since September 2024, and calculated the imaging swath based on the scene width, resolution, and inclination of the satellite.
Two-line element data provides the satellite’s position and timestamp, the algorithm shows where the satellite is in Earth-centered coordinates, and the swath calculation determines where the satellite could have been imaging.
Passes over the earth at night were filtered out, as the satellite is only capable of acquiring daytime imagery.
The results show a high concentration of daytime passes over Iran before and during the Twelve-Day War as well as before and during the latest conflict.
Data show increase in passes over Iran during key moments of geopolitical significance. (Data from space-track.org analysed by Abdullah Farooq)
The data was compared with randomly chosen locations in Mexico and western Europe with the same measurement area to assess if the increase in passes over Iran was not part of a broader trend.
No significant increase was observed in these other areas over the same period.
Open source tracking of airstrikes on Iranian targets was also compared with the calculated imaging swath of the satellite.
This data indicates that Tyche passed over the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Amand missile base just north of Tabriz, the IRGC Aerospace Force’s air defence command in Tehran and the Parachin military complex, shortly before those sites were attacked.
Taken together, the data points to a deliberate decision by the MoD to collect aerial imagery over Iran at key moments of geopolitical significance, consistent with ministerial statements on U.K. Space Command’s support to allies in the region.
The MoD denies altering the movements of Tyche at any point since it was launched, even though the Royal Air Force (RAF) explicitly stated last year that the satellite had “demonstrate[d]” its “ability to capture imagery from anywhere on earth when Defence needs it.”
Satellite imagery taken by Tyche over Heathrow Airport in London. (MoD via Declassified UK)
When asked to clarify the RAF’s statement and explain apparent changes in the Tyche’s orbital trajectory, the MoD stopped responding.
While the U.S. has its own military satellites (many of which are more powerful than Tyche), Britain’s contribution appears to focus on burden sharing and developing operational capacity, particularly in terms of locating, tracking, and intercepting missiles.
Any such intelligence collaboration, moreover, could be part of an effort to placate Trump amid deteriorating diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Britain.
Last month, a parliamentary defence committee issued a cryptic statement based on a secret official briefing about the U.K. government’s role in the war.
It found a “considerable gap between some of the political rhetoric circulating internationally, and the reality of the U.K.’s support to the United States and regional partners”.
‘Monitoring Daily Iranian Missile Activity’
U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey and Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14. (Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street /Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
The U.K. government has remained guarded about the extent of its intelligence collaboration with the U.S. and Israel amid the war on Iran.
Last month, for instance, the MoD refused to say which countries it was sharing Tyche’s satellite imagery with. Defence Minister Al Carns said: “We cannot comment on the sharing of data from… Tyche satellite with other countries.”
In an overlooked speech from last month, however, U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey admitted that “UK Space Command is monitoring daily Iranian missile activity.”
He added that U.K. Space Command had
“provided early warning to our armed forces and our allies operating across the region.”
As the only MoD-owned aerial imaging satellite, Tyche would seem a primary contender for assisting in such operations.
Another briefing by Defence Minister Luke Pollard, which was delivered in private but obtained by Declassified, offers additional clues about the role of British satellite operations in the war.
Pollard said last month that artificial intelligence (AI) applications were “helping save lives in the Middle East, protecting British citizens, British bases and British allies across the Gulf.”
He went on to acknowledge that the U.K. government was “using AI to enhance the speed of backfield decision making, to analyse satellite images.”
This effort might be assisted by Palantir, [the data analysis and AI software company], which sponsored a U.K. Space Command conference in 2024 and said it was “pushing AI to the very edge of space in ways that’s never been seen before” while supporting “agile operations for our allies in the U.S. [and] U.K.”
This month, the U.K. and U.S. also signed a joint declaration on deepening military cooperation in space.
The statement, signed by senior members of the Royal Air Force and U.S. Space Force, notes that this includes “military collaboration and cooperation in the current threat environment to avoid operational surprise.”
US Dependence
As part of his “Arsenal of Freedom Tour,” U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tours SpaceX facilities in Brownsville, Texas, with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in January. (DoW/Alexander Kubitza)
While the Tyche is branded as the MoD’s first “wholly owned” earth imaging satellite, it was launched into orbit with the assistance of a SpaceX Falcon rocket flying out of California.
Black Arrow, Britain’s first satellite launch system, was retired in 1971 — making the U.K. the only country to have developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.
Recent efforts to build domestic spaceports are yet to result in any successful launches of satellites into orbit, with Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit project in Cornwall going bankrupt after a failed mission.
As a result, satellites owned by the U.K. government — as well as those produced commercially with MoD support — require international assistance to get them into space.
The MoD plans to launch several more spy satellites — including Juno, Oberon, and Titania – in the coming years, all of which appear likely to be launched by SpaceX.
Juno will build on the capabilities of Tyche by also capturing daytime images of the Earth’s surface, “strengthening the U.K.’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance capabilities.”
Oberon will use synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging, allowing it to obtain high-resolution imagery during the day and night, providing even deeper surveillance capabilities.
Another MoD satellite, SKYNET 6A, will enhance space-based communications capabilities and serve GCHQ, [Government Communications Headquarters, a U.K. intelligence agency], and is scheduled for launch by SpaceX in 2027.
The reliance on SpaceX raises questions about how sovereign Britain’s satellite capabilities really are, and prompts concerns about dependency on the company and its CEO, Elon Musk.
Musk, a South African resident of the U.S., was revealed to have discussed ways to oust Starmer before the next election, and has emerged as an ally of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
Similar concerns have even been acknowledged in Whitehall.
In November 2025, a parliamentary report entitled “The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out” observed how Musk’s Starlink had threatened to “cut off users to gain political leverage”.
The report recommended that “future plans for UK space capabilities should reckon with the impacts of U.K. dependence on SpaceX and look to ensure access to diversified and/or sovereign services where possible”.
It added: “The government should conduct research on the potential impacts of loss of access to SpaceX services.”
Satellite Wars
Satellites have become a heavy focus of media attention during the war on Iran.
Planet Labs, a California-based satellite imagery company, was asked by the U.S. government last month to restrict “access to images of Iran and large parts of the Middle East.”
The request came amid apparent embarrassment within the Trump administration about the heavy losses incurred to its military and intelligence infrastructure in the region, as well as concerns that the platform could be used to enhance Iran’s intelligence capabilities.
Commercial satellite companies have been sent guidance by the U.S. military on what “language and terms to avoid” when describing damage caused to its bases.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised about Chinese and Russian satellite support to Iran, indicating that the sharing of satellite imagery may be seen as co-belligerency.
On April 15, for instance, it was reported that the IRGC had “secretly acquired” a Chinese military satellite system.
The Financial Times reported that Iranian military commanders “tasked the satellite to monitor key U.S. military sites” before using it “to guide strikes” against them.
Abdullah Farooq is a researcher and independent journalist. His work focuses on mapping military logistics around the world.
John McEvoy is Chief Reporter for Declassified UK. John is an historian and filmmaker whose work focuses on British foreign policy and Latin America. His PhD was on Britain’s Secret Wars in Colombia between 1948 and 2009, and he is currently working on a documentary about Britain’s role in the rise of Augusto Pinochet.
This article is from Declassified UK.
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah "Mary is not a doctrine or a dogma, but a person" Sale: $25 to $1.99 by Brant James Pitre Rating: 4.8/5 (1,819 Reviews) #Mary #Bible #Scripture #Christianity #Theology #Biblical #Catholic #OldTestament #NewTestament #BookSky
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Yes religion can indoctrinate, but atheism can be equally fundamentalist in the way it dismisses faith.
Science exists to imperially showcase what is false not which belief is true.
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The latest #SWAJ episode, read alongside Congdon’s analysis of postliberalism’s political theology, highlights how contemporary illiberal projects threaten the hard‑won gains of the Civil Rights tradition. A democratic, justice‑oriented theology remains essential.
#Theology #CivilRights #Postliberalism #Christianity #Democracy
🎧 https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/mlk-day-postliberalism-and-the-assault-on-civil-rights-one-year-into-trumps-2nd-term?hsLang=en
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Theology, Religion, and Dungeons & Dragons - Explorations of the Sacred through Fantasy Worlds
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-religion-and-dungeons--dragons-9781978716025/
[..] explores the intersection of #DnD with the academic disciplines of #Theology and #ReligiousStudies. From #Tolkien's notion of sub-creation to pedagogical ponderings on hell [..] like some during the so-called #SatanicPanic [..] Discussions on alignment and campaign settings like #DarkSun and #Ravenloft [..]
( cc @BlumeEvolution )
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Give a welcome to anyone whose faith is not strong, but do not get into arguments about doubtful points. One person may have faith enough to eat any kind of food; another, less strong, will eat only vegetables. Those who feel free to eat freely are not to condemn those who are unwilling to eat freely; nor must the person who does not eat freely pass judgement on the one who does — because God has welcomed him. And who are you, to sit in judgement over somebody else’s servant? Whether he deserves to be upheld or to fall is for his own master to decide.
[Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, ὁ δὲ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω, ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει.]The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Romans 14: 1-4 [NJB (1985)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/4577/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #paul #romans #mindyourownbusiness #coexistence #dietaryrestrictions #differences #divinejudgment #doctrine #food #judgment #mindyourownbusiness #theology #toleration
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Just arrived: this important book is based on conferences at Cambridge and Oxford a couple years ago. My own piece is on how the concept of the Katechon is being utilized by Alexander Dugin to justify, legitimate, and sanctify Russia’s imperial war of aggression. #Russia #war #Ukraine #Dugin #politicaltheology #philosophy #theology #Christianity #orthodoxy #CarlSchmitt https://www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Hello Fediverse, my name is Nicole Schaller. I #FollowJesus and am building #KingdomEntrepreneur Europe passionate to educate and coach #ChristianEntrepreneurs to practice their #FaithAtWork and #ServantLeadership. These days I offer #SpiritualDirection and #BiblicalCounseling, develop #LeadershipCoaching , write #Courses, and start a #Community.
With a master in #Business #Leadership I now study #BiblicalStudies and #Theology in Rome to qualify as pastor for entrepreneurs. #introduction
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Prof. Raquel Lettsome and I will be giving the Kühlenkamp-Schmiechen-Bruggemann Lectures at Eden #Seminary in April! I will be speaking on John #Calvin and his relevance for our times, and Raquel will be speaking on #Womanist interpretation of #scripture. Join us!
#theology #history #bible #church #resistance #justice
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Sunday School Express - February 9, 2025 #Creeds #Confessions #Theology — what divides us? https://www.youtube.com/live/ZY1VJwJ0ALM
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If anybody is interested in #seminary education, consider joining Eden Seminary! It's a privilege to be teaching in the halls where Reinhold #Niebuhr , Walter #Brueggemann and other eminent scholars have walked. But it's an honor to be teaching many of the great students from around the world, many of whom will become leaders of the future. The first event is coming up! Go to: http://www.eden.edu/visit
@theology @religion #progressive #liberation #theology #ministry #justice
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-- How Low Can an Apologist Go? --
(from Godless Granny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exj-7lG726Q#theodicy #apologetics #problemOfEvil #God #theology #soteriology #freeWill #Heaven #Christianity
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This 500th anniversary of the founding of the #Anabaptist movement (from which the Mennonites, Brethern, Amish, and realted traditions sprung forth --- and that were theological cousins of the early Baptists) is all the more important to me this year, because of what happened yesterday in this nation. I'm grateful that the Anabaptist tradition is very clear that we do not kiss the ring, we do not bow the knee to the empire, ever.
This is one of the reasons I treasure my connections to this tradition.
One detail of my religious journey that many do not know, is that I chose to become Jewish through the Humanistic movement primarily because it was (and as far as I know still is), the only Jewish movement that is open to biereligous converts (those who are seeking to become Jewish, while still maintaining connections to another tradition). I had fallen in love with #Judaism (thankfully a passion that still is with me 10 years later), but I also loved the Mennonites, particularly its strong belief in the moral imperative of peace (or rather the Hebrew concept of Shalom which is far more than the cessation of hostility but also has the connotations of harmony, equity, and wholeness), a belief that #nationalism is just another form of idolatry, and the power of simple living (even though I do a lousy job of living this out). In other words, at its best moments, the #Mennonite / Anabaptist tradition provides a critical witness against the values of the American Empire through its focus on the ethical earthly teachings of Jesus.
I am grateful that I was able to find a path to embracing Judaism that did not require me to leave my Mennonite values out.
And so I say, Happy 500th birthday to the Anabaptist movement! And thank you to #HumanisticJudaism for giving me a way to be true to my #bireligoius values.
(graphic from Druhart on FB)
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#MichaelAlmeida - Is This the Best of All #PossibleWorlds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXDrHcGd_Jc
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Religion #God #ModalPhilosophy #Metaphysics #Theology #Theism #Atheism #Morality #Agency #Libertarianism #Determinism #Compatibilism #Freedom #Possibility #Possibilities #Modality #Modalism #BestWorld #GreatestWorld #PerfectBeing #PerfectBeingTheology #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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#ACGrayling - Diverse #Arguments for #God?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBp-IkuFyY
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Theology #Theism #Worship #LifeAfterDeath #Belief #Faith #Logic #OntologicalArgument #ArgumentFromDesign #Design #Teleology #Anselm #Bible #CosmologicalArgument #Cosmology #FallacyOfComposition #Causality #Contingency #Science #Apologetics #Morality #ArgumentFromEvil #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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At my first convocation at #Eden Theological #Seminary! It was a joy to listen to distinguished alumna, Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon (M.Div. '09, D.D. '15) preach! With Associate Dean Julie Jennings and Professor Ben Hartley, we were installed as members of the administration and faculty. I'm so honored and privileged to be a member of the Eden family! #WeAreEden #history #theology #church #UCC @theologidons @histodons @religiousstudies #STL
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Satanists DERAIL DeSantis Plan To Put Chaplains In Schools
https://youtu.be/T6zZLKBvUKY?si=AcrZxg8POHrRuo1O
The board voting against the measure after the Satanic Temple, a group committed to the separation of church and state said that they would try to take part.
#Politics #Theology #PublicSchools #USConstitution #RonDesantis #Florida #Satanists #ChaplainsInSchool #Catholic #JeffWaldorf #TheLogicalLiberal #TYT #TheYoungTurks #Theology
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-- A Dialogue on Theodicy --
(at Real Atheology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trkaw71myQ#theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #axiology #apologetics #dialogue
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-- Not Explaining is the BEST Explanation! --
(from @VicedRhino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VxCsq3ysOY#theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #Christianity #apologetics
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-- Bart's Problem - Ben Watkins of Real Atheology --
(Potential Theism and Ben Watkins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtRAcf03IE#theodicy #problemOfEvil #apologetics #God #theology #omnibenevolence
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-- Theists are TERRIFIED of this CRUCIAL argument | Casually Debunked --
(from Rationality Rules)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Howw4ClgYVE#theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #apologetics #Christianity
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-- J Brian Huffling Christian Philosopher Problem of Evil --
(from TJump)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3qUU7_DoUg#philosophy #apologetics #theodicy #problemOfEvil #God #theology #morality #axiology
