Catholic Church - Christ the King.

Philip_B said:

Have you run out of words yet?

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I hope not. His information is very informative.

ThatRobGuy said:

You realize you're actually kind of proving his point for him right? (about the toxic purification process)

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This is what you think. It isn't about "purification".

ThatRobGuy said:

(I've heard people on the left souring on Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian recently too)

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Are they still around? I haven't heard from them in years.

ThatRobGuy said:

Any particular reason you think he's a joke?

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Every time I read some comment from him it is some bad take. No particular item, jut a cumulative impact on my memory. I can't say I've ever read any of his stuff and apparently he has a podcast I've never heard.d

ThatRobGuy said:

He's dedicated the last 20+ years to doing solid journalism and writing that came from a progressive perspective, and was highly praised by the left,

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and I only heard of him in the last few years. Writes for some rag.

ThatRobGuy said:

but then a lot of them turned on him because of how he responded to the Charlie Kirk shooting.

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I saw this claim, so I googled it. I understand why though. Klein's column completely didn't understand who Kirk was and praised him for having "debates" with students.

ThatRobGuy said:

Basically, because Ezra opted to not stick the boot in while the body was still warm, people on the left turned on him.

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The best time to criticize awful people is when the are alive. When they are newly dead is the second best time. Unlike a lot of people I hang with, I am not obsessed with Dick Cheney, so I didn't go after him this week. I just didn't care. Kirk was an awful person. He didn't deserve to die, but he didn't deserve praise either.

ThatRobGuy said:

They turned on Glen Greenwald (for holding a contrary viewpoint on Ukraine) as well.

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First time I ever heard of GG he was messing up his reporter's opsec so badly he helped some naive young woman 5 years in the clink for leaking secrets. Then there is his involvement in the Snowdon/Assange operation.

ThatRobGuy said:

However, if you have a different reason why Ezra no longer passes progressive muster, I'm all ears.

The fact that any of those guys would be considered "persona non grata" within the Democratic movements baffles me.

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I just think he is a joke with bad takes.

Cheeseburgers have a nice tang.

EESEB

timothyu said:

Understood. We sometimes assume things are not what they are.

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The Devil loves it when we assume things are neutral when they're not.

essentialsaltes said:

‘She’s Trying to Take Down Trump’: Laura Loomer Slams ‘Despicable Traitor’ MTG for Joining Epstein Files Push​

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer is going scorched earth on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), accusing the congresswoman of betraying Donald Trump by joining a bipartisan push to unseal the long-buried files of Jeffrey Epstein

“There’s become two Americas,” Greene said during the press conference. “There’s the America for the rich and the powerful and the elite—where they never face any struggles or problems… And then there’s forgotten America that faces all the problems and deals with all the issues and never gets justice for being sexually assaulted and raped by a monster.”

“This isn’t one political party or the other,” she added. “It’s a culmination of everyone [who] worked together to silence these women and protect Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal.”

Greene later revealed on Real America’s Voice that she had received “a lot of pushback” from Trump’s orbit for supporting the petition—but stopped short of blaming Trump himself.

Will the true protectors of Donald Trump please stand up? Is it the group trying to hide the files or the group trying to expose the files?

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Isn't this admitting that Trump will be damaged by the release of the files?

stevevw said:

Who ever has to mention him every day and be completely consumed with him lol.

Are you kidding. The ABC is like the BBC lol. I would not trust them at all. Another State controlled media who push a partisan narrative.

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The statue was real, and not reported only by ABC.

Both.

Adidas or Nike?

Spiritual Jew said:

@Douggg doesn't seem to understand that you do believe that works are required for salvation in what you call "the gospel of the kingdom" that you think is only for the Jews. Can you explain your belief in two gospels to him so that he doesn't waste his time trying to defend you just because he doesn't understand what you believe?

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I guess you won't agree, even when I point out the logical form of your reasoning, that you are saying works are necessary for salvation?

What does pluralist religious education look like. Is it learn prayer and hymes one week, Islam the following week and satanism the week after. To ensure all beliefs are covered and kids have a balanced view.

What about secular religion being pushed in State schools. How come that is never a problem. Kids come home speaking about how they learnt about race, LGBTIQ+ sex and that little boys can become girls. How come this religion is given priority over others lol. Heck some schools don't even tell the parents how they are brain washing their kids.

rambot said:

All kinds of interesting things were made known.

Like how many big MAGA infleuncers are not even in America.

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Who are they?

Oompa Loompa said:

January 22, 2025 is now current events?

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I am not posting this in News and Events. I am posting it in American Politics.

ChubbyCherub said:

I appreciate all men are not like this, but many are, and I cannot and will not indiscriminately agree to uphold men's leadership/authority without question and standards

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We don’t have to uphold a man’s authority we are not married to, however, we do have to uphold our husband’s authority based on God’s design. It took me a long time to see that a husband’s position is recognized by God even if that husband is abusive. We don’t have to stay in the abuse; we are allowed to separate ourselves. Sometimes this is not possibly, however, God recognizes the abuse, and when the wife humbles herself to God and ask for help, God removes that man - sometimes to the detriment of the man to break the authority - God takes the man from this life.

But if the woman is not humble, she cannot have the peace she seeks, because God’s law dictates a woman is subject to the man - only a humble and meek heart brings down swift help from God. That’s just how it is.

Jude gives an example of positions and how they are to be honored and respected even if the individual is wicked,
Jude 1:9 KJV
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

God originally gave Satan a position of honor that the other angels recognized - they would not disrespect Satan because he’s evil, because of the position and honor God gave to him, although he will be punished in the end.

ChubbyCherub said:

I also appreciate that some may view this as unbiblical but, as I stated, if Jesus came down and sat in front of me, I'd explain my position with an open heart and I believe He would understand my point of view comes from a pure place rather than a challenge to His authority and word

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No He will not. He requires obedience and honor and respect and a humble spirit. We should not condemn ourselves believing we can ignore what He has put in place because how we feel. Of course He understands how we feel, but God says I change not. So in order for God to remove the authority the man has over the woman, the woman must recognize the authority and humble herself and ask God for help. Then God will help swiftly. But if we ask out of pride and out of our selfishness, our feelings, we will not be helped.

That’s the lesson to learn - humility is the answer!

Welcome to CF!

I still see a video for a different song.

Venables said:

We haven't been to Mykonos but we were on Lefkada earlier this year, it's one of the mid-sized Greek islands off to the west, Ionian Sea I believe. It was an majestic experience, particularly for mission groups. A sizeable number of beautiful and inspirational churches and deep tradition. I'm having one of those days and can't quite recall the name, but there was one church in the particular that was extraordinary and stayed with us. From the Byzantine architects, a redoubtable design and beautiful frescoes within it. Reminded us of some of the churches on the French Mediterranean coast. Even without the icons, but the architecture on the coast seems it was similarly inspired.

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Greetings Venables,
Yes we have heard of Lefkada in one of our Mediterranean-focused ministry teams. It is indeed on the Ionian Sea, and quite majestic by any measure. I believe I have even also encountered the historic church you are recalling. Amusingly I too am blanking on the name and more specifics, but the son of one of our missionaries was already masterful with a camera, and took a number of pictures of a church on the island.

With, I believe many a beautiful fresco and icon on the interior. It is as though the church's founders were taking their own versions of photographs centuries ago, sending them down to us to marvel at. You have in fact inspired me to get back in touch with them! From our initial teams gathered from our original church networks back in the US, we tend to form somewhat improvised small mission teams that then fan out across Europe. The one drawback being it's often easy to lose touch when focused elsewhere, as we are in France and Germany like many other teams. But the pictures of that marvellous old church on Lefkada are gradually stirring up a bit more in my mind. All the more reason to re-establish some contact.

Akita Suggagaki said:

If you allow this you can actually deepen and purify your faith though it may change as well.

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That is why God says to continually seek Him. The institutions are not too keen on this, as they like to keep people corralled without themselves having to move on, halting all progress, theirs and the masses..

rambot said:

A quote from Chuck

So help me understand how and WHY empathy is bad.

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Well what more does he say about it?

I don't remember Casey Casem, but I do remember Wolfman Jack.

Zceptre said:

So more so the method of operation that is in question I guess you are alluding to here.

Maybe something along this approach:

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV)
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Instead of bashing them over the head with Hell and damnation.

I think I'd have to agree some of the street preaching I've seen leaves a bitter taste more so by the delivery of the message in not being in line with this passage and Christ's approach. I think the God who is love is understated (1 John 4:8) and while there is a place to tell people to repent I think it is often emphasized too heavily, more so than Christ did even though He did do so (Luke 13:3).

I know for me personally, damnation and condemnation never made me love God more nor pulled me away from sins as a youth, but realizing how loved I am by God worked wonders in my life. (Romans 2:4)

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I think even the parables were relating peoples lives at the time to the Kingdom of God. Something along those lines with a modern version. Or whatever it is that connects peoples real experiences with offering a new way beyond what the world offers.

It has to sound like its Good News or a reveelation or something people are seeking. That spaaarks their interests even without mentioning God or the bible in direct ways. Christ was good at it.

But I also think there are times when no matter what you say it provokes a reaction because it is the truth. Its actually exposing the deciet and liars and they become threatened.

Paul we bashed several times for simply sticking to the gospel. It was those who were religious but used it like politics.

Its interest as with Christ and Paul and others they accused them of blasphamy. Of defying or breaching the religious code that the powerful were using to control.

I think this is similar to how today where Christians are shamed or made out to be hateful and harming others for holding a belief that is percieved to break the codes and practices of secular ideologies in the same way the Pharisees called Christians blasphemers for breaking the codes of the religiously powerful of that time.