Pray Jesus Christ Miraculously upholds Christian concerns in the social culture war in New York city despite results of the city's election for mayor:

While secularization is making inroads in the homeland of John Paul II, the recent election results are encouraging.

Despite the perception that the Church in Europe is fading into oblivion, earlier this month an openly Catholic pro-life, pro-family politician was elected president in the heart of the continent. For at least the next five years, Poland’s leader will be Karol Nawrocki, a guarantee that the nation’s current left-liberal government will not be able to push forward its progressivist agenda.

On June 1, the second round of Poland’s presidential election, conservative Nawrocki defeated his opponent, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, by a slender margin of 50.89% to 49.11%. Turnout was among the highest in post-communist Polish history, as 71.63% of those eligible cast a vote.

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I am curious what people's philosophy of love are. Is there any thing that has helped influenced it? Has your philosophy of loved changed throughout the years? Are you still trying to work it out? Are your views different than the norm? Do you disagree with how others view love?

The reason I have placed this in a science forum is the evidence from Egyptology which is a science/humanity hybrid field of study, statues of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Akhenaton who was the father of Tutankhamen is represented in a feminine form with breasts and wide hips and in some cases appears to pregnant.

Akhenaton's claim to fame is being the first individual in history attested by archaeology as a monotheist (OT individuals don't count as none have been attested).

Interpretations of these statues fall in three broad categories.
(a) Akhenaton had some medical disorder, maybe was an intersexual.
(b) A disgusting evil pervert (unfortunately a POV expressed in modern day circles).
(c) The statues indicate the ancient Egyptians differentiated between one's biological sex and gender identity which therefore contradicts the idea of gender identity being a modern construct.

I posed point (c) to the Egyptologist Dr Chris Naunton who responded as follows.




ChatGPT4 on the other hand gave a different response.

The short answer is: Yes — the feminine traits in Akhenaten’s depictions suggest a deliberate blur between biological sex and political/religious gender, not simply a literal portrayal of his anatomy.

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1. Medical/biological theories​

• Some scholars, like Irwin Braverman (Yale), have argued these feminine traits might reflect genetic conditions — e.g., aromatase excess syndrome (leading to breast tissue), or craniosynostosis (elongated skull), possibly even Marfan or Klinefelter syndromes (medicine.yale.edu).
• However, attempts to confirm these theories through genetics, including a 2010 study, failed to support them .
• Many Egyptologists now think it’s unlikely Akhenaten actually had such a medical condition (en.wikipedia.org).

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2. Symbolic/gendered religious expression​

• Another dominant view is that Akhenaten’s androgynous portrayal was symbolic — reflecting the theology of Aten, which portrayed the sun disc as both “father and mother of all humankind.” Thus, he was shown with feminine and masculine traits to visually embody that union (glam.ox.ac.uk).
• Amarna art broke previous norms not only in style but in gender imagery: Akhenaten appears with wide hips, breasts, a rounded stomach, long-limbed figure — in stark contrast to the muscular ideal of earlier pharaoh portrayals (en.wikipedia.org).
• Scholars of gender in ancient Egypt discuss how this is a deliberate androgyny, meaning sex (biological characteristics) and gender (social/religious identity) were distinct and could be articulated differently .

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✨ What this tells us about gender/sex perception in ancient Egypt​

Yes — the evidence strongly implies that the ancient Egyptians understood gender as socially and symbolically constructed, separate from merely physical/biological sex. Akhenaten’s unique portrayal shows they were willing to fuse and recombine male and female traits in visual media for powerful ideological purposes, rather than just record anatomy.

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Summary​

Theory	Explains Feminine Traits?	Widely Accepted?
Genetic disorder	Possibly reproductive traits, skull shape	Less favored
Symbolic/ideological art	Embodies theological union of male–female divine	More favored

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✅ Final Take​

Akhenaten’s portrayals offer compelling early evidence that gender can be fluid and distinct from physical sex, especially in a high-profile ideological system with religious undertones. It’s an example of ancient visual culture blending gender expressions to convey divine meaning — not merely picturing what he “really looked like.”

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Leftist Judge blocked deportation of 7 criminal illegal aliens, including a child rapist, multiple murderers, and an arsonist. https://x.com/i/status/1937576614151299095

Biden aides lined up to appear before House Oversight Committee in autopen investigation

President Donald Trump condemned both Iran and Israel as the ceasefire he brokered between the two countries appeared to grow more fragile. Trump was critical of both sides, but reserved his harshest condemnation for Israel, who he said “unloaded” on Iran “as soon as we made the deal.”

Even Most Democrats Say No To Latest Attention-Seeking Trump Impeachment Attempt​

There may just be hope for the party...

Nato is falling in line!

Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran​

Shalomgirl youtube Elons former nanny procured to him asked his family if he was the antichrist after he did something extremely evil, when he was little. (she does come in on it) They said no but he will present the mark, and when he does that the antichrist will take the stage.
WELL what is it he is doing it sure is the closest to a mark we ever come

Please pray for the repose of the soul of HK (a mother in her late 40s) who died from breast cancer.

God bless

I wonder what it is about politics that makes people so hateful? I've many times considered dropping my interest in politics because of people's toxic attitude about it. Most particularly I am tired of going to forums and seeing people routinely toss around insults and name calling as if it was acceptable behavior. I don't care what you think about candidate x or y, if you can't engage with someone with respect, you shouldn't be talking with them.

After the United States carried out coordinated strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday, pastors and churches across America shared various remarks on the bombings, a move that has sparked fears of a broader regional conflict.

President Donald Trump confirmed the attacks Saturday evening, saying American forces had “completely and fully obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear facilities. The strikes involved the usage of bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles that were launched from submarines, according to The Associated Press.

In addition to the missile attack on the U.S. military base on Monday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired 40 missiles at Israel, with over 80 people being injured in Tel Aviv, mostly with minor wounds. The Israeli military said that it immediately destroyed the Iranian launchers used in the attack on their country and made retaliatory strikes against military targets in western Iran.

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"This is just the beginning," Bongino wrote in the post. "If you’re preying on children, we are coming for you."
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A 31-year-old man was fatally shot by church staff after opening fire outside a suburban Michigan church during a children's Vacation Bible School performance Sunday.

One security guard was injured in the incident, which unfolded around 11 a.m. at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne. The gunman has been identified as Brian Browning, who investigators say attended the church with his mother.

Browning, who was wearing a tactical vest and carrying both an AR-15 style rifle and a handgun with more than a dozen fully loaded magazines, arrived at the church after driving erratically in the area, WXYZ reports. He didn't have any prior criminal history.

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A myth repeated so often in museums, textbooks, and nature documentaries that most people accept it as dogma is that humans and chimpanzees share 98% to 99% of our DNA. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., for example, cites this statistic in its Human Origins exhibit as confirmation that “modern humans and chimpanzees diverged from a common ancestor between 8 and 6 million years ago.”

The only problem is the statistic is wrong, likely by an order of magnitude. Even more, the science community has known that it is wrong for a while now, and new methods of comparing the genomes of humans and great apes show just how genetically different the two are. In fact, the cited 1% to 2% difference hasn’t really been defensible in years.

As far back as 2007, authors in the journal Science called on fellow researchers to retire “the myth of 1%.” Geologist Casey Luskin explained, in a 2023 ID the Future podcast, that the estimate was derived decades ago from a single protein-to-protein comparison before the chimp genome was even fully sequenced. Since then, genetic science has become far more precise, and almost no modern comparisons between human and chimp genomes yield the famous 98% to 99% statistic.

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I have been on this Christian faith journey (half-heartedly) for like 12 years now. I am still struggling with lust. Currently I feel weighed down by my problems, by my sins, by my past and by the hopeless & meaningless life I am living. I believe in Christ, but I am very wounded in my soul and heart and my relationship with Him is very dysfunctional because I have OCD with blasphemous thoughts that started last year. Last year was terrible for me and many spiritual things happened however I've lost the ability to interpret them, I think I have a darkened understanding. Nothing in my life seems to make any sense whatsoever. Only a few years back I was a young man full of ambitions and grand visions, yet seemingly I was punished for this by life, God, or evil spirits? And my own mistakes broke me completely. I also fear because the girl of my dreams will probably never be mine because of the things that happened last year. I am working with two Christians for my full deliverance and healing. One of them, a priest, told me he thinks I was cursed and he prescribed what I need to do to break the curse and be delivered. I've had spiritual visions that would indicate this as well. The doctors told me I have schizophrenia and I have been hospitalized 7 times as well as severe self-harm. I also have bodily problems that do not have any healing or resolution (I've tried literally every doctor), and there is no progress at all in my life, just unemployment and doctor's visits. What I need is a breakthrough in all areas in my life: spiritual healing, bodily healing, mental healing, relationship healing, deliverance, financial breakthrough, etc. But why did God make these things so unattainable for me? It's like it's far out of reach. Sometimes I think my enemies did this to me (those who hate me without reason) because it's like my life is too bad if you compare it to just the average Joe. I have committed very many sexual sins in the past too (but I confessed almost all of them), in my despair and in the meaninglessness of my life I gave myself to different women. I am sick of this life and of all of my problems that I cannot seem to resolve. I have become double-minded too. If the problem really is a malfunctioning brain chemistry, why must I suffer with this for the rest of my life, with no remedy for this condition except for death, even when I pray for healing? Why can't I be healed like Jesus healed the sick people in the Gospels? There is a lot of history here too. I go to the Catholic Church but it's like I don't feel the Holy Spirit there. I am sick of being the person who I am, it's like I should have become another person but something just threw a wrench in my own (or God's) plans for me.

We wake this week to a new reality. It’s one we have prayed and longed for. Though painful, this historic moment carries with it a deep spiritual clarity.

Last week, darkness was challenged. Not by hatred, but by the strength to say ... enough. We won’t let the darkness rule over our lives any longer.

For decades, the Islamic Iranian regime has waged war. Not only on Israel, not only on America, but on the very foundations of Western civilization that we hold sacred.

On the parliament floor and every platform they occupied, this regime called Israel “the little Satan” and America “the great Satan.” And they meant it — because what they hate, what they have always tried to destroy, is not just a people or a place; it is the light of Judeo-Christian values — the belief that human life is sacred, that freedom is holy, and that God created every person in His image.

These are the values that hold up everything we cherish: justice, compassion, dignity, and truth. These are the values that extremists fear most.

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The Trump administration has joined litigation against Washington state's recently passed law that requires Catholic priests to report abuse confessions made in the confessional or risk excommunication.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint in intervention on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma in opposition to the state's Senate Bill 5375.

The complaint argues that SB 5375, scheduled to take effect on July 27, "unlawfully targets clergy and, specifically, Catholic priests" by requiring mandatory reporting of abuse for clergy, without exempting the confessional, which is supposed to be confidential.

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So, who are these “perverse and evil men” today? (And they aren’t just men.) And why do we need to be rescued from them? How are they impacting us who are serving the Lord Jesus with our lives and who are spreading the truth of the gospel of our salvation to the people of the world? Well, depending on where we live, it could be different from one another. But if these people are perverse and evil, they are against God and his word, and they are opposed to all of us who are speaking the truth of God’s word.

I don’t know about other nations, so I can only speak for the USA, which is where I live. But I was brought up from birth to attend church gatherings, and the gatherings I attended were very focused on the truth of God’s word and on holiness and godly living and repentance and obedience to the Lord. They had their issues, too, but they were very God-focused and truth focused, and that is where I received my biblical foundation. They did have some things wrong, though, which I discovered much later in life.

But in the past 26 years of my life, I have had my eyes opened to a slow transition which was taking place within the gatherings of the church, I believe in the majority of them, for they had now incorporated (merged) with the state (the ungodly world) and they were now marketing their gatherings to the people of the world. And so they were focusing their attention on attracting the world to their gatherings, and so they began altering the character of God/Christ, his church, and his gospel message.

Now this had been going on for a long while, but this is when I became aware of it. For the church had now partnered with the ungodly, which God forbids, and they had turned the church gatherings into a place of business, which God also forbids. And in an effort to grow their numbers, and to “draw in large crowds of people from the world,” they diluted the gospel message to make it less offensive to the ungodly and much more acceptable to human flesh. And many gatherings were turned into “stage productions.”

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

The church, the body of Christ, let “the state” into their gatherings to influence their gatherings and their messages. And by altering their gatherings, the character of God, and the truth of the gospel to attract the ungodly to their gatherings, they invited the ungodly into their gatherings which were designed by God for the purpose of followers of Christ using their spiritual gifts given to them by God to encourage and to exhort one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and to his commands.

In the USA, so many of these gatherings called “the church” have become very flesh-driven and very market-driven to the point to where they have pushed the Holy Spirit right out of their gatherings. So many preachers are preaching these “canned” sermons they get off the internet or via their church denominations, some of which they pass to one another. Thus they are not being led of the Spirit in what to preach, but they are being led to preach what will attract the people to their gatherings. God forbid!

And so many of them are now opposed to those of us who are still teaching the truth of the Scriptures and of the gospel of our salvation, as best as we understand them, as being led by the Spirit in what to say. And they are challenging us in what we are teaching and/or they are just ignoring us and hoping that we will go away. And if we happen to still be a part of one of their gatherings, some of us may be invited to leave and to go “someplace else where you will be a better fit.” But we don’t fit in such gatherings.

Now if we are those who share the gospel on the internet, we are going to face opposition from those who are following after this altered gospel message, who believe that a confession of faith in Jesus Christ is enough to secure them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their eternal destiny. Or if we are in a church gathering where they have diluted the gospel, we will also face opposition from those who are believing the lies and who are rejecting the truth. For not all have biblical God-persuaded faith in Christ.

So we need prayer that we will continue to have an open door to share the truth of the gospel and that we will not be hindered from being able to share the gospel with the people of the world. We also need wisdom in knowing how to respond to those who oppose us or whether to respond at all. And we need people to pray for us that the perverse and the evil people of this world, some of whom are within the gatherings of “the church,” will not be able to prevent us from continuing to share the truth of the gospel.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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An Original Work / June 24, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Last year, the American TFP sent a few young volunteers to join local Catholics to hold a prayer protest against the blasphemous Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Guerneville, California.

These “sisters” held a drag queen storytime event for children of all ages, including toddlers, at the local library.

What makes this so outrageous is that the group is known for its public debauchery that attacks the Catholic Faith in acts that include pole dancing on crosses and declaring pedophiles as “saints.”

This is the last thing any faithful Catholic—especially children—should be exposed to, and the TFP set out to make that clear.

We expected some resistance to our presence. However, when the volunteers and local activists arrived outside of the library last year, they were met by a large counter-protest wielding pride flags and anti-Catholic signs. The opposition thought that such a big display would intimidate us. We did not back down and continued with our single bagpiper playing.

They Came Back

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Unhinged Woman Arrested as TFP Protests “Drag Nuns” in California

Last year, the American TFP sent a few young volunteers to join local Catholics to hold

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I don't listen to Desiring God resources as often as I used to. There was a time when I would read every article, listen to every podcast, and watch every video. I still love Pastor John. He is a man without blemish in his 60+ years as a serious Christian. However, the title of this podcast stuck out to me and I checked it out. As I was listening, I was nodding in agreement with pretty much every single thing he was saying. It is so crucial for the church to understand what he is saying here. This is what the Christian walk of faith is about: In the world but not of the world. Please check this out.

The parliamentarian's ruling means that under Senate rules, the provision is subject to the 60-vote threshold. Republicans can still try to add it in, but they have 53 seats and Democrats have enough votes to block it.
A spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, slammed Democrats for challenging the provision, saying it shows they are clinging to an "open borders" mindset, referring to the judges who have blocked parts of Trump's immigration and deportation policies.
Time to eliminate the position of parliamentarian. It's not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.