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Michie · Apr 14, 2025

The New York woman who punched a pro-life activist in the face during a street interview raised over $8,000 on GoFundMe to pay for legal fees before the crowdfunding platform took her campaign down for violating its terms of service.

A GoFundMe spokesperson told The Christian Post that a fundraiser for Brianna J. Rivers was removed for violating its terms of service, and the platform has refunded everyone who gave money to the campaign.

Police arrested the 30-year-old Rivers on Thursday after a video of her striking pro-life activist Savannah Craven Antao went viral. On April 3, Craven Antao asked Rivers questions about abortion and Planned Parenthood while filming “man-on-the-street” style interviews in Harlem for the pro-life activist organization Live Action.

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GoFundMe removes fundraiser for woman who assaulted pro-life activist on camera

The New York woman who punched a pro-life activist in the face during a street interview raised over 8,000 on GoFundMe to pay for legal fees before the crowdfunding platform took her campaign down

www.christianpost.com

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

Wisconsin teen plotted to kill Trump to start 'political revolution': documents

Nikita Casap, a 17-year-old accused of killing his mother and stepfather, also plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to court documents.

www.foxnews.com

FreeinChrist · Apr 14, 2025

ADVISOR HAT

This thread was moved from the Creationism forum to a more appropriate forum for the topic.

RocksInMyHead · Apr 14, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
Any arguments should be taken up with the stupid, uneducated, politicians who drafted that mess during amature hour play group that have no idea that "Real ID" just proves identity, not citizenship.

Parsing down the grammar, there's nothing wrong with the drafting. There are Real ID-compliant identifications that do indicate citizenship (which would be acceptable). The problem is that some people are misunderstanding that to mean that all Real ID-compliant identifications are acceptable, which is not true.

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook the San Diegoarea on Monday.

The earthquake's epicenter was reported near Julian, California, a town about 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

San Diego Fire told Fox News that there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Some schools in the area were also being evacuated as a precaution.

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Earthquake shakes San Diego area

San Diego Fire said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the San Diego area on Monday.

www.foxnews.com

2PhiloVoid · Apr 14, 2025

Michie said:
Singer Katy Perry, CBS anchor Gayle King and other well-known women set off to space on Monday morning in Blue Origin's 11th human spaceflight mission.
Why it matters: This is the first all-woman space crew in history.

The flight was led by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' commercial space company.

Minutes after taking off, the crew experienced weightlessness. Then they soon safely returned to Earth.

Zoom in: The passengers aboard were:

Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancée, the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund and a former journalist

Katy Perry, the biggest-selling woman artist in Capitol Records' history

Amanda Nguyễn, a bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist

Aisha Bowe: a former NASA rocket scientist

Gayle King: co-host of CBS Mornings

Kerianne Flynn, a film producer

Context: Sánchez has long planned to helm an all-women Blue Origin mission.

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https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/blue-origin-space-flight-katy-perry-gayle-king-lauren-sanchez

I guess we know what Katy Perry's next album will include..............................

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of renewal and hope for the future of the Church in France.

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I.

However, desiring a life devoted to God, he retired to different abbeys in Europe such as the Abbey of Montfaucon-d'Argonne, in France, Bobbio Abbey founded by the Irish missionary St. Columbanus (543-615) in Italy, and the Abbey of Romainmôtier in Switzerland, before returning to Normandy.

In 649, St. Ouen of Rouen gave him the opportunity to settle in the valley of Fontenelle and established the monastery of Fontenelle, or Abbaye Saint-Wandrille (Abbey of St. Wandrille), using the Rule of St. Columbanus.

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14 Centuries of Faith: How Benedictine Monks Are Reviving Their Ancient Abbey

Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of renewal and hope for the future of the Church in France.

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Michie · Apr 14, 2025

God From God, Light From Light, True God From True God

Editor’s note: For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the seven times Jesus speaks from the cross on Good Friday. Made famous in recent times by the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, the meditations are usually organized around a particular theme. For 2025, Father de Souza chose the Nicene Creed as his theme, as the Catholic Church marks this year the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. These meditations were preached at Holy Cross parish in Kemptville, Ontario, where Father de Souza is the pastor. This is the second installment. Please find the first one here.

“One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.’ And he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.’ And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise’” (Luke 23:39-43).

The second word from the cross, the second time Jesus speaks from the cross, he promises paradise to the Good Thief, the one we call St. Dismas.

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The 7 Seven Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise’

God From God, Light From Light, True God From True God

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Valletta · Apr 14, 2025

Wrongly deported man not leaving El Salvador prison, Bukele says at Trump meeting

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland sheet metal worker, was wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

www.yahoo.com

The United States does not have the power to remove a citizen of El Salvador from a prison in El Salvador. We must respect their justice system.

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — For the second year in a row, few foreign pilgrims were in attendance at the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives into the Old City of Jerusalem due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. But even the gray skies that threatened rain didn’t dampen the spirit of the 4,000 participants.

Most of them were Christians from Jerusalem and the Galilee, as well as a few Christians from the West Bank, foreign diplomats and NGO employees, members of religious orders and foreign workers. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims, with their traditionally embroidered-trimmed white gowns, also took part in the procession, as in 2025 the festivals of all the Orthodox and Catholic churches converge.

Some 6,000 initial travel permits were issued for West Bank Christians to attend Holy Week celebrations, with an additional 2,000 expected later in the week but not yet confirmed, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

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4,000 process in Jerusalem for Palm Sunday amid Israeli bombardment of Gaza

Amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, 4,000 pilgrims marked Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, highlighting faith and unity despite fewer foreign attendees.

www.oursundayvisitor.com

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

RileyG said:
I want to watch it, but it's very long. My attention span is seriously lacking.

It pulls you in. Of course there are the usual Hollywood liberties taken but still a good show.

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

Glory to God!

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

hedrick said:
Laws have commonly prohibited mistreating children, and not accepted religious beliefs as an excuse for abuse. This law says nothing about anyone’s convictions. It focuses on problems in how they treat their children.

I agree.

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

Michie said:
A British heritage charity has come under criticism after describing Easter as a pagan holiday in a children’s booklet. English Heritage distributed the booklet at several historic sites, drawing accusations of “whitewashing” one of the holiest days for Christians by ignoring its Christian origins.

The booklet, part of an Easter Adventure Quest designed for children visiting English Heritage sites like Whitby Abbey, Dover Castle and Down House, describes Easter as a spring celebration named after the pagan goddess Eostre, The Telegraph reported.

“Did you know Easter started as a celebration of spring? Long ago, people welcomed warmer days and new life by honouring the goddess Eostre, who gave Easter its name!” it states.

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Charity faces backlash for describing Easter as pagan holiday in kids' book

A British heritage charity has come under criticism after describing Easter as a pagan holiday in a children s booklet English Heritage distributed the booklet at several historic sites, drawing

www.christianpost.com

Eh? They [secularism] love to ridicule Christians. Meh. Not too surprising, anymore.

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

FireDragon76 said:
Alot of Copts have left Egypt, looking for freedom from oppression in other countries.

That's really unfortunate

God bless them.

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

May he rest in peace and rise to glory!

RileyG · Apr 14, 2025

FireDragon76 said:
I'm not a Catholic. I just believe the government shouldn't interfere with the free exercise of religion, even if I don't adhere to the particular religion.

Amen. Well said.

Michie · Apr 14, 2025

Generations of Christians have been captivated by C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” a work of fiction that gives insight into the temptations that humans face through imaginary letters from Screwtape, a senior demon, to his nephew, who has been given his first assignment: a young man who he must inspire to reject God and choose eternal damnation. Within its pages, the reader is confronted with the realities of the depth of evil and human weakness, as well as the relentless pursuit of God’s love.

In her latest book, Emily Wilson Hussem uses the same style to warn the women of today of the insidious ways the Evil One can influence them to stray from the path of love and mercy that God desires for them. “Sincerely, Stoneheart” is likely to resonate with women who find their struggles chronicled within the letters from the imaginary demon Stoneheart to her protégé, Belphegora.

The subject that Stoneheart and Belphegora are working to lure into rejecting God’s love is a young woman who came to commit her life to Jesus on a retreat. The key tactic the demons use is to have the woman doubt that she is beloved by God, making her become obsessed with her lovability and acceptance by others.

Unsurprisingly, one of the main themes in “Sincerely, Stoneheart” is the way that smartphones, the internet and social media provide a gateway to being influenced in mind and heart by voices that do not come from a loving God.

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'Sincerely, Stoneheart': A warning to the women of today

A modern twist on "The Screwtape Letters," "Sincerely, Stoneheart" exposes how today’s women are led away from God, and how his love redeems.

www.oursundayvisitor.com

The Liturgist · Apr 14, 2025

notRusskiyMir said:
Also, how he would bother to remember all that speech.

Freemasons spend a huge amount of time memorizing and reciting speeches, gestures and so on. Indeed I suspect a fair number of people became Freemasons rather than members of other fraternities offering life-insurance type benefits, such as the Oddfellows, Woodmen, B.P.O.E. et cetera, was to practice and develop their skill at memorization or as a way of keeping their memory sharp.

In contrast the liturgical churches have always provided service books which can be used on the altar and the chant stand. Indeed even a 33rd degree Mason might balk at the prospect of having to memorize the entire range of Orthodox service books including all eight volumes of the Octoechos and all twelve volumes of the full Monthly Menaion, in addition to the General Menaion, the Octoechos, the Horologion, the Irmoilogion (which you need in some cases due to not all editions of the service books containing the full Irmos at the start of each Ode in the Canons), the Triodion, the Pentecostarion, the Liturgikon and Euchologion or Trebnik and Sluzhbenik as they are known in Russian (I think in Church Slavonic), and also the Evangelion, Apostol and Prophetologion, and finally the Typikon which acts as the liturgical glue which binds the whole system together like JCL (job control language) on an IBM mainframe, operating on a continual cycle that repeats approximately every 537 years assuming no one changes the service books or the Typikon (which they did; the Violakis Typikon differs in periodicity owing to various simplifications, but I prefer the tradititional versions of the typikon, namely, those versions of the Sabaite-Studite synthesis used by the Russian Old Rite Orthodox and those used by the Athonites ROCOR, the Serbians, Jerusalem, Georgia, and parts of the OCA, and also the disused Cathedral Typikon that ceased being used in Constantinople after the Venetian invasion in 1204, but which has been reconstructed by Dr. Alexander Lingas and sounds epic. When we retake Hagia Sophia from the Muslims without violence by converting the Turks to Orthodox Christianity that is the Typikon that should be used at Hagia Sophia.

RocksInMyHead · Apr 14, 2025

Fromissouri said:
Here's the government's side of the story: Basin Man Convicted of Clean Water Act Violations and Destruction of US Property

I'm just wondering how "dredged and fill material [getting] into a tributary stream and adjacent wetlands" caused "widespread damage."

There were a number of things going on in that case:

1. He was a repeat offender. He got a visit in 2013 and was told to stop, then they came back in 2014 and he had dug out more ponds.
2. The ponds were dug into a stream and wetlands area. That itself caused "widespread damage" by disrupting the stream and wetlands over an area of more than an acre.
3. Dumping unconsolidated sediment into a stream can substantially change the stream and have large downstream effects on the ecosystem. The specific quantity of material isn't clear, but given that there were nine ponds spread out over an acre, that would be many thousands of cubic feet of fill dumped into the wetland. And that's before considering any damage or pollution from the excavator(s) used.

mourningdove~ · Apr 14, 2025

Lady Bug said:
I appreciate you two's perspectives but please bear with me, I'm too tired to "arbitrate."

Having once been in a tough situation, I learned that sometimes it's best to be 'compliant' (go along to 'keep the peace') ... and other times, it's best to 'fight'. Only you can know what's best for you in your situation at any given time, and how much strength you have to deal with it. Sometimes these situations can so wear a person down that it's just not possible to fight for oneself. And other times, one must fight in order to survive.

When I did not know what to do ...
when I was too weak or weary to do anything ...
I found "Jesus, I trust in You" to be a very wonderful prayer.

Berserk · Apr 14, 2025

THE HEALING SPRING BY THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGIN MARY ON TOP OF A SMALL MOUNTAIN JUST OUTSIDE THE MASSIVE RUINS OF ANCIENT EPHESUS

I find it fascinating that the healing springs miraculously dug up by Bernadette at Mary's behest is not the only healing Marian springs. My fellow parishioner Dick climbed this little mountain on a "Footsteps of St. Paul Tour" that he (and later I) took about 10 years ago. Dick went on this tour despite the fact that he had torn tendons in his badly arthritic knee.

He limped badly up the beautiful little mountain lined with box-shaped trees and an elegant wall along the pathway. A Turkish lady saw him limp and urged him to bottle water from the adjacent Marian spring that could be tapped from a spigot in the descending wall. A skeptical Dick complied just to be polite, but when he returned to his hotel, he complained about his pain to his wife, Mary Ann. She replied, "Well, why don't you pour the bottled water onto your knee to see if that helps?" Dick replied, "Why? It's just water with no special powers!" His wife retorted, "I agree, but what do you have to lose?" So Dick reluctantly poured the water on his knee. He felt a little better, but attributed this to a placebo effect.

When he returned to the US, he entered a Spokane hospital for orthopedic surgery on his knee. When he came out of the anesthesia, his surgeon stood at the foot of his bed. The surgeon said defensively, "I don't understand it. We took MRIs and did other tests on your torn tendons before your trip, but when we cut you open, your knee was perfectly normal and even the arthritis was gone!" The doctor probably feared a malpractice lawsuit. Dick testified to his miracle in my church and began it in this unforgettable way: "Now I do some things which many of you would disapprove of!"

iluvatar5150 · Apr 14, 2025

wing2000 said:
"At least 32 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977, according to The Associated Press. Thursday’s crash was the deadliest since at least 2018, when a sightseeing helicopter without doors fell into the East River, flipped over, and five people drowned."

New York Helicopter Crash Recalls Another. And Another.

Dozens have died in accidents since helicopters were allowed in the city in 1949. Residents have complained for nearly as long, but reforms rarely stick.

www.nytimes.com

Maybe it's time to shut down helicopter tours?

idk... 32 people in 50 years doesn't strike me as that bad, especially when you figure there are probably multiple fatalities per incident. And that's all helicopter accidents, not just tourist charters.

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