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    There's a new pope

    Catholics, and many Protestants as well, have a very different idea of what "sharing the word of God" means, I suspect. Something quite different from your expectations, no doubt.
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    'Love your neighbor less than yourself'; Theologians push back on JD Vance’s view of ‘ordered love’

    Hard words about the performativity of alot of activism around banning abortion, but essentially true. It's all about gravitating towards symbols of innocence and purity, and ignoring the neighbor right in front of you.
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    There's a new pope

    Are the two necessarily mutually exclusive?
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    There's a new pope

    In the 1st century context, his association with John the Baptist, his pronouncing of judgement on the temple, his criticism of Herod, and his friendship with sinners were all political acts.
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    Was Jesus a failed prophet?

    I had not seen some these arguments made before. Also, I spotted a flaw with ChatGPT, which didn't do a good job explaining the nuance in Dale Alison's views of Jesus' apocalypticism and prophecies, which are different enough from Albert Schweitzer's view that Jesus was simply mistaken altogether.
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    There's a new pope

    Jesus' message had political implications, and still does. He was crucified for being "king of the Jews", after all.
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    There's a new pope

    Catholic clergy have to do more than merely speaking Spanish. There has to be serious engagement with this community as adults with spiritual autonomy, not patronizing them as "lost sheep", or taking them for granted, as is the case among Catholics and many cultural elites in the US. Where...
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    There's a new pope

    That's just part of modern Catholic social ethics, it doesn't necessarily indicate he is particularly progressive. I expect the Pope, or any clergy of a traditional Christian church, to have a less adversarial approach to worldly politics in their official duties, much as Bishop Marianne Budde...
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    There's a new pope

    More than likely it's a wider consideration that the US is rapidly dechurching, including from the Roman Catholic Church. Trumpism in many ways is merely a symptom of that.
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    A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes NWS weather radars are ‘weather weapons’ and is trying to destroy them

    PTSD and trauma + lack of critical thinking skills + frustration with traditional politics or social belonging = conspirituality.
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    India attacks Pakistan. Does this mean war?

    Historically, the US hasn't picked sides in the India-Pakistan conflict, and that's probably for the best.
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    There's a new pope

    The conclave may have been considering that the Catholic Church is losing alot of members in North America to "spiritual but not religious", and in South America, Catholicism is also declining. In fact, if not for immigration, Catholicism would be the fastest declining religion in the United...
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    There's a new pope

    The new pope is expected to be a centrist. Francis had a reputation for being somewhat liberal before becoming pope. I had ChatGPT make a detailed report on how Cardinal Prevost would handle various social issues, and what nuances he would bring to the papacy: As a Protestant, I don't think...
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    There's a new pope

    Pope Leo is an American from Chicago. That is unexpected. Though he spent much of his life in the Global South, and is thought to be more conservative than Francis.
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    Supreme Court stays lower court ruling, allowing Trump transgender ban to proceed

    It's a "near-term" victory only, based on procedural grounds, it didn't address the underlying merits of the case.
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