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General Discusssion (Religion)

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  • Artist Canceled From Exhibition Over Christian Views On Sexuality and Gender

    03/18/2024 7:11:41 PM PDT · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Disntr ^ | March 18, 2024 | staff
    In an incident that exhibits the growing tensions between genderqueer theory and objective morality rooted in Christian beliefs in our society, Victoria Culf, a Christian artist in Britain, has initiated legal proceedings against Watford Borough Council. This legal action follows a series of events that began with a casual conversation about transgender ideology, leading to Culf being barred from her own art exhibition and being reported to the police for alleged hate speech. According to an article in Christian Concern, this case highlights significant concerns regarding freedom of speech and the expression of religious beliefs. According to Christian Concern, Culf’s...
  • Survey: 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Losing Influence in Public Life

    03/18/2024 7:05:19 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 18, 2024 | Katherine Hamilton
    A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found. Overall, 80 percent of U.S. adults say religion’s role in American life is shrinking, “a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been,” according to the poll report. Nearly half (49 percent) say the decline of religious influence in public life is a “bad thing.” Eight percent say religious influence is “growing and this is good.” Only 6 percent say religious influence is “growing and this is bad,” and 13 percent say religious influence is “shrinking and this...
  • Woke Pastors Claim That God the Father Worships US

    03/18/2024 6:34:52 PM PDT · by Morgana · 10 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 18, 2024 | staff
    ermell Witherspoon and Royce Yeun are the impastors of Common Good Church in Bellevue, WA, one-two punch combination of Christ-hating heretics if there ever was one. Four years ago, Yeun preached a message titled “-Isms: Heterosexism,” which argued Christians need to “shift” their understanding of what the Bible says about queer affirmation. Their church swiftly did that very thing, coming to “fully affirm and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ siblings and believe that everyone— no matter their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status— belongs here and can share in the worship, rites, sacraments, membership, and leadership of this church.” Four months...
  • Gospel of Luke Ch. 2 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 13

    03/18/2024 2:23:58 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 4 replies
    "And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. "And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord. "And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 18-March-2024

    03/18/2024 3:59:42 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    18 March 2024 Monday of the 5th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor) St. Cyril Of Jerusalem in Jamison, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDaniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62 ©Susannah and the eldersIn Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had instructed their daughter in the Law of Moses. Joakim was a very rich man, and had a garden attached to his house; the Jews would often visit him since...
  • The Day The Prophetic Clock Started Ticking

    03/17/2024 6:12:36 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 25 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/17/24 | Greg Laurie
    Ezekiel 37:11-12 KJV – “Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.” Ezekiel was told to preach to a bunch of people in graves—talk about a dead audience. They come alive, and God says, this...
  • Gospel of Luke Ch. 1 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 12

    03/17/2024 12:44:27 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 4 replies
    "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. "For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. "For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation." Luke 1 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them...
  • Developers are set to raze stunning 19th Century Seattle mansion bought for $6M which can't be preserved because it's last owners were the MOONIES

    03/17/2024 11:22:54 AM PDT · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 16, 2024 | Dolores Chang
    A stunning 19th-century Seattle mansion, sold for $6 million, is set to be torn down because its last owners were the Moonies - members of the Unification Church. Nestled on the shores of Lake Washington, the three-story Spanish Mission revival mansion was once home to the family of early pioneers of Seattle, including Rolland Denny, the son of the city's founder, Arthur Denny. Later in the 1970s, it was purchased by the Unification Church when the religion was still in its infancy and served as a domicile for founders Sun Myung Moon, his wife, and their followers. Leonard Garfield, the...
  • Revolution in Prophetic Affairs Vol. II

    03/17/2024 11:01:27 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 2 replies
    Rev310.net ^ | 3/15/24 | Pete Garcia
    In the Upper Room Discourse (John 13-16), in the context of His impending trial, crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and departure (His Ascension), Jesus told His disciples that it was to their advantage that He go because when He does, the "Helper" (some translations say Comforter) would come. Jesus was referring to God the Holy Spirit who would convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment, as well as testify of Jesus and guide the believers into all truth (John 14:16-18, 16:5-11). This divine narrative progresses with the Holy Spirit's descent on the Day of Pentecost, as chronicled in...
  • Revolution in Prophetic Affairs: Vol I

    03/17/2024 11:01:25 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 4 replies
    Rev310.net ^ | 3/8/24 | Pete Garcia
    “In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.”― John J. Pershing, My Experiences in the World War There is an old maxim in the military that says, “Generals are always prepared to fight the last war.” The US entered into combat operations after 9/11 expecting to fight the same way it did...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 17-March-2024

    03/17/2024 10:55:45 AM PDT · by annalex · 17 replies
    17 March 2024 5th Sunday of Lent Saint Patrick Cathedral, Downtown Fort Worth, TexasReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJeremiah 31:31-34 ©I will write my Law in their heartsSee, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant of mine, so I had to show...
  • Gospel of Mark Ch. 16 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 11

    03/16/2024 1:30:37 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 4 replies
    "And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. "And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. "But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you." Mark 16 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,...
  • ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the anniversary of his death, the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the young Akah Bashir has concluded {Catholic martyr prevented Muslim suicide bomber}

    03/16/2024 12:30:43 PM PDT · by Cronos · 2 replies
    Fides.org ^ | 15 March 2024
    Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The sacrifice of Akash Bashir is an example that is bearing fruit in the Church in Pakistan: it ended with a solemn mass of thanksgiving celebrated this morning, March 15, in the Cathedral of Lahore filled with over 500 faithful the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Akash Bashir, the young 20-year-old Pakistani who sacrificed himself on March 15, 2015 in Lahore to stop a terrorist who wanted to carry out a massacre at the Church of St. John in the Youhanabad district of Lahore. "I will die, but I won't let you into the...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 16-March-2024

    03/16/2024 8:17:36 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    16 March 2024 Saturday of the 4th week of Lent San José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero chapel, Villa Cura Brochero, Córdoba, ArgentinaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJeremiah 11:18-20 ©'Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten'The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in its strength,...
  • Gospel of Mark Ch. 15 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 10

    03/15/2024 2:27:04 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 4 replies
    "That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him." "And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 15-March-2024

    03/15/2024 7:50:03 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    15 March 2024 Friday of the 4th week of Lent St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church, Baltimore, MD Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingWisdom 2:1,12-22 ©Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful deathThe godless say to themselves, with their misguided reasoning:‘Our life is short and dreary,nor is there any relief when man’s end comes,nor is anyone known who can give release from Hades.Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys usand opposes our way of life,reproaches us for our breaches of the lawand accuses us of...
  • Gospel of Mark Ch. 14 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 9

    03/14/2024 2:22:02 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 1 replies
    "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak." "And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. "But Barnabas took him, and...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 14-March-2024

    03/14/2024 10:21:08 AM PDT · by annalex · 14 replies
    14 March 2024 Thursday of the 4th week of LentCrypt in the church of St Servatius at Quedlinburg, where Mathilda and Henry I are buriedReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingExodus 32:7-14 ©Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare IsraelThe Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for them; they have made themselves a calf of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice. “Here is your God, Israel,” they have cried “who...
  • Saint Ephraem the Syrian, Deacon, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

    03/14/2024 5:46:55 AM PDT · by Cronos
    Clutching my rosary ^ | Dom Prosper Gueranger | 1868
    SAINT EPHRAEM, MONK AND DEACON, the contemporary of St. Athanasius, St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nazianzen and St. Gregory of Nyssa, was with them one of the glories of the Christian East so rich in testimonies to faith and sanctity during the first centuries. He takes his place in the liturgical cycle among the doctors of the Universal Church. It is only fitting that the ancient piety of Edessa and Nisibis should be represented in the Roman calendar by him who was always held to be tht most illustrious of her sons. St. Ehpraem was honored by the whole Church...
  • Gospel of Mark Ch. 13 and Acts of the Apostles Ch. 8

    03/13/2024 1:49:31 PM PDT · by Faith Presses On · 2 replies
    "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. "For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch." "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Mark 13 1 And as he...