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  • 'Siberian Jesus' sentenced to Russian prison after harming followers in bizarre cult

    07/01/2025 5:00:23 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 1, 2025 | Louis Casiano
    A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers. Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known to his followers as "Vissarion," meaning "he who gives new life," and two aides used psychological pressure to extract money from his followers and cause serious harm to their mental and physical health, Reuters reported. Torop, 64, set up the Church of the Last Testament in a remote part of Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region in 1991, the year the Soviet Union...
  • Happy Dominion Day

    07/01/2025 3:44:16 PM PDT · by Hieronymus · 7 replies
    Catholic Insight ^ | July 1, 2025 | John Paul Meenan
    Happy Dominion Day! Or, if you will, Canada Day, to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly) independent part of the British Commonwealth. Canada, as readers may know from what once passed as Canadian history in high schools (as that still taught?), that Canada as a ‘country’ officially began with the signing into effect of the British-North America Act of 1867, with the ‘province of Lower and Upper Canada’ (later known as Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Although we gained further sovereignty, of a sort, with Pierre Trudeau’s 1982...
  • If one more person tells me “capitalism is making people starve” I’m going to lose it!!

    07/01/2025 11:57:53 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 39 replies
    X ^ | June 30, 2025 | Stephanie Tyler
    if one more person tells me “capitalism is making people starve” i’m going to lose it the poorest people in America are literally gigantic. like medically unexplainable balloon-shaped and built like refrigerators. we’re not dealing with famine—we’re dealing with doorways having to be widened have you seen what capitalism gives broke people in this country??? you can wake up at 2pm, take your government-subsidized Ozempic with a 3,000 calorie $9 “coffee” milkshake from Starbucks, get driven to Target in an air-conditioned car you don’t own, buy 40 pounds of seed oils and corn syrup with an EBT card, tap pay...
  • Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90

    07/01/2025 9:58:29 AM PDT · by Towed_Jumper · 38 replies
    NBC News ^ | July 1, 2025 | David K. Li
    Pioneering televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, one of the first preachers to bring his ministry to a massive TV audience before enduring a damaging sex scandal, died in Louisiana following a two-week hospitalization, a family representative said on Tuesday. He was 90.
  • Cringeworthy moment socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s rap video played during live interview: ‘Didn’t think it would be on CNN’

    06/27/2025 3:57:00 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/27/25 | Shane Galvin
    That was not music to his ears. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s 2019 rap video reached a national audience Thursday night — during an incredibly awkward moment on a live CNN interview that left the New York City mayoral hopeful visibly uncomfortable. Mamdani appeared on “Erin Burnett OutFront” and the eponymous host used the C-grade hip-hop video as an introduction to the 33-year-old lefty pol who performed under the name “Mr. Cardamom.” **SNIP** In the 2017 track “Holy Land Five,” the presumptive Democratic mayoral candidate praised five men — known as the “Holy Land Five” — from the Holy Land Foundation...
  • What is the Left Hiding about the Spanish Republic?: The Red Terror

    06/27/2025 2:26:08 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 53 replies
    In this video, we reveal the truth about the left in the Spanish Republic during the Civil War. Discover the shocking history of religious persecution in Spain and the impact of the Law of Historical Memory on Spanish history. Throughout Spanish history, and more specifically during the Second Republic, Spanish politics and left-wing parties created an unbearable climate for certain segments of the Spanish population. In this video, we explore the burning of convents and churches that took place between May 11 and 13, 1931, when more than 100 religious buildings were set on fire in several Spanish cities, including...
  • Trump and Netanyahu's 2-state vision: Gaza war's end, Abraham Accords expansion

    06/26/2025 8:45:48 AM PDT · by jjotto · 14 replies
    Israel Hayom ^ | June 26, 2025 | Ariel Kahana
    ...Gaza hostilities will conclude within two weeks... ...Multiple nations globally will accept numerous Gaza inhabitants seeking emigration... ...Israel will declare its willingness for future Palestinian conflict resolution under the "two states" concept... ...The United States will acknowledge limited Israeli sovereignty implementation in Judea and Samaria... EXCERPTED
  • Singing Louder: The Church, Israel, and the Spirit of Antisemitism

    06/26/2025 5:37:56 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 20 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | June 26, 2025 | Joe Hawkins
    This article is not intended to be an exhaustive exposition on antisemitism, nor does it attempt to cover every nuance or detail. Rather, this is a heartfelt call to awareness and discernment. The goal is to shine a light on a spiritual and societal darkness that has endured through millennia: the deep-rooted hatred for the Jewish people. My prayer is that as you read, you would do so with wisdom and humility. Seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit as you process these truths. And if you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, I urge you to take...
  • Good book about the Scopes trial?

    06/25/2025 8:20:59 PM PDT · by Jamestown1630 · 23 replies
    Over the past year, my husband and I have watched both film versions of 'Inherit the Wind'. I would like to read a good book about the Scopes trial, free of the dramatization and fictionalization. Can anyone suggest what they think is the best book? Thanks.
  • NYC mayor Eric Adams leans on faith after indictment dismissed: 'God uses who he uses'

    06/25/2025 9:33:09 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 10 replies
    The Gothamist ^ | Apr 20, 2025 | Phil Corso
    Speaking Sunday at a packed Easter service at the Temple of Restoration in Brooklyn, Adams framed the now-closed indictment as a divine test and part of his spiritual journey. “Fifteen months ago, I was indicted for fighting for this city,” he said. “Many people said, ‘He’s finished.’ Many people said, ‘His life is over.’ I was threatened with 35 years in prison. And the day after I was indicted by an over-aggressive prosecutor's office...I stood in front of the entire press and I told them my faith in God is stronger right now than it ever is.” Adams was accused...
  • Zohran Mamdani’s Success Is Especially Meaningful for Muslim New Yorkers

    06/25/2025 6:00:01 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 81 replies
    The New York Times ^ | June 25, 2025 | Maya King
    Zohran Mamdani’s stunning performance in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday amounted to a watershed moment for Muslim New Yorkers, who could see one of their own lead City Hall for the first time should he succeed in the general election in November. New York City is home to roughly one million Muslims; they made up 12 percent of the electorate in the 2021 mayoral election. Mr. Mamdani wove his faith into his campaign from its earliest days, hitting the trail while fasting for Ramadan and taking his message of affordability to mosques and Muslim community centers throughout the city....
  • Welcome to the Human Horror Show : Are we a viable species anymore? (Or I finally found an ant-natalist , religion of death, professor of nihilism and believer in the human extinction movement). Video—1/2 hour

    06/25/2025 4:13:20 AM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 11 replies
    YouTube ^ | 6/2/32025 | Professor Harry Hakala
    393 views Jun 23, 2025 Is the human race viable? This video delves into the profound and often uncomfortable question of human existence, exploring the perspectives of philosophical pessimism and anti-natalism. We examine why some of history's greatest minds, and contemporary thinkers, argue that bringing new life into the world is not an act of love, but potentially an act of cruelty. Arthur Schopenhauer: The German philosopher is renowned for his 1818 work, The World as Will and Representation, which posits that the phenomenal world is a manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. For Schopenhauer, human "willing"—desiring and...
  • Jewish community in Iran keeps low profile during war

    06/24/2025 4:38:17 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 10 replies
    Jewish News Syndicate ^ | June 23, 2025 | Karmel Melamed
    An Iranian Jewish activist in Los Angeles, who asked that his name be withheld because of his fear that the Iranian regime would retaliate against his family members inside Iran, told JNS the Jewish leadership has shut down all synagogues and cancelled Shabbat services during the conflict. “The Jewish community leaders have told Jews not to come out in public wearing kippahs, they’ve cancelled Jewish religious events and asked the community to maintain a low profile in public right now to avoid any potential issues with the regime or those Muslims who hate Israel,” the activist said. JNS obtained a...
  • Memories from my grandfather and President Trump's father

    06/24/2025 1:08:54 PM PDT · by jjotto · 6 replies
    Israel National News ^ | Jun 24, 2025 | Rabbi Yossi Weisberg
    A close friendship developed between my grandfather and Fred Trump, so much so, that Mr. Trump allocated land for my grandfather’s synagogue. They maintained their bond for nearly half a century, having been a supporter of the synagogue throughout the years of their friendship. Mr. Trump’s children were well acquainted with their father’s “Rabbi,” as he would call my grandfather...
  • What Will Become of the Jews of Iran? Part One

    06/24/2025 9:34:36 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 1 replies
    Jewish Journal ^ | Jan 2024 | Tabby Refael
    Many scholars believe that Jews are Iran’s oldest religious minority, having lived there nearly 2,700 years (if you count the first 100 years of Jewish captivity in Babylon, after the fall of the First Temple). Jews lived in Iran, which until 1935 was known as Persia, for over 1,000 years before the arrival of Islam. The land — its language, culture, prose and history — is ingrained in us, whether we still live in Iran or escaped in the last four decades and resettled in countries such as the United States, Israel, Canada or Italy. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution...
  • The Perverse Roots of Muslim Hatred for Dogs

    06/24/2025 6:30:47 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 53 replies
    The Stream ^ | 6/23/2025 | Raymond Ibrahim
    If you’ve paid any attention to global headlines, you might have noticed something deeply unsettling: Muslims, as a general trend, often seem to harbor an unusual hostility toward dogs. While the rest of the world hails dogs as “man’s best friend,” in many Islamic societies, they’re treated as filth, vermin, or worse — literal devils.I’ve written about this before (see links below), but in case you’re new to the topic, consider just a few recent developments from the Islamic world:Dog Deaths, Abuse, and Massacres: A Global TrendMay 2025, UK: A Muslim man running a dog rescue shelter called Save a...
  • Graveyards Filled with Tombstones, Waiting for the Names

    06/24/2025 5:33:35 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 10 replies
    New American Prohet ^ | June 24, 2024 | Rob Pue
    Recently, I spoke to you about worry and fear — the “fear mongering” that’s propagated by the media, which Christians seem to crave so much. It seems Christians, especially, seek out and eat up the bad news of war, pestilence, and imminent threats to our homeland and all of mankind. Yes, God’s Word does speak of a time of great tribulation, which the world has never seen before, coming in the last days. And Christians love to see the prophecies of the Bible fulfilled in our time, because they desperately long for Christ’s second coming, when true justice will be...
  • TRUMP MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

    06/22/2025 10:14:35 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 22 replies
    X ^ | June 21, 2025 | Dr. Eli David
    America Under Obama America Under Trump
  • How Biblical Prophecy Uncovers the Greatest Moral and Spiritual Errors of Our Generation

    06/22/2025 5:17:58 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 6 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | June 22, 2025 | Michael Bresciani
    Top seven errors by which our generation is deceived There are no secret interpretational skills needed to see what prophecy is predicting or promising. A bit of common sense and some deductive reasoning is all that is needed to understand prophecy. Since one quarter of the Bible has to do with prophecy, we need only split all that it says into two categories. The first category consists of things Christ judges, destroys, or removes at his second coming. These things show exactly which behaviors are incorrect, sinful and ultimately destructive. The second category...
  • Looking for Christian Chat Site

    06/21/2025 7:29:59 PM PDT · by ducttape45 · 20 replies
    Me
    I know this has been a very busy night with the events in Iran, but this is something I've that's been on my mind for quite some time and I didn't know who else to ask. Basically, does anyone know of any good Christian chat sites? I know of the one at Rapture Forums, but I'd like to find others if possible. I know there are many Christians here on FR, and your fellowship and prayers have been a great comfort. But with me being home bound due to the hits my health has taken due to Covid/Long Covid, I'm...