#christian

#Atheist #Catholic #Christian #supernatural #Trick

Oops, mold and not god's blood:

"While [Catholic] bishops once (up until May 2024) had unilateral authority to claim something was a miracle, the new guidance said supposed miracles now had to go through the “Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith” first. It basically added an additional useless step to decide if a magic trick was the result of magic or a trick. Spoiler: It’s always a trick."

Source: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/its-mold-not-a-miracle-the-catholic

Pierre Du Moulin, French Huguenot, says alms are rooted in love of God. Since God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor 9:7), sowing with resentment reaps grief from the Lord. One cannot reap joyfully in heaven, if one demonstrated no love to God upon earth. Unwilling giving of alms loses its rewards and is evidence of wanting no pardon.

Is much of modern conservatism about fostering resentment at requests for relief?

How can you sow with joy?

#christian #educate #unsplash #ᴀɢᴇɴᴅᴀ2030 #resilience

The Best Way to Love Elon Musk? Protest Him https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/best-way-love-elon-musk-protest-him?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

I Looked Into the Eyes of an Octopus https://sojo.net/magazine/april-2025/i-looked-eyes-octopus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

Barbara Brown Taylor: On Feeding Birds, Good Friday, and Neighborliness https://sojo.net/magazine/april-2025/barbara-brown-taylor-feeding-birds-good-friday-and-neighborliness?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

Ah yes, the deeply #Catholic JD Vance, whose church believes in a holistic pro-life position (via the Jesuits) and Saint Augustine’s ideas about “just war” (which condemns the killing of non-combatants). Please, for the love of God, actually be a #Christian or stop pretending.

From: @theintercept
https://journa.host/@theintercept/114230446453435776

If God Can Roll Away Stones, Why Are Palestinians Still Trapped Under the Rubble? https://sojo.net/articles/culture-opinion/if-god-can-roll-away-stones-why-are-palestinians-still-trapped-under-rubble?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

If God Can Roll Away Stones, Why Are Palestinians Still Trapped Under the Rubble? https://sojo.net/articles/if-god-can-roll-away-stones-why-are-palestinians-still-trapped-under-rubble?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

12 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2025 https://sojo.net/articles/12-christian-women-shaping-church-2025?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

John Cunningham, moderator of the Church of Scotland, describes Covenant theology. He says that the wretchedness or guilt of our neighbor should not repel us, but draw us to alleviate sufferings, and give direction or assistance of whatever nature is needed.

Today, the possibility of wretchedness (body or spirit) existing among a class of persons is deemed reason for the state to keep them away.

How can you provide assistance?

#christian #dignity #truehope #zerohunger #repentence

Is ‘Wokeness’ Worth Saving https://sojo.net/articles/interview/reconstruct/wokeness-worth-saving?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, early Christian, writes on Christians in a plague. They visited, prayed, and died with the sick without a thought of peril. They laded selves with pains.

We saw Christians object to COVID measures if it laded selves with pains. Others wanted to close borders when dark people might have a disease, but let in cruise ships full of sick white people.

How can you demonstrate exceeding love & brotherly-kindness?

#christian #churchs #TheTruth #yesandamen #repentance

Trump Administration Erases Page Honoring Trailblazing Priest, Lawyer, and Activist https://sojo.net/articles/news/trump-administration-erases-page-honoring-trailblazing-priest-lawyer-and-activist?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

Apartheid Theology Didn’t End. It Evolved https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/apartheid-theology-didn-t-end-it-evolved?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #christian #progressive #activism

#Dumb Things People Say About #Gods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMSrHo4jXVM

Not again... #Theists saying #silly things about gods and why #atheism is #stupid. But guess what... none of it sticks. But we do get to listen to some #ridiculous things that people think about #nonbelievers, and why they think they have proof for their gods... enjoy.

#sundayschool #atheism #christian #god

…it was a mistake to think that even the #Nazis would entirely dispense w/normal #laws.…They had a complex, broadly #capitalist economy to maintain. “A nation of 80M people,”…needs stable rules. The trick was to find a way to keep the #law going for #Christian Germans who supported or…tolerated the Nazis, while ruthlessly executing the #führer’s directives against the state’s enemies, real & perceived. #Capitalism could jog nicely alongside the brutal suppression of #democracy, & even #genocide.

An update on the #Legal actions taken by religious organizations against the administration since January 2025 https://religionnews.com/2025/03/18/just-two-months-in-faith-groups-have-already-sued-trump-at-least-five-times/ #Christian #EpiscopalChurch #Quaker #Sikh #Catholic #AME #Presbyterian #Judaism #immigration #funding

Charles Spurgeon was a particular Baptist preacher in London. Here he requests prayers for peace. Strife would stink. It would cause bloodshed. He says we should diligently promote those principles by which classes at home and races abroad may be bound together in amity.

Do we have people seeking strife abroad?

How can you promote peace?

#christian #caritas #theology #worldisone #regulafide

https://www.europesays.com/1934543/ Christians in Syria facing death threats, denied pay: watchdog #christian #Conflicts #HayatTahrirAlSham #Syria