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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 13, 2025 at 2:23 pm
(January 10, 2025 at 2:16 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: 'They're only demons' -- Newark exorcist shares insights at Bridgwater talk
One of the arguments I make sometimes is "where did all the demons go?". Clearly the bible portrays them as something that can happen sometime, in fact, it seems kind of common in the first century. So why did it almost stop happening in modern times? They could say that Jesus resurrection defeated the demons, but Jesus tells the disciples to go expell demons in his name after he is gone, so this doesn't work.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 13, 2025 at 2:28 pm
They had to catch em all. That's how you know pokemon is part of the satanic conspiracy to groom our kids into deviant lifestyles.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 13, 2025 at 2:29 pm
One would think the "ghost finder" app would lead to more possessions.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 12:17 pm
The Catholic Church is about to open a time window to restore the dignity of people who have had abortions and have, thus, "damaged society."
Quote:Bishop: Jubilee Year gives new hope for healing from abortion
“As we prayerfully continue the essential work of restoring full legal protection of all preborn children and supporting parents facing difficult pregnancies, we also recognize our need for asking forgiveness and healing from the Lord for when we have given in to the culture of death,” said Bishop Thomas in a statement released by the USCCB Jan. 13.
The Catholic Church teaches that “human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception,” and that abortion “willed as either an end or means is gravely contrary to the moral law.”
Bishop Thomas said those who have been involved in abortion — which “inflicts deep and lasting wounds on society” and “more directly on individuals and families” — should recall that “no sin is beyond” the Lord’s “unfathomable mercy.”
https://catholiccourier.com/articles/bis...-abortion/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 1:02 pm
^ Then they should go and put their pitchforks away and let the lord do some forgiving. My wife had a miscarriage many years ago. Cleaning up the "mess" inside (D&C) has the same insurance pay code as abortion does. Some entities did that on purpose.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 1:10 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 1:30 pm
(January 14, 2025 at 1:10 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: ![[Image: Hhh.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/sm00jdj/Hhh.jpg)
That looks more Norse than christian. I wonder if the X'ters are willing to convert?
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 3:42 pm
Looks cold!
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 4:50 pm
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Apparently stone being non-combustible is beyond their imagination, yet they easily imagine a deity that destroys their home to manifest a miracle, despite the fact that it is not by definition miraculous.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
January 14, 2025 at 5:26 pm
(January 14, 2025 at 4:50 pm)Sheldon Wrote:
Apparently stone being non-combustible is beyond their imagination, yet they easily imagine a deity that destroys their home to manifest a miracle, despite the fact that it is not by definition miraculous.
Our home burned to the ground! Praise the Loard!
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