Stupid things religious people say

[Fake Messiah]

“A Slap in the Face to Every Christian”

Nikki Haley’s Son Nalin Blasts Vivek Ramaswamy Over ‘Blasphemous’ Holy Trinity Comparison to Hindu Deities

The controversy centers on remarks Ramaswamy made during a Turning Point USA event in Montana, where he drew theological parallels between Christian and Hindu concepts of the divine.

Nalin Haley, a 24-year-old recent convert to Catholicism, took to X with a scathing rebuke of Ramaswamy’s comments.

“Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse. Comparing the Holy Trinity to your 330 million gods is blasphemous, disrespectful, and a slap in the face to every Christian,” Nalin wrote, according to Livemint. “If you’re gonna run for governor in a state that is Christian, have the decency to learn our faith and not slander it.”

Ramaswamy’s comments came during an exchange with a young Christian attendee at a University of Minnesota event who questioned whether his Hindu faith aligned with “Christian values.”

Ramaswamy responded by explaining that he practices monotheism through the Vedanta tradition of Advaita philosophy and suggested conceptual similarities between Hindu understanding of divine manifestations and the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity. “Doesn’t make you a polytheist, does it?” Ramaswamy reportedly asked, adding that both faiths reconcile “the one and the many.”

https://americankahani.com/politics/nikk...y-trinity/

[Fake Messiah]

"I just heard future aborted fetuses cry"


A GOP lawmaker, Nate Schatzline, says he entered politics after hearing what he believed was a baby crying—until, he says, God told him it was actually the sound of aborted fetuses:

I was out on a prayer run one day. I was praying for my students, for our church. And about that time, I heard the sound of a baby crying. I took out my headphones. I look around. I was in the desert. We lived in California at the time, and now we're back in God's country in Texas.

I looked around, couldn't find anything, so I kept jogging. About a mile later, I heard the same baby crying. And all of a sudden the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, that's the sound of the unborn that are going to die if you don't run for office and protect the unborn. And it was this moment where I was woken up.

[Ravenshire]

"I just heard future aborted fetuses cry"


A GOP lawmaker, Nate Schatzline, says he entered politics after hearing what he believed was a baby crying—until, he says, God told him it was actually the sound of aborted fetuses:

I was out on a prayer run one day. I was praying for my students, for our church. And about that time, I heard the sound of a baby crying. I took out my headphones. I look around. I was in the desert. We lived in California at the time, and now we're back in God's country in Texas.

I looked around, couldn't find anything, so I kept jogging. About a mile later, I heard the same baby crying. And all of a sudden the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, that's the sound of the unborn that are going to die if you don't run for office and protect the unborn. And it was this moment where I was woken up.

(my bold)

Is it just me, or did a Rethugnican just admit to being "woke?"

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

“A Slap in the Face to Every Christian”

Nikki Haley’s Son Nalin Blasts Vivek Ramaswamy Over ‘Blasphemous’ Holy Trinity Comparison to Hindu Deities

The controversy centers on remarks Ramaswamy made during a Turning Point USA event in Montana, where he drew theological parallels between Christian and Hindu concepts of the divine.

Nalin Haley, a 24-year-old recent convert to Catholicism, took to X with a scathing rebuke of Ramaswamy’s comments.

“Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse. Comparing the Holy Trinity to your 330 million gods is blasphemous, disrespectful, and a slap in the face to every Christian,” Nalin wrote, according to Livemint. “If you’re gonna run for governor in a state that is Christian, have the decency to learn our faith and not slander it.”

Ramaswamy’s comments came during an exchange with a young Christian attendee at a University of Minnesota event who questioned whether his Hindu faith aligned with “Christian values.”

Ramaswamy responded by explaining that he practices monotheism through the Vedanta tradition of Advaita philosophy and suggested conceptual similarities between Hindu understanding of divine manifestations and the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity. “Doesn’t make you a polytheist, does it?” Ramaswamy reportedly asked, adding that both faiths reconcile “the one and the many.”

https://americankahani.com/politics/nikk...y-trinity/

He said that like slapping Christians in the face is a BAD thing.

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

I recently watched a couple of videos of Kent Hovind "debating" evolution with scientists. EVERYTHING he has to say is stupid. The guy is an ignoramus waving his ignorance around like a flag of pride. He's been using the same creationist script for decades, regardless of how many times he's been powned by experts.

[Fake Messiah]

I talked about this earlier about how Christian groups are criticizing the popular TV show "The Chosen" for inventing (additional) myths about Jesus that are not in the New testament.

This time it's the Catholics and they make some interesting points, but they don't understand the demand and supply that has been creating myths about Jesus for the last 2000 years. But they do come close: But now, as the series enters its sixth season—with exclusive theatrical premieres, multiple spin-off series in development, “ChosenCon” events modeled after Comic-Con, and a growing merchandise empire—it seems fair to ask deeper questions about a lucrative production enterprise firmly entrenched in the mainstream.

I mean, just take how many non biblical myths do Chatolics take for granted that are not in the Bible. Like that Mary flew to the sky, trinity, that Peter was in Rome and that he died there, names of Jesus' grandparents who presented their young daughter in the Temple in Jerusalem to be consecrated, purgatory, that a strong man carried Christ child across the river, and so on.

‘The Chosen’ may be inspiring—but its theology isn’t inspired

Consider first its sheer length. The gospels—relatively short texts—can each be read in a couple of hours. With roughly 37 hours of content so far, The Chosen radically exceeds its source material. It is one thing to imagine gospel stories in greater detail; it is quite another to devote hours to entirely invented storylines.

Why does Jesus walk on water and save Peter from drowning? In the series, Peter’s wife, Eden, has a miscarriage while Peter is away with Jesus. When he returns, the rift between them grows until Jesus intervenes and Eden prays for Peter’s growth in faith.

Not only are these relational dynamics troubling, but they also upend the rich theological meaning of Jesus walking on water. So enamored is the series with its imagined backstories and subplots that it borders on reducing the gospels to sketches of some greater story we have yet to hear.

The series’ website claims: “All the Bible and historical context and any artistic imagination are designed to support the truth and intention of the Scriptures.” But how does this play out? For example, according to The Chosen, how did the gospels come about?

Contemporary Catholic biblical scholarship holds that the four gospels were written by people who likely did not have firsthand experience of the historical Jesus. Renowned biblical scholar Father Raymond Brown traced the Gospel of John’s origins and contributors, dating it to 60–70 years after Jesus’ death.

The Chosen instead depicts John the apostle—a fisherman in a Roman Empire where only about 5 percent of the population was literate—writing down Jesus’ words verbatim. Likewise, it shows Matthew not only recording Jesus’ words but doing so at Jesus’ explicit request.

At one point, Mary Magdalene even refers to Matthew as Jesus’ “scribe.” Father Donald Senior, member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, writes in Composing Sacred Scripture: How the Bible Was Formed (LTP) that the gospel writers were “true authors,” not “secretaries.” In other words, the texts were not dictated to them but crafted with their own gifts, aided by the Holy Spirit.

The Chosen, however, portrays the apostles frantically writing down Jesus’ words in real time—despite no mention of such an intention in the gospels themselves. As The Chosen is used in Bible studies, classrooms, and as Christian entertainment, this not only undermines biblical scholarship and creates historical misunderstandings but also encourages problematic, literal interpretations.

https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/t...-inspired/

[Fireball]

Boohoo, someone is messing with my fiction!