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! 

[The Grand Nudger]

Fandom feuds can get epic. At least they haven't started stabbing each other, yet.

[Fake Messiah]

Decades after the hit horror film, demand for exorcists on the rise

"We're getting more and more people needing an exorcism," said Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a Washington, D.C.-based priest who has been conducting the solemn religious rite for more than 20 years. "There are only about 150 exorcists in the country, and they are being flooded with requests, including from many desperate people pleading for assistance. We can't keep up with the demand now - and it's only going to get worse."

"While most cases are not as intense as the 1973 movie, there are wild things that occasionally happen," said Rossetti, a licensed psychologist and the author of exorcist books, including "Diary of an American Exorcist" (2021) and "My Confrontation With Hell."

"Objects do get thrown across the room; people do vomit up strange objects; they do speak in demonic voices, often have superhuman strength and can have occult knowledge and communicate in foreign languages."

Sudden temperature drops also happen, he added, and victims do react strongly to holy water and other sacred objects. He has seen a few levitate.

Few who conduct or view the ritual are eager to discuss it, and the church generally shields the process from the tabloids. But some cases are inherently sensational, such as when Rossetti sought to liberate a woman he calls "C," who had been cursed by self-described witches.

After Rossetti and his team prayed over her, he recalled, she "vomited up an ugly, thick, black liquid" - and hours later, a text message appeared on her phone: "You'll have a migraine all night for throwing me up, bitch."

Rossetti favors sharing such experiences to bring the service to wider attention at a time when, in his view, the American public has become far less committed to formal faith practices.

Another longtime exorcist spoke to The Sun on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal from a bishop who prefers secrecy.

He said it's common for afflicted people to physically resist entering a church, have the strength to throw a grown man across a room, manifest totally white eyes, speak in Russian or Latin, or - a sign he says means a demon is being expelled -- foaming at the mouth so badly that "you have to get a bucket."

He also witnessed in Rome a victim levitating about two feet above her chair. He and four other team members had to hold her down.

He helped establish the Pope Leo XIII Institute, an educational center on exorcism, in the Chicago area in 2012, and like almost everyone in the field, he's a member of the International Association of Exorcists, an organization the church founded in 1994 and boasts more than 900 members.

The priests interviewed for this story have theories as to why exorcism is in demand. Some point to the growing number of Americans drawn to the kind of alternative practices - tarot cards, astrology, the use of Ouija boards - they believe are like catnip to demons.

Rossetti said there are three steps toward "getting possessed" - abandoning one's faith life, committing serious sins, and practicing the occult - and "a frightening number of people, including young people, going down this path.

https://www.miamiherald.com/living/artic...53519.html

Funny how devil posses humans who leave faith and play D&D but not those who protect pedophiles.

[Fake Messiah]

Guys, please don't use any kind of magic, even the white magic. White magic is just as bad as black magic - it just gives you the illusion that you have the power, but it's demonic powers either way.

'Witchcraft Killed My Dad': Ex-Witch's Horrific Journey Out of Terror to Christ

Julie Lopez says she was walking in “darkness” until her father’s horrific suicide snapped her and her family out of generations of witchcraft and into relationships with Jesus.

“I basically come from five generations of witchcraft,” she recently told CBN’s Faithwire. “I think it actually goes [further back], but … it ends in me. I cut that generational curse.”

“Witchcraft is, basically, when you are controlling and manipulating people … through rituals and through things,” she said, noting that there are different types of practices.

While some believe they are practicing “white magic” — a supposedly “good” tradition — she said there’s no such thing as safe or appropriate magic. This white magic often takes the form of healing rituals and other such methods.

The opposite, which is black magic, looks quite different.

“Black witchcraft [is] more about manipulating people, sacrifices, and doing certain things to have our way,” Lopez said. “Witchcraft is always going to try to make you think that you have the power.”

She likened this dynamic to what New Age practices promise people: Control to declare and “manifest” things into existence. Lopez said witchcraft makes people feel they’re the only ones with power.

“I was introduced to this concept of, ‘You need to be careful with the things that you declare. You need to start declaring positive things. You can change your atmosphere,'” she said. “It was apparently all good, [but] as I always say, it doesn’t matter if it’s white or black witchcraft; what is important is: who is the source? Who is guiding this experience?”

Lopez now believes it was demons guiding her, regardless of the type of magic she was pursuing.

Her family used both white and black witchcraft, with Lopez being introduced to the latter around age 15.

Much of the activity she engaged in was with the help of a so-called spirit guide, which she also now believes was demonic, though it didn’t present that way.

“They don’t come to you as demons … they come to you as … angels and they proclaim that they’re angels of light,” Lopez said. “And so you think, ‘Oh, wow, I have an angel.’”

Over time, Lopez began to cut herself, which eventually turned to suicidal inclinations. The intensity of the spiritual anguish led her to feel as though she should ultimately become the sacrifice, she said.

“I went like really deep, really dark … they were asking me to do bigger things, and, by that point, it was like, ‘Cut yourself.’ And I was just cutting myself,” she said. “I was kind of trying to cut myself to give them blood and wanted my life to be like a sacrifice for this. So, I, I felt at some point — I never shared this — but, ‘At some point, I have to be the sacrifice. I have to die. I need to do it.'”

Tragically, death eventually did strike the family. Lopez faced the ultimate horror when her father committed suicide. She believes the witchcraft led to his death — and to the familial chaos that followed.

Lopez initially struggled. She was angry and confused, though she eventually started attending church and learned there was another way to live.