Stupid things religious people say

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Christians Who Think Iran’s Protests Mean Jesus Is Returning

For some Christians, the Iranian protests are more than just a popular uprising; they are the fulfillment of ancient Biblical prophecies that foretell the second coming of the Messiah.

The dark side of this theology is that in this version of the end times, once the Messiah comes, the Jews will either convert to Christianity or perish.

For Christian Zionists, Iran is “an embodiment of the satanic force of fundamentalist Islam, arrayed in a ‘clash of civilizations’ against the Judeo-Christian West, represented by America and Israel.” The uprising, therefore, is a good thing—but not only because of liberation from an oppressive regime. “An apocalyptic war between these players is often seen as a precondition and sure sign of the End Times,” and by extension, the second coming.

There is some disagreement as to exactly what part of the Bible predicts the current geopolitical situation. Some believe that God is using President Trump to protect Israel from Iran. That Trump is a “modern-day Cyrus,” an Old Testament Persian king whom God used to free the Jews, his chosen people.

For other evangelicals, current events echo the Old Testament book of Daniel, in which Michael, Israel’s guardian angel, battles a demon named the Prince of Persia. After a long period of suffering and much turmoil, God ultimately wins.

Others see yet another Bible story playing out—but with the same outcome. This particular prophecy can be found in the book of Jeremiah, in which God promises to wipe out the brutal military forces in the Iranian city of Elam before restoring order there.

Last week, the Christian Zionist news site Israel365 News ran an article that focuses on Marziyeh Amirizadeh, an Iranian Christian who fled to the United States when she was imprisoned and sentenced to death for her conversion. In it, she describes a 2009 dream she had when she was in prison. “God said that He is giving a chance to these people to repent, and if they do not, He will destroy them all,” she explains. And now, with the protests, “God’s justice against the evil rulers of Iran has already started, and he will destroy them all to restore his kingdom through Jesus.”

Tim Ballard, who has been accused of sexual misconduct and is the leader of an anti-trafficking group, posted to his 166,000 followers earlier this month, “Jesus is also making a move in Iran.” Over the last few days, Trad West, an anonymous account on X with 430,000 followers, has repeatedly posted “Iran will be Christian.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/202...returning/

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Putting wheels on the cross to make it easier to carry is probably the most American Evangelical thing ever.

All of the victimhood but none of the sacrifice.

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Sheikh and Islamic scholar in California says that a woman captured in war becomes a slave and can be sexually abused because that's approved according to the Quran.

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Here's a sighting of fairies described by Reverend Edward Williams, in a letter dated 24 March 1772.

The sighting happened 25 years earlier when he was seven years old, but even 25 years later, all this was still very real to Williams: so much so that reading the encounter now is rather like being there in real time, gasping from the terror of pursuit, seeing in detail numbers and colours, and even the uncanny motion of the approaching fairy man.

He was playing with the girls in a field called Kae-kaled in Denbighshire, Wales, ‘near the stile which is next Lanelwyd house’, when suddenly

we perceived a company of dancers, in the middle of the field, about seventy yards from us. We could not tell their numbers, because of the swiftness of their motions, which seemed to be after the manner of Morris-dancers (something uncommonly wild in their motions) but after looking some time we came to guess that their number might be about fifteen or sixteen. They were clothed in red like soldiers, with red handkerchiefs spotted with yellow about their heads. They seemed to be a little bigger than we, but of a dwarfish appearance.

Presently we saw one of them coming away from the company in a running pace; upon seeing this we began to be afraid and ran to the stile.

Barbara Jones went over the stile first, next her sister, next to that my sister, and last of all myself: while I was creeping up the stile, my sister staying to help me, I looked back and saw him just by me; upon which I cried out, my sister also cried out, and took hold of me under her arm to draw me over; and when my feet had just come over, I still crying and looking back, we saw him reaching after me, leaning on the stile; but did not come over.

Away we ran towards the house, called the people out, and went trembling towards the place; which might be about one hundred and fifty yards from the house: but though we came so soon to see, yet we could see nothing of them. He who came near us had a grim countenance, a wild and somewhat fierce look. He came towards us in a slow running pace, but with long steps for a little one. His complexion was copper-coloured, which might be significative of his disposition and condition; for they were not good, but therefore bad Spirits . . . and he looked rather old than young.

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"Make heaven crowded" sounds like they're going to drink something funny.

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Man performs milk-offering ritual to gods in the Ganges river in India while poor hungry children try to collect it to drink.

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That's a crying shame.

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A Christian columnist from a conservative newspaper advises a young man not to marry his atheist girlfriend because she may roll her eyes or say something smart when God is mentioned.

But, you know, it is the atheists who are angry, who need to learn how to have an open mind, and who are hateful.

A young reader hopes to marry his girlfriend—but she has an ‘adverse’ reaction to God, whereas he’s becoming more religious. Should he say ‘I do’? Our advice columnist weighs in.

Matthew, you’ve already set off on a journey. I don’t believe you can or should force its end. You believe in God and you want your faith to deepen. You’re working on it. You want Christianity to be an even bigger part of your life. And here’s what I want you to know: If you think you have a relationship with God now, just wait until you have children.

The moment you have kids, God is everywhere. In the rhythmic whoosh-whoosh of the first ultrasound. In your baby’s every kick. And in the clarion cry of life, echoing Abraham—“Here I am!”—the moment your red-faced child announces her birth with a howl.

These exquisite moments you’ll want to share with your wife and not have her turn away when you very naturally mention God. These miracles you’ll want to see registered in her expression. When you are overwhelmed, you’ll want to pray and not have her look at you as if you could be taking out the trash instead of wasting precious time.

When you tell your children that God loves them, and she rolls her eyes, will you suffer the contempt gracefully? When she teaches them that the natural world is all there is, will you hold your tongue?

You know now what I’m working up to, and it’s this: Don’t marry her, Matthew. You can have all kinds of successful relationships with someone whose worldview is profoundly different from yours—but not marriage.

You can still appreciate your girlfriend, Matthew. You may love her. Maybe she’ll make a fantastic wife—but not for you. Building a life with her would be betting that a house divided can somehow stand, though its foundations are cracked from the outset.

https://www.thefp.com/p/tough-love-can-i...an-atheist

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Talking about fairies, there's is a book called "Table Talk" about the life and sayings of Martin Luther written by people who knew him. That book claims that Luther encountered a boy in Dessau who had severe intellectual disability, probably Prader-Willi Syndrome. Luther described the child as a massa carnis (mass of flesh) who did nothing but eat and excrete.

Luther argued the child had no soul and was a substitute left by fairies—a changeling.

He advised the Prince of Anhalt to drown the boy in the Moldau River to rid the community of the presence of fairies. But the Prince did not follow the advice.

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"So? The church is just modernizing, although not by changing its views on gay marriage or gender roles or reproductive healthcare but on how it collects money."



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