Stupid things religious people say

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Prophet Donna Rigney claims she opened a portal over the White House & Mar-a-Lago so Trump will now "easily be able to get intel from the Holy Spirit": "God is easily going to be able to give him wisdom for decisions he has to make." Also, a "profile of an angel's face" appeared in the clouds

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CHRISTIANS: "Every religion except Christianity is demonic."

Meanwhile, Christianity:

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According to Premier Christianity, weddings between men and women were dead because of the secular culture, but now Taylor Swift’s wedding is bringing them back. Because people are puppets who never think for themselves but are simply told what to do by the church or the dreaded secular culture.

And since Christianity always promoted heterosexual marriage, it is logical to assume that people will be hopping to churches and Sunday masses.

Not to mention that Taylor and Kelce’s wedding was SECULAR.

Culture told us that marriage is outdated. Taylor Swift’s wedding says otherwise

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding has been celebrated by women across the West as if it were the news of a close friend. Lois McLatchie Miller argues that the fascination reveals a longing for love that our culture has often taught women to minimise – and one that the Church can breathe life back into.

It is difficult to imagine a more powerful reminder that career success and public acclaim cannot satisfy the deepest longings of the human heart.

That should not surprise Christians. The Bible begins not with human achievement but with relationship. “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). Marriage is never presented merely as a social convention but as part of God’s good design, ultimately pointing beyond itself to Christ’s covenant love for his Church.

Christians should not accept the modern assumption that marriage and motherhood are somehow lesser aspirations for capable women.

Perhaps that is why Swift’s wedding has resonated so widely. It arrives at a moment when marriage itself has become increasingly out of reach for many young people.

In promoting marriage on a worldwide scale, Taylor has accidentally achieved what the Church have been too shy to do for some time. But the Church has an even more powerful and healing message about marriage – not that it brings personal fulfilment, but that it is an imperfect mirror to the deep, unfailing love that God has for us.

The audience is ready. Millions of millennials want to know what our culture has recommended they postpone, delay or dismiss. Christians have an opportunity to speak into that longing – not by idolising marriage, nor by diminishing singleness, but by recovering a beautiful vision of covenant, commitment and family as gifts from God.

https://www.premierchristianity.com/opin...30.article

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Would you baptize your kid 500 euros?

500 Euro per capita bonus for each person being baptized

Peter Löw, a self-made millionaire from Starnberg, donates to parents in the parish who are having their child baptized. The first family arrives at church with three children – and collects the money in cash on hand.

The Catholic parish community of Starnberg has now launched the campaign „Starnberg Guardian Angels“: Parents of children up to the age of three who have their offspring baptized in Starnberg will receive 500 euros in cash to start their Christian life.

The idea comes from Peter Löw, who has made a lot of money in countless business dealings over the past few years. The Starnberg self-made millionaire and author is a devout Catholic, a churchgoer and a father of eight. And now he wants to do good and –at least a little – save the Catholic Church: The action „Starnberg guardian angel“ is intended to encourage imitation.

A per capita premium for Catholic baptisms? That's not how parish priest Andreas Jall wants the action to be understood. „We get nothing out of it“, he insists. Nevertheless, he expressly welcomes Löw's donation, because raising children in general and baptism in particular have increasingly become a matter of cost. Jall also sees the baptismal bonus as an advertising measure for the Catholic Church. „But it shouldn't come across as us shopping for believers here“, says the pastor. For him, families and children are the future; the Starnberg parish community is merely a mediator in the gift-giving campaign.

Good faith is generally not available at no cost to Christians. This is especially known to people who are liable for taxes: Eight percent of the income tax goes to the church. In economically tense times, this may also be one of the reasons why more and more believers are turning away: In 2025, 307,117 people nationwide left the Catholic Church. Including deaths, the total number of Catholics fell by about 550,000 to around 19.22 million members. That's only 23 percent of the total population. In Starnberg, too, the church community shrank by a thousand people within ten years to its current 7000 members, reports Jall. Thinking about the future: having young talent certainly can't hurt.

Löw is providing a total of 20,000 euros for the campaign „Starnberg guardian angel“. The offer is valid until 31. December for the first 40 children. The patron wants to give each family 500 euros for their child's baptism –albeit with limited reach: In order to set the right priorities and prevent „baptismal tourism“, the children must be no more than three years old and must be registered in the Catholic parish community of Starnberg; this includes Starnberg, Söcking, Hanfeld, Perchting, Hadorf and Landstetten. Protestant members of the faith are excluded, as are Catholics living in Percha or Wangen.

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/sta...li.3515310

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Fans of Apostle Kathryn Krick from 5F Church in Los Angeles react as they meet her and receive her new book.