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yes! That always freaked me out too!!!!!

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Pope Leo is being called “the anti-MAGA” Pope. While he is no fan of Trump or his administration I don’t think he’s anti-MAGA so much as just “pro Gospel”. That MAGA and the teachings of Jesus are completely contradictory should be obvious to anyone with even a cursory familiarly with the Gospel.

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2/ Treating killers in the same inhumane way they treated their victims makes us no better. It’s especially hypocritical when it’s “devout Christians” demanding someone’s death or refusing to commute a death sentence.

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As Pope Leo has pointed out, those who are against abortion but in favour of the death penalty cannot call themselves “pro-life”. There is no justifying or excusing what Christa Pike did but the botched execution shows exactly why the death penalty needs to be abolished. /1

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Michael J. Fox is promoted from Officer of the Order of Canada (2010) to Companion of the Order of Canada - the highest level of the honour - by Governor General Louise Arbour.

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Note to Responders: This is meant to be funny. Don’t go too deep with it. Honestly. Not worth your time.

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I doubt it was a “spoof of religion” generally. Although Schultz’s own views changed from deeply religious to “humanist secularism” at the time these cartoons were made he was quite deeply evangelical. He has said that what he was highlighting was the tenacity of faith in the face of scepticism.

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Sadly (thankfully?) it was in the days before livestreaming :)

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Yes! One Christmas Eve, I processed into the centre of the aisle Said "Lights please", pulled out a blue blanket and in a Linus-voice (not difficult as I still sound like a pre-pubescent treble), told the story, walked ito the pulpit and said "That's the meaning of Christmas, Charlie Brown".

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I have often wondered if it enrages Evangelicals that Linus is standing on a stage, proclaiming the nativity of Christ as "the real meaning of Christmas" when two months earlier he was waiting in a pumpkin patch for his great Halloween deity to appear.

Linus reciting the Nativity story from Luke's Gospel in "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

Linus in a pumpkin patch holding a sign saying "Welcome Great Pumpkin" in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".

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I agree, but to be fair the article (and my post) wasn't calling on the rapists to "repent "(and therefore be absolved) but calling on men generally to change their ways of accepting and even supporting misogyny in the attitudes, words and behaviours of both themselves and other men.

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I think we probably agree on quite a lot of things

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Even the Nazis found religion a useful tool.

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Christian nationalists aren’t particularly known for their biblical exegesis.

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Pete Hegseth Announces New Office of Religious Affairs.

The irony, as @brcremer.bsky.social points out in a Substack article is that this bears more resemblance to the atheist totalitarian regime of the former Soviet Union than it does to anything “western and democratic”.

benjamin-cremer.kit.com

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As a Christian, I certainly wouldn’t want that. I imagine that Christian Nationalists DO want to dictate what “the faith” entails and who it does and does not include. Certainly as an openly gay, “progressive” Anglican, I doubt they’d even consider me a Christian.

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5/ All Americans should vigorously oppose this and all Christians should resist the further weaponization of their faith for political power in the Name of one who called his followers to love their neighbours in self-giving service, not to dominate them in selfish imposition of their beliefs.

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4/ The armed forces rely on a diverse community of all faiths and no faith. Weaponizing the Department of Defense to favour a specific religious ideology undermines cohesion, alienates secular and minority-faith troops, and openly tramples the separation of church and state.

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3/ This isn't an isolated move. It follows a quiet push to slash recognized military religious categories down to 31 and the removal of "atheist" as an individual preference option for service members. This isn't about protecting multi-faith religious freedom—it's Christian nationalism

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2/ The rhetoric surrounding the announcement is raising massive red flags. Hegseth explicitly cited Psalm 33:12 (“blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”) and declared the military is putting on the “full armor of God”. The Pentagon’s job is to defend the Constitution, not a specific theology

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just announced a new Pentagon "Office of Religious Affairs" that reports directly to him. Bypassing traditional command structures, Hegseth claims this will give chaplains an advocate with "real teeth" at the highest level of leadership

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I 💯 percent thought he was dead.

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I am assuming that that is exactly what happened, yes. though I do believe Chester paraphrased a little by saying “Dog does not live by liver treats alone”.

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Chester’s Daycare Report Card. Clearly ensuring that the staff know that their chief responsibility is to pet him.

Demeanour may vary throughout their stay: good natured, pleasant, polite, so cute! Observing, affectionate, adorable, joyful, the sweetest dog ever, do you have any idea how good it feels to be pet?

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Chester made two new friends at Daycare: Both made the mistake of trying to lure Chester from “his place” at the top of the ramp leading up to the window. Edison tried to get Chester to play. Carly tried seduction. Chester, like Jesus in the desert, resisted all temptation. #DailyChester

Chester sitting near a window ignoring another dog standing behind him.

Chester still at same window, ignoring another dog who is pushing her nose into his face.

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Thank goodness for FOX News to expose these things!

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