I mean I love this comparison, but it's wrong.

Trump demonstratively spent time in the St Peter in Rome taking to Zelensky and attending the inauguration.

I don't believe this comparison is created to celebrate his stamina.

Just to be clear this kind of response has no impact on evangelicals.

They see it as a holy war.

I wish Christians were persecuted anywhere near the extent they claim to be.

It truly bothers me that our response to God believers is "We have to respect them" and our response to trans people is "They are delusional!"

When it should be the other way around. After all Transpeople and gender dysphoria are real and measurable. God is neither.

I'm tired of these people who worship deities tell me there's no such thing as trans. That I am not a woman because "God doesn't make mistakes."

Newsflash - If God was real the existence of birth defects proves he does make mistakes.

If masculinity is God's will so is bad eyesight. Burn your satanic glasses.

I recently started reading Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang. I highly recommend it, especially if you aren’t religious. I saw the author on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and he convinced me to read it.

The book is about why Christian Nationalists are wrong. They’ve stolen Christianity from true Christians.

It gives you the tools and knowledge to debate those people by analyzing verse from the Bible more closely with the context to the era.

Some things you might not know that I learned:

• Jesus was a Palestinian.

• Paul never met Jesus. His books of the bible were actually letters he wrote to someone else about the scripture. His words about the scripture weren’t meant to be applied to his own letters.

• The Bible often contradicts itself. Sometimes, in the same book. Paul, for example, wrote that women should be submissive and never speak, but then he had a female deacon.

Has there been a single recent example of Christians being persecuted in the US ? Wtf are these people on about

Reminds me of this:

What would they be if they weren't victims?

Persecution fetishists gonna persecution fetish.

What's so unhealthy is that none of it is a rock, but the very sand they warn about, how convenient, projection been going on a long time! Same with all the other supernatural systems that preceded it by thousands of years and that came after. It's a compilation of what worked best for men in power to keep it, and supernatural stories controlled people better than force alone.

Other tricks they use to keep people hooked, indoctrinate from birth, offer belonging*, simplify thinking with phrases to repeat, must say/think the right words for alleged, but no proof of later reward, fear/reward cycle, cortisol, dopamine, oxytocin, guilt/shame/blame and they are the only one that can fix it, how convenient! It's been used for so long most think it's good to not have healthy skepticism and encourage curiosity and growth, transcend the ego control. Real truth sets us free from the low-level thinking and high-control and associated unhealthy ways. Big claims require big proof as Sagan said. We are waves of one ocean made of stardust, the cosmos observing itself, for this short time, nothing after, nothing to balance the ledger of suffering now.

*conditional

Accurate.

I don't understand how there are so many Christians these days. It feels like it's has a resurgence recently.

Cool, does she stand for my equally firm belief of not being Christian? What about my rights as a pagan? Because I for one believe we should all keep our religions out of the government

So less than three minutes if you include her mouth to try and get him chubbed enough that she could pretend he could get it inside.

I apologize for the imagery.

God often works with imperfect vessels!

https://www.tiktok.com/@knothead9620/video/7136757834095529259

I don't think this guy is really a priest, but the message is still true.