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Those who actually try to follow Biblical precepts such as “love your neighbor as yourself” and “deal out your bread to the hungry and provide shelter to the poor” (Isa. 58:7, one of my favorites, slightly paraphrased) find it bizarre, to say the...
by Dan K
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 09:59 AM PDT
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So a couple weeks ago I mentioned that last Saturday there would be no TC diary because I was going to be singing Bruckner. And it was GLORIOUS. We heard from patrons that our opening number blew ...
by zenbassoon
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on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrqNzRn4DE Greetings and welcome to A Song of Zion, our weekly check-in and virtual minyan for Jews on Daily Kos. This is an open thread, and we treat it as a safe space for Jewish folks here. Non-Jews are welcome...
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 04:36 PM PDT
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Even (or especially) when sore loser/aspiring Leader for Life Donald Trump channels his inner Fuhrer (with, among other things, screams for “vengeance” on “vermin”), his cult follows as if in lock step. Or in jack boots. And now (as if inspired by CPAC...
by Inspector Clueso
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 09:14 AM PST
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I was feeling nostalgic and looked up an old blog of mine...from 2008. This was not the beginning of the blog movement, rather the blog thing had been in full swing for a number of years (neither know nor care about how many years). I had reread some...
by mlwalton13
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on Sat Aug 26, 2023 at 08:30 AM PDT
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I’ve often fantasized about creating a belief system based on the Universe as the true creator of all things big and small. And being a preacher who preaches the same. It’s taken time to come to such a conclusion, the polar opposite of what I was...
by psychusa
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on Sat Sep 23, 2023 at 06:07 AM PDT
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I work in churches and with faith-based non-profit spaces, some of which are way the hell ahead of the rest of the national conversation on reparations, and most of which are struggling with their own declining memberships and revenues calling their...
by velocipastor
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on Thu Feb 23, 2023 at 09:23 AM PST
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Let me start by saying I respect, vote for and fight for the right to follow your faith, and to hold what ever beliefs you choose. (As long as you don’t harm or try to force you beliefs on others) However, I don’t RESPECT you faith. To me faith is not...
by codo
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 12:16 PM PST
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A diary that's part of the current conversation that was kicked off by claims of "faith shaming" recently stated the following, “No human can positively confirm the existence or nonexistence of any deity.” Except...despite what people love to say on...
by CaliforniaFrances
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 10:18 AM PST
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As a not particularly good non-theist Buddhist [what a mouthful], raised a Lutheran and partnered with a Catholic, the existence of god, gods and other “superior” beings is an unnecessary irrelevancy. Buddha pretty much agreed with this, as he neither...
by LaFeminista
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 04:47 AM PST
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Hundreds of conservative Christian activists and a handful of local far-right extremists, led by the right-wing Christian group United Revival, marched through Santa Monica on Saturday. At its peak, the crowd size was estimated to be around 650 people....
by VPSReports
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on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 09:02 AM PST
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The designations “atheist” and “believer” should not be relevant to this forum. It is a policy forum, and the framing of issues should be purely secular. The association of religious and political practices has a long history in America. Temperance was...
by bkbalke
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on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 05:50 AM PST
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Those words are on a bumper sticker frequently seen throughout the United States’ Bible belt. The sentiment sums up the reality of all religious people, regardless of their cult: “my authority says it’s true, so I believe it and there’s no room for...
by thirdworldman
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on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 11:09 AM PST
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[Just a note to say thank you for the brief Rec List and the many kind and thoughtful comments. I’ll take that as a proof of concept :) ] [Added some text to the bullet points to clarify my position on DKos interactions and in response to the folks who...
by J Ash Bowie
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on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 12:27 PM PST
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Christmas Eve one year, we went to friends’ house for some cheer. At the end of the evening, they loaded me up with a basket full of jars of pickles, packages of crackers and cheese, and a bottle of wine. We said goodbye on their snowy porch and I...
by kay dub
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on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 06:58 AM PST
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Reportedly, H. L. Mencken wrote something to the effect of, “A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the one who finds the cat.” As much as I like this quote, I have an interest in both...
by quijotesco
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 10:39 PM PST
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CHRISTIANS WHO ARE CHALLENGING CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM I am posting this information in reaction to recent diaries about religious faith. In the journey of my life, I have been sympathetic to both points of view (Christian and atheist). I believe a...
by BreathingdeeplywhenIcan
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 08:39 PM PST
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Just for the record, this complete and utter non-Christian, AND non-atheist, does know a few decent, honest people who are professing Christians. These are the folks who live their lives as if there was actually a single God of Love up there, whom they...
by sorex59
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 04:54 PM PST
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Religion/Faith/Spirituality only becomes a problem when it’s adherents decide they know what is best for others than those actual others do, and attempt to gain power and control over those others. History is lousy with this nonsense and there are...
by AndyT
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 04:15 PM PST
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I’ve never been more ashamed of the community here than over the last few days. One troll diary posts about how much she hates religion, and we are all at each other’s throats. Shame on all of us. Our tribal nature has been exploited here. We are...
by blueMN
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 03:39 PM PST
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