"And I want to say please take a long step back read the New Testament for all it's worth and you'll find that the the ideology of MAGA and it is an ideology, has become an idolatry, where you're in effect worshiping your own ethnicity and trying to exalt that to hook it into various pictures of what's going on in the Middle East in a way which actually deconstructs complete completely the teaching of Jesus.

What happened to I am meek and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your soul?

What happened to Mark 10 where Jesus says the rulers of this age lord it over their subjects and they boss them and bully them about. We're going to do it
the other way up.

Let the one who wants to be great be your servant. The one who wants to be first be the slave of all because the son of man didn't come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

In other words, when you look at Jesus in the New Testament, when you read the sermon on the mount, when you read the Nazareth manifesto in Luke 4, when you track back to those great pictures of the wolf and the lamb lying down together in Isaiah and so on, which the New Testament picks up on... what on earth has any of that got to do with the present volatile warmongering MAGA ideology?

So my message to my beloved American friends is please reread the New Testament, kneel at the foot of the cross and learn a different way."

per the above few astute posts... it might be nice to know what most 'Christians' in the US don't understand about their religion:

Lamp... I can't wait for the Trump Tehran Casino Hotel Golf Course and Mosque!

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's record-low economic approval rating

Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump

"A three-time US Olympian and canoeist was arrested on Friday after noticing a partly detached piece of the blue liner and reaching into the water to see what it felt like, he said.

"I didn't vandalize anything," David Hearn, who had been cycling, told the Washington Post. "I didn't destroy or break or peel anything. By the time I realized what was going on, I was being put in handcuffs."

"Trump acknowledges real problems' at reflecting pool after $14m makeover, blaming vandalism'

Donald Trump has blamed "vandalism" for "real problems" at Washington's reflecting pool after an algae bloom in the wake of a $14.2m renovation of the site he declared would turn it "American flag" blue. Paint has also been seen peeling off in the water.

He also made claims that vandals had been arrested.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday afternoon, Trump claimed, again with no evidence whatsoever, that "multiple individuals" had been arrested by US park police for "vandalizing our Nations magnificent Reflecting Poll".

"Who would do such a thing?" Trump wrote. "These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair."

Trump also claimed in his post that the algae problem was largely under control, suggesting it was "75% gone" and the issue would soon be "completely remedied".

Law enforcement is "actively investigating this situation", he claimed, and "will hopefully have it resolved soon".

The Department of the Interior did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Trump's statement."

One might expect the Dome of the Rock to be next... making room for the 3rd Temple.

Then there'll really be a war.

#30

Visitor celebrates Cinco de Mayo with ICE cream.

The Difference is that the Christianity isn't Platonism, and really never was in the Eastern Church, but much more so in the West.

Much like the idea of the Rapture in this country is different than the original and current Eastern Church; here it's more like a relatively recent book and movie than scripture.

The divergent influence of Plato doesn't change the original meaning of scripture, which is New Creation; Heaven on Earth in an eternal physical body, not a soul somewhere in space.

The word in used for soul in Hebrew is best understood as, 'the self'.

"You are spot on. In biblical Hebrew, the word most frequently translated as "soul" is nephesh ().

Rather than an immortal, non-physical essence trapped in a body, scholars and linguists emphasize that nephesh is better understood as the whole person, your life, or simply your "self"."

Live at Bonnaroo Campground

the Beaver song

dropped yesterday

- "soul goes to heaven"

Which is Plato, not Christianity. Unfortunately there was some Middle Ages confusion on the subject.

I saw no one fight for nothin'
Against twenty godless fiends
You could fill a man with gold
And there'd still be room for greed
So I rent a mind and borrow words
For thoughts I cannot say
This'll be the way it is
This and not some other way

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Whomever runs for the Dems should have a an Obama as VP; nothing says Barack can't be VP. But Michelle got enough death threats for her and her family not to ever want them to have anything to do with holding political office now.

Also, as she said, this country is not ready for any woman President.

Had a driver the other day, young kid from Cuba who told me he crossed the 90 miles in a boat (illegally) to get here.

He said that the people get paid in pesos, but everything they buy is for dollars; he was making 16 dollars a week there.

We talked about how the State was like Russia and China, in that even the local Police work for the State, not the People... so corruption was rampant there just as in Russia and China, who have increasing presence in Cuba for years he said.

He talked about how Marco Rubio's father is (was?) Cuban, so he hopes that there will be 'regime change' there, in another place in the world that badly needs it.

His Mom is still there, and he's saving money to get her across. Asked him his name, and he told me... it was the Spanish of my name. We had a good laugh at that.

Regime change is hard werk once there's an Authoritarian Regime in place; something we should be more mindful of in this country.

"Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire agreement Friday to end their fighting in Lebanon, three diplomats briefed on the matter told CBS News.

It comes after violence flared overnight in a major test of the durability of the U.S.-Iran deal signed by President Trump just two days ago.

Lebanese state media said at least 18 civilians were killed in Israel's deadliest attacks since the U.S. and Iran finalized their agreement, while Israel said four soldiers were killed in an attack on a tank."

Re #6

It's hilarious!

There's more footage before and after, showing the hapless Russian guys firing this from the heavily trafficked highway nearby, trying to hit a drone.

Iran is just another bankrupt Casino to Trump.

Such a Deal!

Most Iranians want regime change...

"Rejection of the Theocracy: Comprehensive surveys conducted by research groups"such as the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN)"indicate that roughly 70"80% of Iranians reject the Islamic Republic and favor fundamental regime change."

- because they negotiated a way for them to make money off of the reconstruction

Jared and the Trump Crime Family and their UAE Partners are partying as we speak.

#10

Sounds like experience speaking... ok, gumming.

Fartfisher shows where his mind is at... in some guy's pants.

"Talarico in Waco called on Paxton to release all text messages, emails, internal documents and memos relating to the Hoffman plea deal.

"Those documents need to be made public immediately so that Texans can get answers about this corrupt deal," Talarico said, "If there's anything all Texans can agree on - whether they are Democrats, Republicans, progressives or conservatives - is that no one, not even the attorney general of Texas, should be able to cover up crimes against children."

"Trump's Promises Broken: Skyrocketing Costs Now
Club Talarico"

Stevie Wonder!