Gundelia (G. Tournefortii L.) (ca. 1900–20) by American Colony, from Wild Flowers of Palestine.
Source: Library of Congress
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#plant-photography #wildflowers #herbs #israel #botany #natural-history #floral #jerusalem #christianity #flowers #palestine #plants #art #publicdomain
Rainbow Girls cover Jordan Smart’s “Who Would Jesus Bomb?”Rainbow Girls (YouTube)
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“'The issue is moral. America has a stain on its soul. It often thinks about itself in religious terms, as a shining city on a hill. Well, it’s a shining city some way down the hill now, and it has to get on with re-forming itself as a normal country, rather than as a beacon built on a set of ideals – because those ideals have turned out to be pretty tawdry.'”
#Trump #America #morality #Christianity #democracy
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"'It can go on about itself all it likes, but after all this is over, we will always know that under certain pressures, it caved in easily. People say that, after Trump, America can go back to being itself – but no, there is no going back.'
The problem, he says, isn’t just political, but goes to the heart of the country’s spiritual delusions about itself."
#Trump #America #morality #Christianity #democracy
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Irish writer Colm Tóibín addresses what Trump has shown the world about Americans, and Americans about themselves:
"Tóibín believes Trump has indelibly tarnished the idea of the US as the so-called land of the free. 'America can never really lift its head again,' he says."
#Trump #America #morality #Christianity #democracy
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The Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Brooklyn’ is not one for parties, preferring to spend his time either at home or in the library.Claire Allfree (The Independent)
Si sientes que aún no has logrado nada en la vida, no te compares con San Rumwold, que se convirtió en santo con unos días de vida. #cristianismo #christianity
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Tres días le sobraron para obtener la santidad.TDI (Resolviendo la incógnita)
"If American religion were 100 people:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline Protestants
5 Black Prot.
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
2 Jews
2 Other Religion
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists"
~ Ryan Burge
#Trump #Iran #war #Christianity #religion #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteCatholics
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"Embracing the idea that there is a perfect past currently being destroyed, Trump echoes twentieth-century fascists who promised to return their country to divinely inspired rules that, if ignored, would create disaster."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Almost exactly a year ago, on March 27, 2025, President Donald J.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
These words (in /2) are a direct rebuke to those like the US Secretary of War Hegseth, who distort and pervert Christian faith to justify the unjustifiable, praying repeatedly, as Hegseth did again publicly this week asking for God to bless "overwhelming violence" in Trump's illegal war of choice against Iran.
#PopeLeo #Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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In his Palm Sunday homily today, Pope Leo said:
"This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. (Jesus) does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.'"
#PopeLeo #Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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The Pope said God rejects the prayers of leaders who initiate wars and possess ‘hands full of blood’Joshua McElwee (The Independent)
As Arwa Mahdawi reports, Mr. Hegseth, the Secretary of War, who belongs to Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship near Nashville (part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches), prayed this past week at the Pentagon for "overwhelming violence" in the Iranian war.
#Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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The defense secretary prayed for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies in Iran. He seems to delight in itArwa Mahdawi (the Guardian)
Los ángeles bíblicos no tenían alas pero, ¿desde cuándo las tienen? #cristianismo #christianity
resolviendolaincognita.blogspo…
Blog personal que recopila entradas de interés sobre ciencia, historia, lugares exóticos y datos inusuales. Si te gusta lo extraño, es tu sitio.TDI (Resolviendo la incógnita)
Who would #Jesus bomb?
"and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy"
This is weird, because the underlying principle of #Christianity (as also for instance found in Taoism, but not Religion in general) is, that there IS NO CONCEPT of "no mercy". It doesn't exist. Everybody deserves "saving" & until then being alive, safe & well.
Hasn't stopped warmongerers in the past to use #faith as an excuse to kill scores.
But, it's just plain wrong.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hosted a monthly Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the Iran war began.PBS News
Death of a Godly and Righteous Man (1851) by Johannes Gossner, from The Heart of Man: Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan: Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, Calculated to Awaken and Promote a Christian Disposition.
Source: New York Public Library / Internet Archive
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#spirituality #angels #death #emblems #christianity #beds #art #publicdomain
Sounds familiar actually
#rome #romans #romanempire #trump #donaldtrump #trumpempire #plague #military #christianity #religion #war #civilwar #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #politics #antifascism #antifa #activism
John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–60.
Source: Harry Ransom Center
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#collage #crucifixion #religion #blood #crucifixes #christianity #architecture #ruins #art #publicdomain
John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–60.
Source: Harry Ransom Center
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#collage #religion #buildings #blood #landscapes #christianity #art #publicdomain
The Betrayal (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.
Source: British Library
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#manuscripts #drama #christianity #architecture #bible #art #publicdomain
"Bastard" to be born out of wedlock is not an insult and its a vestige of christian puritanism we shouldnt be giving any credence: there are many people alive today including people I know personally who think sex outside marriage is a sin
John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–60.
Source: Harry Ransom Center
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#collage #crucifixion #religion #blood #symbolism #crucifixes #christianity #flora #architecture #art #publicdomain
It's very difficult to defend the concept that a young child could be so evil, that he or she deserves to be eliminated. And any religion that teaches such is well worth abandoning to the trash heap.
Children -- though mischievous -- are innocent, requiring the protection of the entire adult world, not its hostility.
The Kingdom Belongs to These framed print -- fineartamerica.com/featured/th…
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforat #christianity #jesus #faith #children #war
In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890) by William Booth, from The Review of Reviews.
Source: Cornell University Library
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#poverty #scenes #religion #progress #imperialism #christianity #colonialism #africa #art #publicdomain
William Booth's illustration "In Darkest England and the Way Out". While copies of the chart were bound into Booth's book of the same name, this copy featured here was actually issued as a supplement to The Review of Reviews, November 1890.Public Domain Image Archive
Wheel of the Ten Ages of Man (ca. 1310).
Source: British Library / Flickr: The Commons
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#lebenstreppe #aristotle #manuscripts #religion #medieval #stufenalter #iconography #christianity #shakespeare #art #publicdomain
Wheel of the ten ages of man — The Deity in the centre, from which radiate ten spokes of a wheel, each ending in circular medallions illustrating the ten ages of man. Infancy, boyhood, adolescence, young manhood, and maturity represented by a king.Public Domain Image Archive
Creation (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.
Source: British Library
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#halos #animals #manuscripts #nature #christianity #bible #plants #art #publicdomain
The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death (ca. 1904) by James Ensor, from The Deadly Sins.
Source: Musea Brugge
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#wings #sin #death #christianity #drawing #skulls #art #publicdomain
John; Satan and Christ; the Annunciation (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.
Source: British Library
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#halos #wings #manuscripts #angels #christianity #bible #art #publicdomain
The murder of Abel (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.
Source: British Library
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#manuscripts #foliage #christianity #bible #artistry #art #publicdomain
Dante and Virgil at the gates of Purgatory, and the Proud carrying heavy stones (1444–1450), from Divine Comedy.
Source: British Library
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#medieval #stones #dante #birds #purgatory #rocks #carrying #gates #christianity #art #publicdomain
god's (dis)grace
#urbanexploration #christianity #catholic #jesus #abandoned #brokenglass #napoli #photography
The hilarious thing is that #Christianity had posed itself once as the safeguard against being seduced into this kind of cynical, mercenary, very temporal way of living. This was what older #Christian writers, e.g. Charles Dickens, meant when they warned against succumbing to the temptations of "The World".
They meant the World of endless furious business and trade, the secular world of #money in which life and higher principles dissolved away into meaninglessness, washed away by oceans of currency and wealth.
"In #Islam and #Christianity God comes first. The proclamation that “#Allah is God and #Muhammad is his #Prophet” makes a person a #Muslim. Accepting #Jesus, the son of God as your #savior, makes a person a #Christian.
But for most people who become #Jewish; God is at the end of the process, not at the beginning.
This follows the pattern established by #Ruth, one of the most famous non-Jews to become Jewish. She states, “Where ever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people, shall be my people. Your God, shall be my God.” (Ruth 1:16)
Why does Ruth list God at the end of the process, and not at the beginning?
#Judaism does not teach that everyone needs to become Jewish to be saved or to go to heaven.
Judaism does not teach that everyone has to believe in #monotheism in the same way #Jews do.
For Jews, behaving like a #Mentch is more important than believing the correct #theology."
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From the blog of Allen S. Maller at The Times of IsraelAllen S. Maller (The Blogs)
La pérdida de consciencia de la Virgen María tuvo debate.TDI (Resolviendo la incógnita)
"Performative Jesus washing is everywhere, and it seems to work. You can cover anything, the most bigoted, misogynist, hate-filled speech, any falsehood, and cover it with glitter, and flash, and CCM, make it acceptable, and even worshipped."
~ Rev. Rob Christ
N.B. My sharing of material from any -platform does not = endorsement of the platform.
#Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty #JesusWashing
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This video delves into the world of performative Christianity, where actions and words are often at odds. Join the conversation as we explore the motivations behind this trend and how it's affecting communities.Instagram
Since the MAGA trolls have hopped onto this thread, I've closed commenting with apologies for people genuinely interested in valid conversation.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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"MAGA Catholic influencers are cheering the cutoff of food stamps — even as Catholic bishops, backed by Pope Leo XIV, plead for a restoration of benefits and mobilize the Church to feed those in need."
~ Christopher Hale
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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Yesterday, Pope Leo posted the statement below (it's from his Dilexi te) on Twitter (aka X), and MAGA went wild plastering the posting with enraged comments. Someone shared this tweet in a Reddit posting devoted to Christianity and enraged MAGA posted so many hateful comments that Reddit took the posting down.
MAGA wants to wrap the cruelty of denying food to children in Jesus. Leo begs to differ.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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Autistic and transgender man needs help getting out of shelter life. Please read and help if you can.
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#autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd
#Neurodivergent
#Autism
#AuDHD
#transrightsarehumanrights
#transgender #transman #lgbt #lgbtqia
#jesus #bible #god #Christianity
#Christian
#mentalhealth
For the past five years my former landlord had consistently subjected me to psychological and emotional abuse, physical abuse and conversion therapy.Seth_The_Brave (Thoughts by seth)
📜🦁 The University of #Aberdeen has digitized the 13th-century Aberdeen Bestiary, one of the most lavish #medieval illuminated manuscripts featuring real and mythological #animals with moral teachings. Once owned by Henry VIII, this educational text served as a #teaching tool combining natural #history with #Christian moral lessons through detailed #illustrations of creatures from #lions to phoenixes.
👉 openculture.com/2025/10/the-ab…
#art #education #literature #christianity #technology #tech
For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate and survive nature.OC (Openculture.com)
