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Category Archives: Christianity
Cathy Young: The Alt-Right: They’re creepy and they’re kooky, and not in the cute Addams Family way
Is throwing slurs such as “creepy” and “kooky” supposed to be an honorable form of argument? There are only two honorable forms of argument — disputing facts and logic. Most women are not cut out for such disputation. Most men … Continue reading
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Monotheistic Religions May Encourage Paternal Investment
From the Chateau: Twatter tartlet @clairlemon passes along a study sure to get on the nerves of neckbeard atheists and secular anti-Christian (((feminists))). She writes, Interesting paper suggests that monotheistic religion is a paternity-certainty facilitator. With paternity certainty, comes paternal … Continue reading
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Jewish Converts Changed The Roman Catholic Attitude To Jews
You can understand why the Church had suspicion of conversos. Many Jewish converts to Christianity around the time of the Reformation pushed the humanist approach to religion. That approach is safer for Jews. Even when they convert to another religion, … Continue reading
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Benzi Gopstein, head of Lehava, calls to ban Christmas in the Holy Land: ‘Let us remove the vampires before they once again drink our blood.’
This guy doesn’t bother me any more than gentiles who call for their own countries to be free of Jews. The stronger you are in your particular identity, the more likely you are to be hostile to outsiders. That’s how … Continue reading
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Black Preacher – Movie Producer Devon Franklin Keeps The Sabbath
He sounds like an Orthodox Jew. From KPCC: You observe the Sabbath, meaning you don’t work from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. So what if there’s an issue on [a movie] set Friday night? Do you just not show up? … Continue reading
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How Christian Should American Politicians Be?
Lisa Schiffren writes on FB: “I was really put off by Rubio’s Catholic schoolboy interjection about how there is only one savior and he is JC who came to earth and died for our sins, at the debate last week. … Continue reading
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Forward: Iowa Caucuses Cap Harsh Campaign Dominated by Christian Appeals
Nathan Guttman writes: Mixing religion and politics has, traditionally, been a source of concern for Jewish voters. “It’s a slippery slope and there are concerns about how much religion is being talks,” said David Adelman, the Des Moines Jewish federation’s … Continue reading
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Awkward Christian Albums
More. 21 Awkwardly Sexual Album Covers
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The Gospel According to Trump
The Donald is simply keeping it real. If you are a Seventh-Day Adventist, all other religions seem weird if not evil. If you are Jewish, other religions seem false. If you are Christian, other religions seem false. If you are … Continue reading
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The Advantage Of A Written First-Amendment
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Proto-Victorianism starts with John Wesley’s Methodist revival. Methodists were encouraged to stop drinking and whoring, and lead productive, Ned Flanders-ish lives. Young Methodists were often thoroughly embarrassed by their foul-mouthed, hard-drinking grandparents of the Ben … Continue reading
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