Religion in the news

[BLEmom]

13 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I disagree...

 

Just kidding!

The turtle poked his head out!

 

[Tortuga]

15 minutes ago, BLEmom said:

The turtle poked his head out!

 

 

I've been busy with Special Convention support assignments. 

[chuck83]

59 minutes ago, BlaqueCalalilly said:

Very true...one of our more direct Circuit Overseer said "Disney is about magic people..."  It wasn't in a positive way...😕

 

I remember maybe 12-14 years ago now at a CA. A lot of supernatural things got talked about, vampires and zombies were real popular at the time. And of course plain supernatural. I grew up on Dracula and Frankenstein so the vampires got

me squirming. 🤣🤣

 

But he said and not verbatim, “What is the Force and Jedi Powers? Telekinesis, telepathy, mind control, clairvoyance, sorcery, contact with the dead & glowing spirits, and training to awaken and connect to The Force? Light and dark dualism like yin and yang? But since it’s science fiction and not fantasy… it’s okay? Sounds like Taoism, Chakra, and Mysticism!”

 

I sat back like yeah… how did the Emperor (aka Sorcerer) get electricity to come from his hands? 😳

 

Either way I’ll say, there was a lot of talk and some upset friends. It made complete sense to me. 

 

Edited August 3 by chuck83

[Dark King]

23 minutes ago, chuck83 said:

But he said and not verbatim, “What is the Force and Jedi Powers? Telekinesis, telepathy, mind control, clairvoyance, sorcery, contact with the dead & glowing spirits, and training to awaken and connect to The Force? Light and dark dualism like yin and yang? But since it’s science fiction and not fantasy… it’s okay? Sounds like Taoism, Chakra, and Mysticism!”

May Jehovah's force be with you my brother 😉 😃 

[chuck83]

33 minutes ago, Dark King said:

May Jehovah's force be with you my brother 😉 😃 

 

😆🤣- LOL

He basically alluded to that fact toward the end of it too. Basically like the only natural thing is Jehovah's spirit and the rest is "uncanny". I remember him repeatedly saying "uncanny" for the other stuff.

[trottigy]

2 hours ago, Dark King said:

I think this TV host will be the next Supreme Court Justices, one of the current liberal Supreme Court justices is very sick with diabetes. I think she's just going to die in office before Trump leaves or gets so sick She's going to have to step down and Trump will replace her with this TV star.

 

This will give Trump a super super majority of 7 to 2 of the 9 in the Supreme Court. 

 

 

This is just my opinion I could be totally wrong but we will see.

 

The Senate confirmed the former tv host 50-45 as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor after Trump withdrew his first pick. https://www.newsweek.com/senate-confirms-ex-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top-dc-prosecutor-2108104?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=WhatsApp#Echobox=1754182606

 

Paramedics called to treat Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor | Reuters https://share.google/S10bTXouF0p3Xy1WA

 

 

She's doing pretty good, that article was from 7 years ago.

 

I'm going to guess that if there was really a concern for liberals that a conservative would appoint another conservative justice, she would have stepped down during Biden's presidency and let him back fill the spot.

 

Edit. Here's a crazy thought- if there's really a concern about who's on the supreme Court, it'd probably be good for Trump to replace several of the older conservatives with younger people. 

 

Here's a breakdown of the ages of the current justices:

Clarence Thomas: 77 years old.

Samuel Alito: 75 years old.

John Roberts: 70 years old.

 

Roberts is the same age as Sotomayor.

Edited August 3 by trottigy

[Jwanon]

54 minutes ago, chuck83 said:

the only natural thing is Jehovah's spirit

 

It's literally supernatural

[computerwiz]

On 8/1/2025 at 10:17 PM, chuck83 said:

Right?! Like seriously! I love it myself too.

 

"Beat it already Satan!" is the new canon for what Jesus says after the 3rd temptation.  And no one can change my mind.  

 

From:
Episode 2: “Dis My Boy”
https://www.jw.org/hwc/library/videos/da-story-of-jesus-life/episode-2-dis-my-boy/

Time: 24:25

[SteveAus]

A summary of Trumps religious policies - APNews

"Trump energizes conservative Christians with new religious policies"

[minister159]

"Six in 10 U.S. adults said the founders originally intended America to be a Christian nation, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey. Forty-five percent said the U.S. should be a Christian nation, but only a third thought it was one currently."

 

"Among white evangelical Protestants, 81% said the founders intended a Christian nation, and the same number said that the U.S. should be one — but only 23% thought it currently was one, according to Pew." --- NBC News 5Chicago

[Shawnster]

1 hour ago, minister159 said:

"Six in 10 U.S. adults said the founders originally intended America to be a Christian nation, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey. 

 

 

That's really up for debate. I have thoughts.  While I have heard more than once that, no, the Founding Fathers did not want or envision the US to be a Christian nation, I have doubts just how non-denominational they truly envisioned their new country. 

 

How could they truly imagine a secular, non religious US or a US that embraced all religions, including non judeo-Christian religions? Their entire world view was shaped by Christendom. 

 

It's clear they did not want what Europe, especially England, had. The monarch was the head of the church (still is) and the Anglican Church was the official state religion. The United States was initially colonized by people fleeing religious persecution, including persecution from Anglican followers. However, it's not like those colonists were atheists or Muslims or Hindu. The stereotypical colonists was a Puritan. 

 

The founders did not want an official state religion. They did not want the government ran by their religion, not their religion ran by their government. 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 08:44 PM by Shawnster