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This priest is a marble mouthed moron. All the fallen angels were bound for eternity according to Jewish text. Demons were originally Greek earth spirits and the concept of demons as fallen angels didn't appear until the early Dark Ages. Then expanded upon during the Medieval Period. If you are "haunted" by a demon this is actually a subconscious thoughtform created by the power of suggestion and you are actually haunting yourself.

Why only Christianity? There is an equal chance that Islam is real, or Judaism, or Hinduism, or Sikhism, or Paganism or any of the thousands of religions which have existed since mankind first had an imagination. There is no one religion which the majority of humanity accepts. We are all in a minority where belief is concerned, so the majority of humanity are going to look pretty silly if there is some kind of a god. If a Christian was to ask me the question I would reply to them, "do you know that you reject the teachings of Muhammad at your own peril?" What ever answer they give I would say, "yes and that's exactly how I feel about Jesus".

Says the MFer who never pays his own bills.

Here is what happens after you live a life of drugs, sex, and rock and roll. Mick Jagger on the left at 80 years old. Mitch is 81. Let that be a lesson to all of you young rockers.

Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83. Turner had suffered a number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure. She rose to fame alongside husband Ike in the 1960s with songs including Proud Mary and River Deep, Mountain High. She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s. Read More

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His problems start as soon as he starts thinking.

C'mon Trumpers. Defend this one. This is one of the craziest things he has ever said.

@and-then Will you accept the result of Trump loses? Because you still haven't from last time.

There wasn't any Redskins who had problems with the Redskins. It was White and Black Liberal jackasses. Fire the accuser of this poor kid because he's the ****ing racist.

Here you are. Unidentified Feline Object.

They must have edited out the part where he destroyed atheism.

Sp let me get this straight. 1) Judge basically says, "Don't say anything stupid" 'Eye-popping': Weissmann stunned at Judge emphasizing Trump 'not commit a crime,' 'try to influence a juror' in terms of release | Watch (msn.com) 2) Trump says something stupid, "If you go after me, I'm coming after you!" Trump Threatens 'If You Go After Me, I'm Coming After You' Day After Court Warns Him Not to Issue Threats (msn.com) 3) Smith files a protective order because Trump says something stupid: Feds alert judge to Trump’s ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you!’ post - POLITICO 4) Trump lawyers say they need a 3 day delay because Trump said something stupid: Trump Lawyers Criticize Protective Order Request; Ask for Three Extra Days to Respond (msn.com) 5) Judge says, "No" to three day delay because Trump said something stupid: DENIED: Judge Shoots Down Trump Attempt to Delay Deadline For Protective Order Response (msn.com) 6) Trump cries, "Unfair!" and wants a new judge..... Edit to add: The judge should just revoke his bail. We need to quit treating him as a different privilleged class compared to normal Americans.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3966300-tucker-carlson-and-fox-news-part-ways/ *eats popcorn*

Sexual abuse yes, rape is harder to prove. Maybe you need a male member large enough for penetration? But 6 men and 3 women found enough evidence to support her case.

Breaking story

Trump is both - a pro at being a con.

I saw this question on Quora recently, and thought this answer was interesting. Obviously if Christianity is somehow real, then atheists like me are going to look pretty silly when we die, but I guess it is a chance we are willing to take. Or forced to take, as it takes considerable effort to believe something irrational. 'Please. Explain how that works. I've been asking since I've been 11 years old. I am now 59 and have still not gotten a rational answer. How does this make any sense? First, let me correct you. What exactly did Jesus sacrifice besides a weekend? I mean supposedly he died on Friday and came back to life on Sunday. He lost a Saturday? What happened to him wasn't of his own volition. So what did HE actually “sacrifice". Rather it was taken from him. Second, we are told that Jesus died for our sins. Exactly how does that work? Why did God need a blood sacrifice in order to forgive us? Did he need a particular blood type? And why did it have to be his son? And if God is omniscient and omnipotent, why couldn't he just forgive us without killing anybody at all? I can forgive without killing anyone and I am only human. He certainly has the power, right? I mean it's HIS forgiveness he is giving. So please tell me how the claim “Jesus died for our sins" makes ANY sense outside religious cliche.'

No. Presidents, prime ministers and, indeed, all senior politicians should be held more accountable to the law. They are the people who are trusted with running the country and setting the laws. If they don't abide by them, why should anyone else? Lead by example or don't lead at all.

Strange how Trump announced his candidacy so early in hopes of protecting himself from pending investigations.

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War monger. And idiot. People hated in Hillary for being a war monger. I wonder if those same people will feel the same about this deplorable statement. Not fit to be president.

It is the only way a minority can enforce their views on an unwilling majority.

Stephen Meyer, the "creation scientist" who has no qualifications in biology, chemistry or cosmology and his PhD is in "philosophy of science". Serial liar....like you are .....and finally PragerU Nazi. Of course your also into Tucker Carlson like ole Joey there and have your own opinion about a triracial "muddy blood" like me and the Replacement Theory. And what happened with your other thread on Chinese Monotheism? Couldn't defend the lies?

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IMO the best thing the Church can do is accept it. As humanity essentially grows up and discovers the realities of life and existence for itself people will rely less and less on the superstitions of ancient nomadic shepherds and goat herders and more on their own expanding comprehension of reality. cormac

And here I thought the reason why I have been late in the past was due to poor time management...

It's a badly researched idea. NA genetics and the geological record from 13,000 years ago says otherwise.

If the carcass isn't recovered how many native animals that scavenge off of it might also die?

Why would a perfect being be vengeful and have anger issues? And from somebody who was brought up in a religion based on the natural cycle the whole concept of original sin is backwards and barbaric.

https://humanevents.com/2023/05/16/durham-report-reveals-fbi-dems-staged-soft-coup-of-trump-administration https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4006743-cnns-tapper-lauded-by-right-blasted-by-left-for-durham-report-remarks/ “Regardless, the report is here, it has dropped,” Tapper said Monday during his nightly newscast on CNN. “And it might have not produced everything of what some Republicans hope for, it is regardless devastating to the FBI, and to a degree it does exonerate Donald Trump.” The evidence is irrefutable. The Left refuses to acknowledge the wrongdoing. Where does the country go from here?

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh called the Royal family’s balcony appearance during the Coronation “terribly white”. The actress, who plays a Regency duchess in the Netflix series Bridgerton, offered her opinions during ITV’s coverage of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. Andoh said that the appearance of the Royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the ceremony was “terribly white”. Contrasting the appearance of the family with the earlier events at Westminster Abbey, she said: “We’ve gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony. I was very struck by that.” Buckingham Palace balcony scene was ‘terribly white’, says Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh (archive.ph)

There's no reason why you couldn't have-other than skipping work on going over there to watch it in person. The media was there giving a play by play and the court records are public knowledge. I get the feeling that someone has been telling you this was all "under the rugs" and "secretive" when it was actually all out in the open. They obviously didn't put it on prime time, however. Edit to add: Here is a link with reporters doing a minute by minute of the trial:Proud Boys trial – live: Prosecutors say group ‘took aim at heart of democracy’ as sedition trial begins (yahoo.com)

I don't know about you guys, but I plan on dressing like a cow and charging into Congress with thousands of people wearing American flag underwear and waving Biden Flags- you know, like normal Americans.

Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ | CNN Politics CNN — In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” The ruling was 4-3. The ruling will be placed on hold until January 4, pending Trump’s appeal to the US Supreme Court, which could settle the matter for the nation. The state Supreme Court decision only applies to Colorado but the historic ruling will roil the 2024 presidential campaign. Colorado election officials have said the matter needs to be settled by January 5, which is the statutory deadline to set the list of candidates for the GOP primary scheduled for March 5. “President Trump did not merely incite the insurrection,” the majority wrote in its unsigned opinion. “Even when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes. These actions constituted overt, voluntary, and direct participation in the insurrection.” “We conclude that the foregoing evidence, the great bulk of which was undisputed at trial, established that President Trump engaged in insurrection,” the opinion adds. “President Trump’s direct and express efforts, over several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what he falsely characterized as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were indisputably overt and voluntary.”

The quote in the OP does it no justice. Here is the terrible part.

Idiot.

I will try and keep this as short as possible, but some things just need to be said. I was raised in a Christian cult, and brainwashed from birth throughout my development and into adulthood, and I was not a rebellious teenager (that would maybe have been better) but I embraced every aspect of the religion. My whole personality, my entire being was forged by what god wanted, what he approved. Who I was was defined completely by the faith. We were not allowed to mingle with non believers, we were not allowed access to information outside the faiths books, and I have to emphasize how strict this was, and it was under the guise of protection against demonic influence. I vividly remember whenever someone said anything contrary to what my god taught, I whole heartedly believed a demon or the devil was actively attacking me, and I had to fill my mind with prayer, and trust in god's strength...sigh. Anyway, the control went further and heavily influenced my view of the world. Material things were thought of as just temporary, and any desire to own anything was met with, and countered by meditation on scriptures like 1John 2:15 - "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." Growing up with that in mind, it became how I saw things. I remember as a child finding a toy car, and it was so wonderful. It was a small red sports car, and had doors that could open, but I immediately knew it would be a problem, so I played with it in secret. But my mom caught me, and my dad stepped on it with his boot, crushing it. I remember my mom's concerned face as she asked me: "Don't you want to go to heaven?". Beyond those traumas, another part of me that was heavily shaped was my purpose in life, and the meaning of life. My whole purpose was to please god, and the meaning of life was to worship him so closely, that I lived in union with him. Succes in the materialistic world was the purpose of the evildoers and 'worldly' people, and they would perish in the cataclysm and those in union with god would enter paradise. Now, I know there are people, and I've seen them here on this forum, who judge and ridicule people with faith, and think to themselves: "I would have gotten out early, I would have never been that stupid, or how could they believe such nonsense without proof." All I can say is sometimes vulnerability to religion isn't an intellect issue. Even though I am not faithfull anymore it angers me when people with conviction, and who preach their faith are ridiculed or degraded, maybe because those attacks feel personal somehow. I guess that's why I've been reluctant to comment here, and won't stay long probably. Regardless, to get to the point, I've been out of that faith for 10 - 15 years now, and went through the trauma of shunning and all that, but even now I am struggling to get to grips with reality. The contrast is immense. As an example, I used to look up at the stars and feel god was looking down on me, I felt he was powerful and cared about me, and not just that, he was planning my way forward, and I would cry tears of joy amidst the comfort and contentment of that place of mind. Now I look up and see only planets and satellites reflecting sunlight, or globes of gas burning light-years away. It is marvelous, but cold and empty. The grand spectacle reminds me of my insignificance and how alone I am. Alone at the mercy of nature, and alone in the face of death. I still find this hard to process. More than that, and maybe because my brain was wired like that all those years, I see no meaning or purpose in this material world. I have no drive to be successfull, and all the shiny things are hollow. Even love appears as just a carnal lust. But now I am left with nothing beyond that, no paradise or eternal life of bliss. No matter how hard I try to face reality, it's just pretty scary. I try to tell myself - it is what it is, deal with it or don't, but I find myself drawn to magic inevitably. For all the evil and lies that comes with magic (religion), it does come with hope. I feel hopeless, and things seem pointless without its greater meaning, even though it is false hope. Lately I have developed this irretating inkling, a nagging desire to experience that kind of hope again. Like the Israelites wanted to go back to Egypt when they were hungry in the wilderness (if that even happened lol). But there is no going back. Yes there was hope in faith, but it and it's rewards lie outside reality, and is a cage for the mind, although one with comforts. I cannot lie to myself and believe again just to experience that hope, but I can't process the cold hopeless emptiness of reality considering where I come from. I feel the lies of religion have dealt me a death blow. So my question is: How do I find hope in the face of my human fear of death, and my vulnerability to nature? How do I find meaning and purpose when we are just animals? How do I find comfort when no one above all these things is guiding me? What does hope even look like in a magicless world? I feel I don't have the mental tools for this And please, you intelligent folks, please remember where this question is coming from before you judge or mock. And my questions are direct and deliberate, not sarcastic or deceiving, it's really how I feel, even though the answers may be obvious. Thanks

I see they just found his tea cup as well

Well... at least he took our advice to stay away from windows. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-66599774

Conspiracy Theorist Has An "Explanation" After Nibiru Failed To Destroy Earth Last Week He predicted Nibiru would hit Earth, telling his followers "I AM HEADING FOR THE CAVES".

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66393221 "I believe I am not the first person targeted by Scientology and its operations, but I intend to be the last."

The federal jury in New York City found that the former US President defamed advice columnist E Jean Carroll with an October 2022 social media post in which he called her allegations a “con job”. He was found liable for defamation and sexual abuse. For the battery claim, he was ordered to pay $2 million in compensation and $20,000 in punitive damages, and for defamation, $2.7m in compensation and $280,000 in punitive damages. Donald Trump found liable of sexually abusing E Jean Carroll and ordered to pay $5m | US | News | Express.co.uk

The NAACP issued a travel advisory discouraging tourists from visiting Florida to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ policies, which the civil rights group claim are “hostile to black Americans” — just days before he’s expected to announce his candidacy for president. “On a seeming quest to silence African-American voices, the Governor and the State of Florida have shown that African Americans are not welcome in the State of Florida,” the stunning travel advisory released Saturday said. https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/naacp-advises-against-visiting-florida-to-protest-desantis/

God forbid it be blamed on the employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. It is always about the illegal immigrants and never about the businesses that knowingly hire them, some even recruiting them because they can pay less. I have only seen 2 news stories about companies being penalized for this in the last 20 years, but I know there are plenty out there that could be charged for human trafficking and hiding undocumented workers.

So basically can the Left do what you couldn't do and accept the president?

Don Lemon is gone from CNN and Tucker from FOX. What a wonderful day in the neighborhood...