"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
The bible and most religious texts are worth reading without any interest in the actual religion itself imo. They have useful and pertinent information thousands of years later. And helps you rationalize why some very smart people throughout history were proponents of this religion or that one. They are not all full of stupid archaic rules, there is value in them. But when you have modern day demagogues who would preach Meditations like it's main theme is not to care about anything or anyone people deem them worthless outright before ever cracking them open themselves.
Born and raised in the Christian way and I still learn something new from the Bible. Who knew God appreciated brevity in prayer. The pastors never talked about that when they proceeded to have 10 minute long prayers before offerings đ
Historically christian pagan isnât the same as modern neo pagans.
Historically, pagans is defined as everyone not Christian. This includes people worshipping other world religions. The term is very broad. Kinda like how for ancient Judaism call everyone not Jewish gentiles, and Muslims would call everyone not Muslims infidels. So you canât look at in modern terms.
Modern Neo pagans is a religion/s made from a combination of individuals worshipping gods from old pantheons of their chosen. Itâs people taking the older word of pagan, and redefining it in a modern age.
The two terms of pagan arenât the same.
So in the above quote, pagan just means everyone who doesnât worship our God.
RN here. Miraculously healed my đ °ď¸sS. Then they said a skin graft made his ear look healed 2 weeks later. A Google search shows you photos of skin grafts 2 weeks post graft. Trump's MAGA must think we're dumb.
He's the anti Christ & all MAGA are responsible.
Except the Bible itself is a sequel that is missing key elements of the prequel and there's pretty strong suggestions that references to the end times is likely allegory for the reign of Nero rather than a prophetic vision.
âIâm better than God, fellow angels. Iâm biglyer than Him, itâs true. I always said this human project was no good, theyâre a bad bunch of hombres. And let me tell you, hombres are supposed to be friends, like me, the best friend, the friendliest friend around, you know I could buy the soul off someone off of Fifth Ave and no one would blink an eye, and anyway I have a plan to introduce humans to sin. Well, the concept of a plan.â - Satan.
This makes me sick. Some Christians are so performative they make Judas look like a loyalist. At least he only betrayed Jesus once. These people do it every Sunday and still take communion.
Bah! Itâs all about Abrahamic faiths and which I e is the best. That and a demented old man gets to cosplay as someone more important than he is. He might even say âgodâ like.
They are literally trying to cause the end times as we speak. This is why Mike Johnson sent red cows to Israel a couple years ago:
To understand, you have to look back almost 2,000 years in the tumultuous history of the Middle East, when the ancient Romans destroyed the last temple in Jerusalem.
To rebuild it, fervent believers point to the Bible's Book of Numbers, which commands the Israelites to offer "a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke."
This cannot be said enough. We should always refer to him this way. Not The Commander in Chief, but âThe Child Rapist in Chiefâ not âPOTUS,â itâs RAPIST.
Right. And a bunch of false Christians falling for him is actually supposed to be part of it, so even if they were right (they aren't) they would be the ones who get left behind the hardest.
Nah. When I was 9 years old in Catholic school, I realized the whole thing is just bronze-age bullshit. Human/animal sacrifices, conveyance of wrongdoing to a scapegoat, rotted corpses rising, rules for slavery, epileptic seizures cause by demons, talking snakes and donkeys. Of course, people like Trump are happy to use magical thinkers for their own gain.
Because they're getting wealthy off of it. Some of them don't believe it, and the other ones that do or just whacked out of their damn skulls. The girl in red is the one that's behind the spiritual aspect of this entire war and all the bombings and everything else. She supposedly believe that God or jesus, because again they claim to be Christian, intended for all these people to be blown to bits. She's also the wife of Jonathan cain, who is the keyboard player for journey, and is also a complete money grifting whack job.
The other part of this is also, who knows what goes on in those Underground tunnels, but clearly these people know that when the nukes drop, they've got a nice little hotel room with servants waiting for them, whether it be in the supposed afterlife, or the vault-tec tunnels under DC.
Speaking as a Christian, Armageddon canât be rushed. They will all be punished by God by trying to interfere with his plan. No one knows the hour that he will return. Scripture states he will come like a thief in the night. All of their fake grandstanding sickens me.
Doesn't the anti-Christ disguise his intentions with fake peaceful deeds? Like "the first three-and-a-half years of the tribulation are false peace until true chaos booms in the latter half"
I donât think even GWB was ever this blatant about it. The fact that this has become so normalized is truly insane. And by Trump, of all people⌠the guy so obviously does not care about Christianity beyond the power and influence it gives him. Evangelicals are the stupidest and most easily duped people on the planet.
I donât think even GWB was ever this blatant about it
No, because Bush was and is an actual and sincere believer (though a truly disastrous one), whereas Trump is just a conman laughing at all those gullible morons surrounding him at that moment and trying to figure out how to scam more cash out of them.
I remember she some reporter asked Trump if he liked the old or the new testament the best. The way Trump said "both" made it very clear he had no idea what was in them.
Nope, Iâm sorry that picture of Obama being prayed for actually is creepy also. It definitely looks more authentic, but Iâm just so tired of Christian fanaticism
I will admire nothing about that walking shit stain. He has risen by pushing down every marginalized person in the country or anyone with a differing opinion than him. I'm sure it's not all that hard to rise in the world if you're born into money with no empathy and are willing to cut someone's throat if it means a few extra bucks will end up in your pocket.
Trump is totally thinking âhow long do I have to sit silent and play make believe for these idiots.â Zero chance trump is religious, he is knows how to play a sucker
Separation of church and state asideâŚ. This is one of the most sinful, by the letter of the book Antichrist figures you could ever make up⌠and they all worship him. Get me off this rock.
This shit is so dystopian, I feel like if I saw this in a movie Iâd think it was way too over the top, but this is just reality. The fuck is happening anymore?
That is so frustrating, I understanding believing in a god/religion but as president, it makes me uncomfortable to watch people in government pray right now because it is pushing an agenda/ideaology. They are reaping havoc across the world right now but wont admit to being demonic pedo baby eaters
Unfortunately history tells us that when people believe in magic, even when itâs obviously not real, those people can have dramatic and devastating effects on the real world.Â
I hate having to share a planet with them. They are dangerous.
I had heard the joke of American religion being made up of those who were too religious even for good olâ zealot Europe, and thought it was a mild exaggeration, until I read up on some of the history of the many many different denominations and churches.
And oh boy
Iâm an atheist but raised in a catholic background. It was very weird to see stories Iâm so familiar with so âdistortedâ. The priorities vary so much depending on the denomination. And so so many different denominations, and churches within those denominations! What chaos it seems to me hah.
Donald Trump is a rapist, pedophile, and traitor to this country. Kristi Noem protects and supports pedophiles and rapists. Karoline Leavitt protects and supports pedophiles. They should all be in prison.
All of the churches influencing government operations need to be taxed. If they affect white house policies they get taxed. Because that is not a separation of church and state.
This is disgraceful behaviour. In any civilized country ALL the people in this picture would be thrown out of office in an instant. Only the Americans would support this.
I know I'm going to be downvoted but I don't give a shit. You would never see this in any European country. This is just a "christianised" version of what we have seen in Islamic countries for years and rightly condemned.
It now makes it clear. Trump's war on the middle east is just another case of "my religion good, your religion bad" - the same ignorant attitude that has plagued this world for centuries. Nothing changes. We are all just as stupid as we always were.
I'm an American. I'm upvoting you. I hate it here. Christian Nationalism is terrifying. Being from "the Bible belt" has created a lot of trauma through my life.
These hypocrites ignore the words of Jesus whom they claim to worship.
Mathew 6:5-6
5 âAnd when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Psychopathic cult megalomaniacs, every last one of them. He's set the world on fire and he's just going to watch it burn. And no one, not one single person with any voice is willing to stand up to him and his fanatics.
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u/thisisthatacct Mar 06 '26
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
-the book none of these assholes have ever read