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an important thread from a black pastor [x]
been making these weird little churches a lot lately.
Humankind is, then, redeemed through Jesus’ ministerial vision of life and not through his death. There is nothing divine in the blood of the cross. God does not intend black women’s surrogacy experience. Neither can Christian faith affirm such an idea. Jesus did not come to be a surrogate. Jesus came for life, to show humans a perfect vision of ministerial relation that humans had very little knowledge of. As Christians, black women cannot forget the cross, but neither can they glorify it. To do so is to glorify suffering and to render their exploitation sacred. To do so is to glorify the sin of defilement.
Delores S. Williams Sisters in the Wilderness : The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk (via archiesweirdfantasy)
me: I find the holy trinity's established definition to be a later construct of the church and not necessarily that important to my personal practice.
someone: the christian trinity is bullshit!!
me: I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things-
[ID: a tweet from @mbayer1248
If we believe in the Real Presence of the consecrated host, but we do not believe in the Real Present of Jesus in the bodies of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, incarcerated inmates, and undocumented workers in meat-packing plants, then our Eucharistic theology is inadequate. /ID]
“The goal of the Christian religion is not the idolizing of Christ, not christolatry, but that we all “are in Christ,” as the mystical expression goes, that we have a part in the life of Christ. This savior is a wounded healer, and he heals so that we may become as he is. Be as he is, laugh as he laughs, weep as he weeps. Heal the sick, even those who without knowing it have contracted the great neuroses of our society, who knows no mercy with themselves and their children when they consent to the nuclear state and technologies inimical to life. To feed the hungry mans to do away with miliarism. To bless the children means to leave the trees standing for them.”
Dorothee Soelle | Theology for Skeptics
it’s called blasphemy, try it sometime
Tweet from Ken Klippenstein: "Starting to realize that Elon Musk is a megachurch pastor for atheists."
being in seminary right now is literally just preparing to be a spiritual adviser during the apocalypse
hey portland metro folks - Symbiosis PDX is doing another supply run to the Yakama Nation, and is looking for supplies like masks, laundry detergent, dish soap, sanitizer, and paper towels. you can drop off supplies at the hub at 400 SE 12th Ave (make sure it’s during their open hours), or mail them to 8510 SE Steele St. #C117, Portland OR 97266.
you can also donate directly to the Yakama Nation’s emergency response team here.
protestants: god is not an absent father! talk to god like a friend! god is always with you! bring your problems to god, no matter how small! it’s not at all weird to call god “daddy!”
catholics: god is far too important to give a fuck about your lost keys or your algebra exam. please address your petty concerns to one of god’s ten thousand holy secretaries. if it’s really important, consider asking his mom.
catholics can’t get in touch with god because he’s always on the phone with a protestant
biblical womanhood? oh yeah i’m SUPER into biblical womanhood. *hammers a tent peg through ur skull while u sleep*
Possibly the first 18th century song I’ve recorded that isn’t a murder ballad? I have complicated feelings about it - mostly that last verse, as I think is clear in my version of it, but it’s very nice to play.
It has literally always been a lie. These lies have killed millions of Americans over the years. It has cost the US Trillions of dollars in lost efficiency and higher healthcare costs over the years. It has helped drag down the life expectancy of the US, meaning, ultimately, that Americans have lost hundreds of millions of years from their lives.
It was always a lie.
[id: The first six images are a twitter thread by Wendell Potter @ wendellpotter on June 25 2020. Thread reads: “Amid America’s #COVID19 disaster, I must come clean about a lie I spread as a health insurance exec: We spend big $$ to push the idea that Canada’s single-payer system was awful and the U.S. system much better. It was a lie & the nations’ COVID responses prove it. The truth:
Canada’s doing much better than the U.S. when it comes to #COVID19 testing and treatment. On a per capita basis, more Canadians are getting tested & fewer getting sick & dying. This may shock Americans who still believe the lies I told about the Canadian health care system.
Here’s the truth: Our industry PR & lobbying group, AHIP, supplied my colleagues & me with cherry-picked data & anecdotes to make people think Canadians wait endlessly for their care. It’s a lie & I’ll always regret the disservice I did to folks on both sides of the border.
In Canada, no one gets turned away from doctors due to lack of funds. In America, exorbitant bills are a defining feature of the system. What about Quality of care? When it comes to #COVID19, there’s been ~21 deaths per 100,000 in Canada, versus 34 per 100,000 in the U.S.
Remember, in Canada there are no co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance ever. Care is free at the point of service. And those laid off in Canada don’t face the worry of losing their health insurance. In the U.S., millions are losing their jobs and coverage, and scared to death.
You learn a lot about a healthcare system when a global crisis hits & different nations have different results. Canada’s single-payer system is saving lives. The U.S. profit-driven corporate model is failing.
I’ll regret slandering Canada’s system for the rest of my life.” End thread.
The final image is Wendell Potter’s twitter bio. It reads: “Former VP, @ cigna. Whistleblower and reformed insurance propagandist. President, @ M4A_NOW, @ BusinessM4A. Media inquiries: [email protected]” and gives his location as Philadelphia, PA and his website as wendellpotter.com. End id.]
First they lied about fast food workers writing “Pig” on their cups
Then they lied about workers messing with their food
Now an entire police UNION has been caught fabricating a story about Shake Shack workers poisoning police officers.
What a surprise…
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