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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 21, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by ADKSparky

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Its Investment Adviser Settle SEC Probe Ensign Peak Advisors filed forms that obscured the church’s investments in a $44 billion U.S. equities portfolio, SEC says

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 20, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

How much do Americans know about the faiths around them? And what helps us most to understand our neighbors’ faiths?

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 19, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by FvckY0u

For all you Dudes...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 17, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by samfordman

This question goes to believers....why are suffering for the sins we never committed ,that part is actually very confusing tho,i feel like in the real world whosoever commit an offense should bear the consequences ,what i mean is ADAM and EVE are the...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 17, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion “In every major city in the United States, every weekend, there’s multiple ayahuasca ceremonies,” said a lawyer who specializes in psychedelic law.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 17, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by ADKSparky

How Christianity Really Spread

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 16, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Dave375

This wasn't mine. Wonderful comment in a discussion about faith in an atheist group on Facebook.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 16, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by anglophone

"religiously motivated terrorist attack":

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 15, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by RusselHappy

With 16,000 people dead and climbing due to the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, how can religious people still say that there is a kind and merciful god/diety who looks after them?

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 14, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Corvislover

i had to share!

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 14, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Andrew556

I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 14, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

I'm an Anglican priest. Here's why same-sex couples don't feel welcome in the Church of England

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 14, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

Super Bowl Jesus advert draws ire on left and right

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 13, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by pilotinho

Could have exercised a little.... forethought?

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 13, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by MyTVC15

The truth behind the ‘He Gets Us’ ads for Jesus airing during the Super Bowl (cnn.com) CNN — In between star-studded advertisements and a whole lot of football, this year’s Super Bowl watchers are being taken to church. “He Gets ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 13, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Willow_Wisp

The best kind of Republican Jesus satire!

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 12, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by ADKSparky

Evangelical Super Bowl comments

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 12, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by anglophone

I would delight in dancing on the grave of Vic Bensley, one time headmaster of Hamilton South Public School in NSW, Australia. I would delight even more on dancing on the graves of the vile misanthropes who appointed him to that position.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 12, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by ClareCK

Gender and Religious Expectations

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 11, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

There's going to be ads for Jesus aired during the Superbowl tomorrow evening. This is why we can't compete with the Xians with our message. Commercial air time during the Superbowl is hugely expansive. Atheism may be the truth but the money we have ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 11, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by fishline79

WHO THE HELL WAS ST. VALENTINE. and why is he venerated in the USA, a predominantly Protestant country? According to encyclopedias, he was a fifth century martyr, of no great importance in Catholic countries and his 'Saint's Day" has importance of ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 11, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by HippieChick58

GOD The RULES: You will love me, if you don't love me I'll hurt you. You won't love anybody more than you love me. If you do I'll hurt you. And yeah, don't hurt anybody. I'm the one that does the hurting here.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 10, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

Church of England allows blessings for same-sex couples, but continues ban on weddings

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 9, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by laidback1

I respect religious people who believe in a God that grants free will.. I don't respect wheh they go against that when it comes to abortion, but at the same time, abortion on demand after so many weeks is disgusting and could be considered murder.....

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 9, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by ADKSparky

Pasta’s Wager

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 9, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

THE TENETS OF ATHEISM Recite this daily and believe it without question I don't believe that I'm being watched and judged by invisible magical people in the sky. I don't believe in invisible magical people at all. When I die, I'm dead. I ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 9, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Jenny101

Origins of Religions and Spirituality Religion: Religions are most often based upon the lives, teachings, and beliefs of a historical or archetypal figure (e.g., Christ, Buddha, Moses, Krishna, Muhammad). The details of their lives as holy or highly ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 9, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Jenny101

Historically, from the perspective of the soul, there have been two foundational routes to discover these truths: religion and spirituality. Although they have many similarities and there is a relationship between the two, there are differences ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 8, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Princessteresa

You may have heard—or even used—the terms religion and spirituality interchangeably. But while they aren’t diametric opposites, neither are they the same. Learn how to tell the difference between religion and spirituality. For thousands of ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 8, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Princessteresa

A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down last week and several others that crossed into U.S. territory were part of a broader surveillance effort by Beijing, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Wednesday. The surveillance balloon program has been...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 6, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by TXLerins

If you had to choose a god? I would probably pick Conan’s god, Crom. “Bêlit shuddered. 'Life, bad as it is, is better than such a destiny. What do you believe, Conan?' He shrugged his shoulders. 'I have known many gods. He who denies them is ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 6, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by noworry28

Religion is man-made.

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 5, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by xenoview

Pope and protestant leaders denounce anti-gay laws

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 5, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by JoviJ

How long you used to believed in God?

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 5, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Mcfluwster

UK politician FRANK FIELD ( Ex MINISTER ) was on the Sunday R4 program this am as part of a "round of essay"s that he is battling against his illness with to complete "Before I Pop off" It is a sad apology for "Years of Failure to pass...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 4, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Julie808

Re-branding Jesus? Hobby Lobby founder David Green is apparently behind the 3 billion dollars worth of ads and commercials, in efforts to "re-brand Jesus" according to this Raw Story article. "A mysterious commercial called "He Gets Us" that ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 4, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

What's the difference between a crime and a sin? A crime is an offense against the laws of Man while a sin is an offense against the laws of God., So while being LGBTQ is not a crime, it's still considered to be a sin. On the other hand, gay ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 4, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Sgt_Spanky

Why can't ghosts and god NOT be proven? Well, first, because they're not real but let's suppose for a moment that they are and someone offered hi-res photographic evidence for it, let's say in the form of a translucent but recognizable human ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 4, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Mcfluwster

Are you a teacher who does not know it ? Number ONE

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 3, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Mcfluwster

I have just come across this on an old Atheist site in reply to a discussion about Atheism and Humanism - a comparison . Why would anyone expect religion to be mentioned at a Humanist conference? Humanism is about positive ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 3, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKThat which must not be seen

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 2, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by LenHazell53

The Jehovah's Witnesses are no longer a "religious community" in Norway 😉😍😙🤗😄😘

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 1, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Aaron70

Sure nuff! 🙃

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 1, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by of-the-mountain

Super Bowl evangelical advertisement using “ He gets it”!!! Gets what??? Are they actually stating the immigrants from Latin American’s “Get it” ???

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 1, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by of-the-mountain

What if god were water??? Water mixes with practically everything on this rock and is the bases of life too??? We are 75% water does that equal that our souls oringinated in/from water???

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 31, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by mcgeo52

Interesting article. Nothing really new except some of the statistics. "As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year – probably accelerated by Covid"

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 31, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by abyers1970

It still amazes me how much more the typical agnostic/atheist knows more about the Bible than a Christian. When I was a Christian I was completely ignorant to history and we were just told to believe and that anyone who says differently is just the ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 31, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Mcfluwster

Does anyone else agree with me that we should be DISCUSSING religion rather than DEBATING it? DEBATE assumes that you take SIDES and sets you on a course of competitive one-up-man-ship.. One is often biased enough to give up when you think you ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 31, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by mcgeo52

This has some good ones.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by jackjr

Saw this full page add in the Seattle Times. Even church going Catholics are getting upset and organizing. Maybe, just maybe some will be ripe to finally wake up.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by KateOahu

Maybe I could wrap my head around this one…

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by anglophone

Opus Dei is an evil within an evil: This is the vile mob that claims sex before marriage makes you dirty and unusable.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by ClareCK

Workplace Exposure to Religion

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by ClareCK

I think there should be a law that if someone is constantly talking about their religion in a workplace to those who do not identify as religious, that they should have consequences. What should they be?

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 29, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

Billy Ray wannabe gives his insights. He's all about Trump. Biden is a demon with serpent eyes. 👀👀 And those damn atheists. 👹👺👹👺👹

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 29, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Toyasexy

LINKReligion: Religions are most often based upon the lives, teachings, and beliefs of a historical or archetypal figure (e.g., Christ, Buddha, Moses, Krishna, Muhammad). The details of their lives as holy or highly evolved beings have been carried to us...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 29, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Toyasexy

LINKReligion vs. Spirituality: The Difference Between Them

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 29, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Toyasexy

LINKWhile religion and spirituality are similar in foundation, they are very different in practice. Religion is an organized, community-based system of beliefs, while spirituality resides within the individual and what they personally believe.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 28, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

According To This Priest Hell is Just Demons Singing Rihanna - YouTube

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 27, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

LINKJesus ad during Super Bowl: What is He Gets Us? - Deseret News

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 27, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by jackjr

Right out of the (Christian’s) horse’s mouth. Being ‘godless’ might be good for your health, new study finds. This appeared in the ‘Journal of religion and Health.’ .

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 27, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Wurlitzer

Ran across this quote in a meme this morning, Sammy dropped the mic here. The actual quote is a bit longer, thoroughly good. "Strange! that you should not have suspected years ago--centuries, ages, eons, ago!--for you have existed, companionless, ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 26, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Homosexuality 'not a crime': Pope Francis criticises discriminating laws

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 22, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

First woman pastor in Holy Land ordained

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 22, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by FrostyJim

Well ...you can't prove he is wrong...? Cuz in space nobody can hear you scream!

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 22, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma

Since 99% earths mass is unknown to all earthling and greater the Universe. Since choas and ignorance runs our live far greater than corrupted mainstream religions or Governments. I'm an agnostic base on my great lack of facts and ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 22, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by of-the-mountain

When religious beliefs gain one nothingness in reality!!!

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 22, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKWhat is a "Christian Country"?

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 21, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Church of England apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ people “For the times we have rejected or excluded you, and those you love, we are deeply sorry,” the Church of England bishops said.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 21, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Man sues Denver archdiocese over abuse by convicted priest The lawsuit targets Timothy Evans, a priest convicted in 2007 of sexually abusing other teens in two Colorado counties around the same time frame.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 21, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Wakenbaker

How weird is the whole concept of the Holy Spirit? The "Holy Trinity" is supposed to be three gods in one and yet how slighted must the Holy Spirit feel? Sort of this vague ball of energy no one really cares about. He doesn't seem to do much more ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 20, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by of-the-mountain

Right wing evangelicals and other right wing conservative religious sects want to outright destroy our Secular country with it free society and various cultures!!! By forced baptisms in jails, prisons, schools, colleges and universities!!! ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 20, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by of-the-mountain

Can we still trust Mother Nature???

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 18, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by augimmun

I think a part of the appeal of religion is from nostalgia. Nostalgia seems to be a very powerful force. That's why many people my age (71) listen to the same songs they've been listening to for 50 years; even though they've heard them probably ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 17, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Wakenbaker

The Prodigal Son This is a ridiculous parable if there ever was one. A wealthy man with a very large estate has two sons who work for him keeping the place up. We don't really know the exact nature of the work, but it is strenuous. The younger son ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 15, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by FrayedBear

Loreena McKennitt with a Jesuit authored carol for the Hurons.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 14, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Supreme Court takes up Christian postal worker's religious claim The employee, who objected to working on Sundays for religious reasons, claims the U.S. Postal Service did not do enough to accommodate his wishes.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 14, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Cardinal George Pell's final days spent writing furiously about the Catholic Church's 'toxic nightmare'

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 13, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by FvckY0u

The Asshole Hypothetically speaking there's a person named John. John's life is excellent. By all signs he's a great dude. Only one thing. He believes his refrigerator is a penguin. It's not a problem. He doesn't tell anyone ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 13, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

New Japan law aims at Unification Church fundraising abuses The new law allows believers, other donors and their families to seek the return of their money and prohibits religious groups and other organizations from soliciting funds by coercion or ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 13, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by anglophone

"Late Cardinal George Pell called Pope a 'catastrophe' in anonymous memo": Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 12, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

A priest made slideshows with thousands of images of child pornography. He was found out after leaving nude pictures of himself on a church printer.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 12, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by hijennie5

My sister's family is very religious of the Christian variety. They know I'm not religious and they have no respect for that. They expect me to hold hands at the dinner table and pray with them, for example. I don't make a big deal out of it because ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 12, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Cardinal Pell: No state funeral in Victoria due to victim distress

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 12, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by anglophone

Cardinal Pell was a loyal servant of the defender of pedophile priests, the Bishop of Rome.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 11, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by anglophone

The evil lying bastard that was George Pell is dead: . It's a pity there is no hell for him to burn in for eternity.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 10, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

Cardinal George Pell dies in Rome aged 81 after hip surgery; former Vatican finances chief was Australia's top-ranking Catholic

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 8, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by ITComic

There are thousands of religions around the world. Most of these religions purport that they are the one true religion and worship the one true God. Looking at these facts alone, does it make more sense that God created man, or that men created gods?

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 8, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by St-Sinner

This is important

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 8, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by abyers1970

I thought this was interesting. Website says there are 50,000 contradictions/errors in the Bible

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 7, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by vocaloldfart

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit Avicenna

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 6, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by xenoview

More Americans stay away from church as pandemic nears year three Many Americans already had dropped out of church life before the pandemic. COVID-19 gave them a reason to let go completely, according to a new survey.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 5, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by abyers1970

My first time having a serious discussion with a Christian friend. It was a polite discussion. Just basically told him we had been lied too and there’s no evidence of Jesus. Only evidence we have is an uneducated pastor scaring the shit out of ...

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