Tag: religion
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From a Catholic site: 3 beautiful celebrities who quit their lives to become nuns..
This reminds me of a nun we had when I was in high school. She didn’t look at all like the three beautiful celebrities who chose to become cloistered.. Instead, we called her “Sister Bitchass” because that is exactly what she was.
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This is moving like wild fire online now that Drudge linked it.. A painting of the Virgin Mary purportedly with lips moving during prayer… I think there is more to this story and discernment in a strong sense should occur before simply believing.. But for some faithful, belief has taken hold of the unbelievable action of an inactive painting..
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/holy-miracle-watch-virgin-marys-6113110
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Ecuador Welcomes Pope Francis With a ‘Special Papal Toilet’
Ecuador Welcomes Pope Francis With a ‘Special Papal Toilet’
An nice rug.. a picture of Jesus.
A toilet. NO word in whether there is a Holy Groom of the Stool.
Hopefully THIS wasn’t in the bathroom..
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A woman walks her kids along a bridge where a mural, defaced, promotes the upcoming visit of Pope Francis in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. The pope will arrive to Bolivia on Wednesday during his South American tour. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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This is a screen grab from Caleb Wilde’s Faecbook page. I have followed him for some time, I respect him, and I appreciate his blog (although he normally gets a ton of pushback for speaking about death from the perspective of a mortician from Philly) .. Nonetheless, his point on Joel Osteen is taken. The article linked is written by Lynda Fell. It was published in THE BLAZE a few days ago. Fell’s point and criticism of Osteen revolves his belief that you need to ‘get go of grief’ within only a few months of the reason for grieving occurs. She writes,
Shame on you, Pastor Osteen, for lecturing us to shake off the self-pity, change the channel, and dwell on the good things God has done in our life. To ignore the suffering victim who suddenly had his right arm severed would be cruel. To instruct him to look past the agony and instead focus on his remaining left arm is devastatingly ignorant.
I do have empathy for your shortcoming on this issue, for you haven’t lost a child. But let me help you understand why your depiction of Phil and Judy to make a point about self-pity is not only incredibly insensitive but, truth be told, a bit tragic coming from an esteemed person like yourself.
Wilde believes that we should stay away from Osteen.
I have long believed that.. When I see his smarmy mug on my Sunday morning TV, I became slightly enraged for no real reason. I don’t leave the giant sports stadium-filled church service on long enough to get a point. I don’t want his point..
He may be a perfectly fine man.
But I have decided to remain Osteen-free in my life. -
Should you avoid Joel Osteen?
This is a screen grab from Caleb Wilde’s Faecbook page. I have followed him for some time, I respect him, and I appreciate his blog (although he normally gets a ton of pushback for speaking about death from the perspective of a mortician from Philly) .. Nonetheless, his point on Joel Osteen is taken. The article linked is written by Lynda Fell. It was published inTHE BLAZE a few days ago. Fell’s point and criticism of Osteen revolves his belief that you need to ‘get go of grief’ within only a few months of the reason for grieving occurs. She writes,
Shame on you, Pastor Osteen, for lecturing us to shake off the self-pity, change the channel, and dwell on the good things God has done in our life. To ignore the suffering victim who suddenly had his right arm severed would be cruel. To instruct him to look past the agony and instead focus on his remaining left arm is devastatingly ignorant.
I do have empathy for your shortcoming on this issue, for you haven’t lost a child. But let me help you understand why your depiction of Phil and Judy to make a point about self-pity is not only incredibly insensitive but, truth be told, a bit tragic coming from an esteemed person like yourself.
Wilde believes that we should stay away from Osteen.
I have long believed that.. When I see his smarmy mug on my Sunday morning TV, I became slightly enraged for no real reason. I don’t leave the giant sports stadium-filled church service on long enough to get a point. I don’t want his point..
He may be a perfectly fine man.
But I have decided to remain Osteen-free in my life. -
JOHN VIDAL AT THE GUARDIAN WRITES: In an unprecedented encyclical on the subject of the environment, the pontiff is expected to argue that humanity’s exploitation of the planet’s resources has crossed the Earth’s natural boundaries, and that the world faces ruin without a revolution in hearts and minds. The much-anticipated message, which will be sent to the world’s 5,000 Catholic bishops, will be published online in five languages on Thursday and is expected to be the most radical statement yet from the outspoken pontiff
This is going to be undoubtedly controversial, amazing, historic, and news making when it occurs..
The GUARDIAN reports that Pope Francis will go on to write:
The Argentinian pontiff is expected to repeat calls for a change in attitudes to poverty and nature. “An economic system centred on the god of money needs to plunder nature to sustain the frenetic rhythm of consumption that is inherent to it,” he told a meeting of social movements last year. “I think a question that we are not asking ourselves is: isn’t humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature? Safeguard creation because, if we destroy it, it will destroy us. Never forget this.”
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I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.
From a recently sold letter from Albert Einstein.. He spoke about theories. And God.
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Looks like God may be starting to take care of all those churches who aren’t getting enough collection money. Old testament God has returned!