An essential part of death.

Education in the USA is a failure. These people think something they can't see can't hurt them. The USA has a populace that has become largely uneducated by modern standards.

have walked into the lion pit, no Romans needed.

Selfish, mindless imbeciles. Just like Jesus taught them to be?

They worship the old testament god, who is a raging asshole with a messiah complex and end of the world tendencies.

" and end of the world tendencies."

You have a great way with words.

Are you also saying that jahweh (or whatever) had hemorrhoids, thought s/he was the do-all, be-all? Sounds like lots of guys (like me....)

Unless you are interpreting semitic to include Christians, Muslims, Jews or anyone else that nominally says the OT is part of their heritage.

The monotheistic religions are typically male led. And most male focused societies are rather "my way or the other". Perhaps I should have left off that mention of those sacred letters JHWH which seems to trigger convulsions amongst cultists.

I'm have no idea where the antisemitism may be hiding. But I will say that the "my new god's name is so very very sacred that it is blasphemy to even speak it" was very neat trick on Abraham’s part.

It was one of three very important new developments in the manufacture and marketing of a new in-kind product into an already saturated market for gods.

By introducing the innovation of a god with a name that it was forbidden to speak, Abraham ensured that his name rather than his new god’s name would be repeated and thereby glorified, And today, Abraham is the only man who created a god whose name we know.

Like I said, that’s was a pretty cleaver move on Abraham’s part. Although, I'll admit that putting too much validity in anything the bible says is fools play. The game is what it is.

But I'll take credit for it!

Like the rest of us are socializing these days.

They can even do the collection plate via Venmo.

...and a "virtual coffee-hour" using Zoom. The service itself has one or two clergy, an organist, four singers, and the broadcast technician/director all spread far apart from each other, well within both state and diocesan guidelines.

I guess I just don't have the religion gene, like these people don't have the empathy gene. I prefer my way.

Fuck right wingers. Keep on killing yourselves, I think this trend is wonderful.

I do believe in life, but not when it entails death. I will never defend those that seek death. These fuckers need to go.

Is a reliable Red part of the state. Lots of Trump lovers and Newsom haters up there.

Went to college there and it’s blue but go over to the next town and it’s blood red.

Give them full access to food and water and medical care, of course, just like we provide for the asylum seekers currently detained in vast numbers.

IMO, any church with both "family" and "bible" in the name is best avoided like the plague...even when there isn't a literal plague.

Those are just from a 10 mile stretch near my town.

There must be a computer program that generates the names as well as the rotating billboards, pithy sayings, and pulpit rantings. Anything for those tithes!

had them sign over all their worldly goods to him ahead of time! These creeps are in it for the cash. There is Pat Robertson with his mansion, Franklin Graham with his private jets, Copeland with his mansions and private jets. All multi millionaires at the expense of the trusting souls who believe their gibberish. Con artists.

I had forgotten about this verse...

"they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
New International Version

But now that I read it again, the first and last parts are bunk so caveat emptor on the middle part as well, I suppose.

We all know that.

In fact all of them and more will be back at that church tomorrow and going out to eat in large groups if they can.