SL
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I get it, Pastor, I really do. You’ve made yourself your own personal pope and so you’re not used to being questioned. Whenever someone moderates in this slightest from your personal interpretation of scripture, it’s really hard for you to deal with.
Bad popes are like that.
What you gave wasn’t friendly advice, it’s the voice of the accuser, motivated by arrogance, ignorance and probably a worry that someone might actually ask you to work for a living.
So, I think a good idea for a guy like you is to continue making your money off the gospel, living the high life and surrounding yourself with all the other little popes in your church who are holy and wise enough to agree with everything you say.
Me? I’ll continue to live the faith of the apostles.
PaulsCorner-VerseQuest@TNTJohn1717
Oh boy, Father Joseph, let me give you some friendly counsel. So, a “couple hours of confessions,” huh? Translation: you sat there like a holy vending machine while folks lined up to drop their nickels of sin in exchange for a priestly “absolution” candy bar. Problem is, the Bible doesn’t hand you that job description—it gave that one to the High Priest up yonder (Hebrews 7:25). You’re not the middleman; you’re the guy standing in the middle pretending to be the middleman. Then it’s off to a wedding, sprinkle some Latin pixie dust, and boom—marriage license “validated.” Hustle back for three baby baptisms? More like three wet heads and three sets of parents convinced their kid got a golden ticket into heaven. You might as well give ‘em a lifetime membership card to Rome’s religious country club while you’re at it. Problem is, John 3:7 still says “Ye must be born again,” not “ye must be sprinkled at six weeks old.” And then, cap it off with the 4 o’clock Mass—bread and wine magically turned into God Himself, with you holding the wand. That’s not “a lot of joy,” Father, that’s a full-blown circus. And you’re the ringmaster in the collar. Advice? You don’t need more hustle; you need more Gospel. Put down the wafers, pick up the Book, and start pointing folks to the One Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5). Because when the curtain drops on your joyride, it won’t be “Father Joe” in the spotlight—it’ll be Jesus Christ, and He doesn’t share His stage with anybody.
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@antoniogm Not controversial. Great film. Will rewatch it soon, and I’m glad you brought it back to mind.
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My controversial take is that Robert Redford's most memorable recent film was 'All Is Lost': a film about a solo sailor trying to survive at sea.
About as good as a sailing film as one can expect (despite some flaws). Captures the grandeur and dangers of the sea magnificently.
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@drantbradley Parents that allow their kids alone on discord or Reddit or tic tok are truly endangering their children (and society). Riding to a park is a wonderful alternative.
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Parents in some cities face arrest because they allow their children ride their bikes half-a-mile to go to the park alone, but no one bats and eye to parents allowing their kids to have the internet in their pockets. Sexual predators love that kids have smart phones.
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Charlie Kirk didn't even believe in race.
Charlie Kirk@charliekirk11
This article needs to be spread and read by every single liberal Idea of "white privilege" is racist Black only dorms are racist Latino segregated math classes are racist Science is quite clear, we are all human beings Race is made up. Stop using it nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/…
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“Why has the murder of Charlie Kirk resonated so powerfully through the culture? I am convinced it has to do with the fact that he died with a microphone in his hand—not a gun or a knife or a grenade, but a microphone.”
— Bishop Barron @BishopBarron
firstthings.com/he-died-with-a…
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@EdwardVersaii Another thing: Charlie seems to have been assassinated for holding a belief that is widely believed by a large portion of America. He defended his beliefs with non violence. If he is murdered for that, what does that mean for others that hold the same view? It’s frightening.
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@EdwardVersaii A few things that make it factually unique: 1) he was not an elected official. 2) He was peacefully encouraging debate on college campuses. 3) it was on American soil, which inherently resonates differently 4) he was murdered bc of a belief that most Americans have
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@drantbradley Correct. Amazing people don’t realize that anyone that celebrates a political assassination might not be someone to trust around your customers, students, or patients? This isn’t cancel culture. This is about safety.
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Charlie Kirk was cancelled by a bullet in his neck. Why is it hard to believe that a company/school/organization would not want to retain the type of person who would openly celebrate a bullet going through Kirk's neck?
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La partida de Charlie Kirk se siente como la partida de un familiar. Le pido a Dios fuerzas para su esposa y los ángeles que tuvieron juntos, también le pido a Dios fuerzas para los que quedamos y que tengamos el mismo valor de Charlie, para hablar de los valores familiares y el verdadero y único camino que es JESUS!
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@stevemagness Following people who support my hobbies and pursuit of well-being, like you, is my primary motivation for staying on X and IG. I wish there was an easy way to distill all the noise and focus on the questions that matter. (Eg. was my easy run this morning at such a high HR?)
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This is it. I get I'm sharing on social. But it's ruined so many folks brains.
“Social media is a cancer on our society right now. I would encourage people to log off. Turn off. Hug a family member. Touch grass.”
-Utah Governor Spencer Cox
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@StephenKing People cherry-pick Charlie’s statements on many things, completely without context, to make him sound extreme. His views are relatively centrist if we were in 1995.
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I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages.
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@EdwardVersaii For me, what stands out is this was a kind of political violence we typically do not see on American soil. A sniper attack on a peaceful gathering on a college campus, apparently because of someone’s religious or political beliefs. And, like Columbine, it may inspire others.
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@learning2type And tbc it is scary. But it’s also been scary. It’s getting scarier. I just don’t think people cared about those other atrocities.
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@drantbradley Something is broken in humanity that I simply can’t understand. All murder is horrific. A political or religious assassination, no matter the party or politics, is simply awful. No “buts” or “clarifications” required.
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The fact that a young man who disagreed with Charlie Kirk had to make a separate post to defend why he started crying shows how neurotic American culture is today: “you can’t have empathy for someone brutally murdered if you disagree with them.”Unreal.
Dean Withers@itsdeaann
In Response to Critics, Here’s Why I Cried.
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The radicalization of thousands of young conservatives likely began today. Here’s why: 1) While addressing transgenderism, Kirk was shot, and the video of blood coming from his neck will be replayed endlessly. 2) Many progressives are celebrating it, implying he deserved it.
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If you want to honor #CharlieKirk, don’t resort to violence like the Democrats and the left. USE YOUR VOICE. SPEAK UP.
BE CHARLIE KIRK.
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Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk founded the youth activist group “Turning Point USA” and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.
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Today the world lost an amazing soul, an unbelievable human being. He is in a place that he earned in heaven! May he rest in peace and God gives strength to his family for this tough time!
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