greig clawson
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Are you familiar with the term "Fifth Column"?
It's a term dating from the Spanish Civil War and it basically refers to any organized group of people determined to undermine a nation and destroy it from within.
In the past 100 years, the USA has had plenty of Fifth Columns. The KKK. The German/American Bund. Multiple Communist groups.
But the term has always referred to some small, fringe minority.
But not today. In 2026, the Fifth Column is the entire Democrat Party and its army of media, NGO operatives and useful idiots, as well as a smaller group of Loony Libertarians.
Don't believe me?
Who is actively rooting for the USA to lose to Iran?
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I assume someone has already told him, but it behooves the President both spiritually and politically to delete the picture, no matter the intent.
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This assumes a view of Sola Scriptura that the Protestant tradition does not affirm. To put it in a syllogism:
1) Scripture is authoritative because it is God-breathed, not because the Church declares it so.
2) The Church, as a historical and visible body, receives, preserves, and recognizes the canon through a real but ministerial authority under God.
3) Therefore, Sola Scriptura does not rely on tradition to form the canon in an authoritative sense. Rather, it affirms that the canon is given by God and recognized through the ordinary means of the Church’s life over time.
Tyler Lee Conway@TylerLeeConway
Sola Scripture is interesting because it relies heavily on tradition that formed the canon of Scripture. In other words, you needed the Church to tell you what texts were divinely inspired and what were not.
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@_HersonL @MattWallace888 You can go to his page on TRUTH and see it for yourself
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@MattWallace888 How do I know this is true without any facts? Where’s the proof?? Am I suppose to believe just because one says “look what trump posted”??? Come on I’m not that gullible and i know everyone is. So sad..
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On the left is the original
On the right is the one posted by Trump tonight
See if you can spot the difference!
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@RickxLiaChoi @MichaelDDS @megbasham Jesus is the name of the Word made flesh. It is the name of the fully divine and fully human Christ. The Word was with God in the beginning. The Word made flesh was born of the virgin in the beginning of the first century
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That's a lot of words for an interpretation of what he said when he didn't actually say that. He said NEVER this includes the Old Testament (and Jesus is the God of the Old Testament and came to fulfill it not replace it) and he never clarified that, you just made up words for him hence at best is careless. For someone of his position he should know better. And this isn't the first time doing something like this, my link was an older post of his.
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Was God on the side of the Pope’s father when he stormed the beaches of Normandy to “wield the sword”?
Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex
God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.
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🚨 JUST IN: The red lines in VP JD Vance’s FINAL OFFER to the Iranians before leaving Pakistan have been revealed, per Fox
VERY reasonable demands.
1. Permanently halt all uranium enrichment activities inside Iran.
2. Fully dismantle the major nuclear enrichment facilities
3. Remove all highly enriched uranium stockpiles from Iranian territory.
4. Accept a comprehensive regional peace, security, and de-escalation agreement that includes guarantees involving neighboring allies.
5. Immediately cease all financial, military, and material support for terrorist proxy groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
6. Fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted international maritime traffic, with no tolls, fees, inspections, or limitations imposed.
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@RonLee06762580 @SecretFire79 OK, now show the rest of what the Catechism says about baptism
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Let's see what the CCC says:
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) paragraph 1252:
"The practice of infant Baptism is an immemorial tradition of the Church. There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic preaching, when whole 'households' received baptism, infants may also have been baptized."
So... we get "second century" + "quite possible" + "infants may... have been" and from that the CC gets Infant Baptism.
If you as a Catholic, don't see a problem with this, I don't know what to say.
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Trump just spotted in Miami.
He looks like hell. And it looks like hell won.
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@RickxLiaChoi @MichaelDDS @megbasham That's a lot of work from the OT to combat a statement the Pope said about NT language regarding disciples of Christ
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@gpclaw @MichaelDDS @megbasham Easy, all these. This question shouldn't come up for one who has read the Bible:
x.com/i/status/20383…
RickxLoveLia 💞@RickxLiaChoi
Here are Bible passages on war. Showing the nonsense of @Pontifex here. I will be quoting from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint to show these are ancient translations. " Pertaining to Dauid. (1) Blessed be the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for war;" Psalm 143(144):1 (LXX, keep in mind LXX often uses different numbering system) "35(34)training my hands for battle, and my arms you made a bronze bow" Psalm 17(18):35 (LXX) "20[1 When you go out to w]ar against [your] e[nemies, and you see horses and] chariots and115 a people [more] numerous [than you, you shall not be afraid of them—for the LORD your God, who brought you up from the lan]d of Egypt, is with you. 2 And [when you draw near to battle, the priest shall approach and speak to the people, 3 and say t]o [them], “Hear, [O Israel, you are drawing near today to make war against your enemies. Do not lose heart or be afraid or panic or be in dread of them, 4 for it is the LORD your God who goes with you, to fig]ht for you against [your] enemie[s, to give you victory].”" Deuteronomy 20:1-4 (DSS) "Now if you go out to war against your enemies and see horse and rider and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who made you go up from the land of Egypt. 2And it shall be when you draw near for battle, then the priest, when he has come forward, shall speak to the people 3and say to them: “Hear, O Israel! Today you are advancing to battle against your enemies. Let your heart not be undone; be not afraid, nor be shattered, nor turn aside from before them, 4for it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, to save you.”" Deuteronomy 20:1-4 (LXX) "35 He teaches my hands to fi[g]ht, so that [my arms] can be[nd a bow of bronze." 2 Samuel 22:35 (DSS) "training my hands for war and breaking a bronze bow with my arm." 2 Reigns 22:35 (LXX, sometimes the Septuagint names the books differently) "[1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and possess, and drives away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and stronger than you— 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them up before you, and you defeat them, then] you must [total]ly destroy t[hem. You shall make no treaty with them, nor show mercy to them." Deuteronomy 7:1-2 (DSS) "Now if the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering there to inherit and shall clear away great and numerous nations before you—the Chettite and the Gergesite and the Amorrite and the Chananite and the Pherezite and the Heuite and the Iebousite, seven nations numerous and mightier than you—2and the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands and you shall strike them, by annihilation you shall annihilate them. You shall not establish a covenant with them, neither shall you have mercy on them" Deuteronomy 7:1-2 (LXX) "3 The Lord, when he shatters wars, the Lord is his name. 4 “The chariots of Pharao and his host he threw into the sea; choice riders, third-ranked officers, he drowned in the Red Sea. 5 With open sea he covered them; they sank down into the deep like stone. 6 Your right hand, O Lord, has been glorified in power; your right hand, O Lord, crushed enemies. 7 And in the abundance of your glory you shattered the adversaries; you sent your anger, and it consumed them like stubble. 8 And through the breath of your wrath the water separated; the waters were congealed like a wall; the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea. 9 The enemy said, ‘In pursuit I will overtake; I will divide spoils; I will satisfy my soul; I will destroy with my dagger; my hand shall dominate.’ 10 You sent your breath; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in violent water." Exodus 15:3-10 (LXX) "9And if you go out to war in your land against the adversaries who oppose you, you shall also give a signal with the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before the Lord, and you shall escape to safety from your enemies. " Numbers 10:9 (LXX) "22because many casualities fell, because the war was from God, and they lived in their place until the exile." 1 Supplements 5:22 (LXX) Paul also says in the New Testament: "4 For he is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For He is God’s servant, an avenger for wrath to the one doing evil." Romans 13:4 (BLB)
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@all_themoxie He didn't say that God does not hear the prayers of those involved in war.
He said: Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them
I understood this to be a word against the leadership who makes the decision to go to war
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I have been carefully studying and praying through the Holy Father’s recent statements, comparing them with the Catechism and the Church Fathers. He is the Pope, and his words deserve serious consideration.
Even so, I remain in disagreement with language that presents an absolute rejection of all conflict, and I struggle with statements that seem to suggest God does not hear the prayers of those involved in war.
My concern is not with the call to peace, but with wording that appears to go beyond the Church’s established teaching on legitimate defense.
That said, I continue to pray—for the Holy Father, for peace, for wisdom, and for my own heart to remain rightly ordered.
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I joined the Catholic Church for a reason—I believe it is the Church Christ founded. I spent a LOT of time studying the faith and reading the Catechism cover to cover before my baptism.
Lately, I’ve found myself struggling with some of the Holy Father’s public statements. The tone feels absolute, and I’m having a hard time reconciling that with the Church’s full teaching that I’ve studied in depth.
And if I’m honest, the reaction in my own heart has not been good.
So I’m choosing to guard my heart.
For now, I’m stepping back from @Pontifex’s social media and these conversations. I will keep the prayers and rosaries I’ve committed to, and I will continue to pray for the Holy Father.
But my focus needs to stay where it belongs: the Eucharist, Sacred Scripture, the Catechism, and the guidance of my priest.
Lord, have mercy. Keep me faithful and rightly ordered.
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@BillArnoldTeach Scripture interprets scripture. Scripture is God breathed.
When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you have an interpreter.
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Sola Scriptura collapses instantly
when you ask
who interprets it
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💢 Trump’s First Post After Failed Islamabad Talks: A Naval Blockade of Iran
President Trump’s first Truth Social post after JD Vance left Pakistan without a deal was a link to a Just The News analysis laying out the U.S. naval blockade of Iran as his next option if Tehran refuses to accept Washington’s “final and best offer.”
The article argues Trump could flip Iran’s Hormuz tollbooth strategy against it — stationing U.S. warships at the strait’s 21-mile chokepoint to physically control which vessels pass, cutting off Iranian oil exports and squeezing China and India, Tehran’s two largest customers, into pushing for a deal.
“It would be very easy for the U.S. Navy to exert complete control over what does and does not go in and out of that Strait,” Lexington Institute defense analyst Rebecca Grant told the outlet.
The piece notes the USS Gerald Ford — the carrier that led Trump’s naval blockade of Venezuela before the U.S.-backed ouster of Nicolás Maduro — is now in the Persian Gulf alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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@LisaMcKMir @Benedicta_Bee It's OK to disagree with him. You just need to make sure your reasons for disagreement can be found in the teachings of Christ and his church, and not because you have conformed to the wisdom of the world
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@Benedicta_Bee I love and support Pope Leo, although I did have many issues with his predecessor Pope Francis, especially over his position on the COVID vax. I realised that this position was not an infallible position, and realised I can respect the office while disagreeing with the man.
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How can a Catholic Catholic if they disagree with literally everything the Pope says? I mean this sincerely. How do we reconcile this? I would not belong to a Protestant church promoting or professing these radical beliefs? What do we as Catholics do? Sincere question.
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@Benedicta_Bee If you disagree with literally everything the Pope says, it's probably because you don't really know what the church teaches. You have conformed to the pattern of the world rather than the cross
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@rickbrennanjr 40,000
20,000
10,000
5,000
It doesn't matter. That's a lot of schisms
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A common trope among Roman Catholic apologists on X is the claim that “the Reformation shattered the Church into 40,000 Protestant denominations while Rome remains unified.”
That claim trades more on polemical rhetoric than it does reality.
First, the “40,000” figure is a cataloging artifact, not a theological count. It reflects how organizations are registered across nations, languages, and networks—not 40,000 distinct confessions. By the same method, Roman Catholic and Orthodox bodies would also be multiplied across jurisdictions. The number obscures more than it clarifies.
Second, this trope misunderstands the nature of Protestant unity.
Protestants are not united by a single earthly head, but by a shared confession of what Scripture teaches is central:
— the authority of the Word of God
— the full deity and true humanity of Jesus Christ
— justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone
— the necessity of repentance and new birth
— the final authority of the gospel itself
Across Baptist, Presbyterian, Reformed, and evangelical traditions, these are not peripheral agreements. They are the core. They define the faith once delivered to the saints.
This is not superficial alignment. It is doctrinal unity at the level where the gospel actually saves souls and drives the church forward in obedience to the Great Commission given by Christ: to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to observe all that he has commanded (Matt 28:19–20).
By contrast, Rome’s unity is institutional and hierarchical. It is grounded in submission to the bishop of Rome as the visible principle of unity. But institutional cohesion is not the same as theological clarity. A body can be structurally unified while containing internal tensions on the gospel itself: particularly where justification, grace, and sacramental mediation are concerned.
The truth is that the Reformation did not fracture a pure and unified Church. It exposed deep doctrinal divisions that already existed and called the Church back to the authority of Scripture and the gospel of Christ.
So the real question is not: “How many denominations are there?” The real question is: “Where is the gospel rightly confessed?”
On that question, Protestants stand united.
Our unity is not built on a chair in Rome, but on a crucified and risen Christ. And that unity—spiritual, doctrinal, and grounded in the Word of God—is stronger than any merely institutional bond.
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@SpeedWatkins What you say is true in a world where God doesn't choose to give his creation free will. That's not the world God created
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If God is perfectly good, He would desire to save everyone. If He is all-powerful, He would be able to do so. If both are true, everyone would be saved. Since not everyone is saved, either God lacks power, lacks goodness, or does not exist. Choose wisely.
Frank Turek@DrFrankTurek
Why doesn't God save everyone?
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@conservmillen You meant to say 32% of US Catholics. The Catholic Church is much bigger than just the US
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Sorry, but no. Only 32% of Catholics say homosexual behavior is wrong. This is compared to 51% of all Protestants, which even includes the fake pride flag churches. 72% of white evangelicals say homosexual behavior is morally unacceptable.
Only 50% of Catholics who attend mass weekly say that homosexual behavior is morally wrong, compared to 86% of white evangelicals
Sean@findveritasx
Thanks Protestants!!!
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@RickxLiaChoi @MichaelDDS @megbasham Right. Disciples of Christ are never on the side of those who drop bombs.
What teachings of Jesus suggest that disciples of Christ would be on the side of those who drop bombs?
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The problem is he doesn't state that, rather he says:
"Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs."
He said NEVER on the side of those who do this. Even if he meant what you said he didn't say that and this isn't the first time he wasn't careful here so not an excuse. As a supposed Pope he should know better to be careful with his words as his followers will lap up such nonsense. Pure carelessness on his part.
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