Thom Gray

I'll keep a listen out.

Annual reminder! #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

I’m not a #Syria expert by any means. I do know Assad is (was?) a criminal and a brute. But reading up on #HTS, I think the cheers for Assad’s fall should instead be a resigned sigh that the new Syria will probably be a #Salafi state that abuses women and oppresses journalism and dissent.

Who else on Bluesky is #Xanga old? Come on, fellow geriatric Millennials, let me hear ya.

When I was in high school, I wrote a Swiftian essay on my Xanga page about how, if elected President, I would annex Canada as the 51st state.

Anyway that’s a thing the real President is pitching now so that’s…yeah.

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Sad times for #gamers: looks like #Steam is the latest retailer whose #BlackFriday sales are the same as or worse than their regular sales throughout the year.

Selective Republican Anti-War Sentiment, pre-World War II edition.

If you've never studied the history, then, like now, they were quietly rooting for the aggressor.

Awww, where are we gonna get our Thanksgiving dinner now? #RIP
#AlicesRestaurant

#WickedPartOne NAILED IT.

#ArianaGrande Sorry my old lame arse ever doubted you.

I’m neither willing nor able to verify that. In fact I’d rather MAGAts learn to keep that appendage to themselves.

Circumcision is not a faith tenet of Christianity. See Romans 2:25-29.

Lawyer here. A friend got an “offer” from one of these outlets and asked me to review the “contract.” It literally lacked any clause requiring them to give her money. Two pages, zero required disclosures, host of one-sided protections. RUN AWAY, FOLKS.

Well. Bye. #MattGaetz

See also "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen.

Left: Representative Nancy Mace said in 2021 that she "strongly supports LGBTQ rights" and "No one should be discriminated against."

Right: Photo of Nancy Mace placing a "BIOLOGICAL" sign over the Women's bathroom sign at the Capitol. Accompanying Tweet: "I never thought we would need a sign for this, but women's restrooms are for biological women. Not men."

Like Trump's heir apparent James Donald Bowman (stage name "J.D. Vance"), Rep. Nancy Mace is repugnant not just because she spreads hate, but because she intentionally abandoned tolerance to pursue political and personal gain.

These young Republicans know better and don't care. #LyingLiars

"Constitutionalist"

What they mean: "Guns for whites and free exercise for Christians."

What I mean:

All the speech
All the faiths
All the press
All the equality
All the separation of powers
None of the theocracy
None of the state cruelty
No one getting shot for exercising their rights

Ew, WaPo...

Bible Gateway passage: Leviticus 20 - New American Standard Bible On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: ‘Anyone from the sons of Israel or from the strangers residing in Israel who give...

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I don’t have to brother: I was born in 1985 😂 Is that better or worse than people thinking Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a Christian song?

Didn’t you research yours? They’re from the same chapter.

Leviticus 20:10

If you actually read the entire Levitical law concerning sexual behavior you’ll see the unifying theme. And then if you read Jesus’s life story you’ll see repeatedly His take on enforcing Levitical law via human government. This is why study is a prereq to rational discussion.

I did not see it before now. Any sexual contact outside marriage is sinful in Christianity (and abominable per the OT), but Jesus firmly rebuffed the Old Testament worldly penalties for sin. Christians should not support state oppression of SOME “sinners,” because we are ALL sinners.

The Crusades had zero Biblical root or authorization, involved atrocities to God, and predictably failed in the end. The fact that non-Christians still associate them with Christianity today is evidence of why Christians should not tie Christianity to state actions.

It appears to represent the Ten Commandments, which were originally written on two stone tablets.

Christian theocracy was Satan’s idea, and he tried to tempt Christ to take control of world government. Christ refused. So should Christians today. (Luke 4:5-8)

I’m just a dog out here with a case of Advantage and a flea collar, doing what I can to treat my fellow dogs before the fleas get us all killed.

I’ve had to correct so many misconceptions I “learned” about Revelation from the Left Behind books. Not enough of us un-learned that stuff unfortunately.

Nor should you. Our first job as Christians is to be good examples of how Christ lived, not theocrats or high-pressure salesmen.