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Heretics. Let me read up on that "United Church of Christ"
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These aren't churches. These are the anti-Christ attempting to rape Christians and suicide bomb them against Christendom
What's interesting here is that there were very few things that actually incurred God's wrath (despite what ranging anti-theist will say about the Old Testament), but sacrificing children to Ba'al was always a quick way to get punished, and ALWAYS angered God greatly.
One of the most famous Bible verses out there pretty explicitly said, even in the KJ version, that merely tempting them into sin was so bad you'd be better off being thrown into the ocean with a millstone.
And since gays almost exclusively procreate through grooming and molesting, that makes them all fail that test.
I was just listening to a podcast that talked about them. Apparently, they have a bunch of churches in Africa that find their whole position so distasteful they actually want to leave the group, but the UMC wants to keep them in the fold for the diversity points, so they wont 'let' them leave.
i mean...the individual members and such could leave, but they'd probably have to build their own church. somebody mentioned holding the cost of the church building themselves ransom.
Post-partum abortions, the left has been pushing for that for years now.
PKD wrote a short story where children were allowed to be "recycled" up to age (iirc) 12. Daemon Knight (iirc) wrote a similar one where parents could send their kid to "the adoption agency" no questions asked up to age 16. After 1 year there they were euthanized. So kids 15 and under were living it terror their entire lives. :x
In that one, a kids parents decide to go on a multi-year vacation to another planet, and it's too much of a drag to bring their 14 year old along, so they inform him he's going to the Agency. It's 'dark' to say the least!
1 Timothy 2 is a verse from the New Testament that reads, "I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet." This verse is often used to argue against women teaching or having authority over men in church settings, but interpretations vary widely.
I think the statement is probably slightly ambiguous when removed from context and not taken literally, but I think the Literal Standard Version seems more clear:
also the women in like manner, in orderly apparel, to adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or clothing of great price, (10) but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works. (11) Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection, (12) and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness, (13) for Adam was formed first, then Eve, (14) and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, came into transgression, (15) and she will be saved through the childbearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
I don't think that "remain quiet" makes the most sense for the translation because it comes across as "shut up", but it means something closer to tranquility, gentleness, and a state of listening.
Although, I will note that this passage is none to appreciative of braids.
Woman “pastor” is all you need to know.
Yep, exactly what I was going to say.
That is not a church of Christians, that is a house of churchians, and they will all roast in hell.
Not even, it's worse than that:
Heretics. Let me read up on that "United Church of Christ"
These aren't churches. These are the anti-Christ attempting to rape Christians and suicide bomb them against Christendom
What's interesting here is that there were very few things that actually incurred God's wrath (despite what ranging anti-theist will say about the Old Testament), but sacrificing children to Ba'al was always a quick way to get punished, and ALWAYS angered God greatly.
Abortions are the modern day sacrifices to Ba'al.
That church serves Ba'al.
One of the most famous Bible verses out there pretty explicitly said, even in the KJ version, that merely tempting them into sin was so bad you'd be better off being thrown into the ocean with a millstone.
And since gays almost exclusively procreate through grooming and molesting, that makes them all fail that test.
I think Ba'al may be only one of their many masters.
Very true.
One master, many names
I was just listening to a podcast that talked about them. Apparently, they have a bunch of churches in Africa that find their whole position so distasteful they actually want to leave the group, but the UMC wants to keep them in the fold for the diversity points, so they wont 'let' them leave.
This happens in the US too - UMC traps churches who want to leave with “Sure thing, your building costs $23M, pay up” type moves.
I can believe it.
What's stopping them from just leaving
i mean...the individual members and such could leave, but they'd probably have to build their own church. somebody mentioned holding the cost of the church building themselves ransom.
That sounds exactly like what a bunch of upper-middle-class progressive white Americans would do.
imagine it, white people preventing black people from leaving
You can tell a women wrote that message. Autonomy & government historically doesn't go well together.
Which means genital mutilation for the mentally disabled is off the table.
Of course, it also means we can protect the baby's reproductive organs from being shredded & collected for stem cells by abortion. 🤔
Baby? What is baby? It's just a clump of cells until it turns 18.
Post-partum abortions, the left has been pushing for that for years now.
PKD wrote a short story where children were allowed to be "recycled" up to age (iirc) 12. Daemon Knight (iirc) wrote a similar one where parents could send their kid to "the adoption agency" no questions asked up to age 16. After 1 year there they were euthanized. So kids 15 and under were living it terror their entire lives. :x
In that one, a kids parents decide to go on a multi-year vacation to another planet, and it's too much of a drag to bring their 14 year old along, so they inform him he's going to the Agency. It's 'dark' to say the least!
It is amazing how quickly the myth of maternal instinct died in the post sexual revolution.
A ''church'' advocating for killing babies definetly isn't Christian.
1 Timothy 2:12-15
gotta love AI
Yeah cuz the verse is so ambiguous.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
What is woman is up to interpretation
I think the statement is probably slightly ambiguous when removed from context and not taken literally, but I think the Literal Standard Version seems more clear:
I don't think that "remain quiet" makes the most sense for the translation because it comes across as "shut up", but it means something closer to tranquility, gentleness, and a state of listening.
Although, I will note that this passage is none to appreciative of braids.
Between the people who actually read and understand it vs. the people who ignore it and substitute "what makes me feel good"
Burn the witches.