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Now that the dust has finally settled, we have the leisure to return to the panicked days of early 2020 and reexamine what really happened. And it may not be quite what we think. Nick Hudson and Jonat...
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) renewed his call Friday for the Senate to vote to expel Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), calling the criminal allegations against the New Jersey lawmaker “more sinister” than the charges facing Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.
Unfallhilfe für Familie in Madagaskar – Accident aid for family in Madagascar
Kürzlich erreichte uns die Nachricht, daß eine Familie in Madagaskar, die wir in der Vergangenheit schon unterstützt haben, nachdem sie Opfer von Überflutungen nach langen Regenfällen geworden waren, nun unverschuldet in einen Verkehrsunfall verwickelt worden ist. Sie sind nun gleichwohl verpflichtet worden, eine Kompensation in Höhe von rund 1500 Euro zu bezahlen. Das ist für Menschen, die…
Kürzlich erreichte uns die Nachricht, daß eine Familie in Madagaskar, die wir in der Vergangenheit schon unterstützt haben, nachdem sie Opfer von Überflutungen nach langen Regenfällen geworden ware…
Promoting Religion as Real is Mentally Harmful to a Flourishing Humanity
To me, promoting religion as real is too often promote a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from who they are shaming them for being human. In addition, religion is a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from real history, real science, or real morality to pseudohistory, pseudoscience, and pseudomorality. Moreover, religion is a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from rational thought, critical thinking, or logic. Likewise, religion is a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from justice, universal ethics, equality, and liberty. Yes, religion is a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from loved ones, and religion is a toxic mental substance that can divide a person from humanity. Therefore, to me, promoting religion as real is too often promote a toxic mental substance that should be rejected as not only false but harmful as well even if you believe it has some redeeming quality. To me, promoting religion as real is mentally harmful to a flourishing humanity. Religion may have once seemed great when all you had or needed was to believe. Science now seems great when we have facts and need to actually know.
@wyliesau Gasprices in Europe. That’s Natural gas, not the stuff you put in your car for all you mericans. I’m the yellow one. Can you imagine they actually closed our own cheap gas fields for importing American gas?
@wyliesau Me hoping also, but they are already trying to shove him aside so the can continue their Leftist EU/WEF Agenda of further bureaucratic enslavement. The typical politics and MSM brainwashing these days when The People finally say “fuck the EU!”. 🧐
Immer daran denken, dass die deutsche Automobilindustrie daran selbst schuld ist, kräftig unterstützt von vermeintlich “wirtschaftsfreundlicher” Politik, Lobbyorganisationen wie der #INSM und Akteuren wie Hans-Werner Sinn (der auf seine alten Tage zum Motortechnikfachmann wurde).
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Sometimes Israel’s crimes are so horrific that at first you don’t even understand what you’re looking at.
Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxnRl8N0PNE
Iranian nuclear facility explosions, Moscow endures largest attack to date, largest air attacj on ukraine to date, NATO prepares borders, Black sea warships to stand off with Russia, impending oil …
ja ich weiß, aber ich hab keine Ressourcen mich um noch einen weiteren Account bei einem anderen Netzwerk zu kümmern. Ich freu mich aber, wenn hier hin und wieder mal was nettes angespült kommt 😀
Ja, die ganzen Accounts zu managen kann sehr zeitaufwändig sein ... kenne ich 😅
Deshalb nutze ich auch hauptsächlich meinen Diaspora*-Account. Pixelfed möchte ich allerdings, wegen der Bilder, nicht mehr missen. Und damit kann man auch Mastodon und Friendica-Accounts folgen.
I'm considering posting shiny photos of Roman churches each Advent Sunday. Additional posts will contain background info, but also juxtapose the clerical hypocricy, exploitation and discrimination those buildings represent once you look beyond the synaesthetic spectacle that is baroque catholicism. Those parts will of course be CWed. I'm still hesitant about this because I'm not Catholic, but got my PTSD from Evangelical Christianity.
@Yishay Noted! On the whole thread including the photography? I was thinking about posting pictures and basic architectural/historical background openly, but putting a CW on anything that can be classified under "White Christianity being at it again".
@Yishay I don't know much about the parts of Non-European Christianity which were not influenced by colonialism. Therefore the qualifyier "white". Also adding a Christmas and/or Christianity hashtag on each post/pic if ppl want to mute/filter?
@thomashelzle Commenting to "not take this stuff so seriously" is insensitive - especially when talking to/about survivors of spiritual abuse. That side note about my PTSD was not a joke. And that take on the decline of religion is a) very eurocentric, b) may be offensive to people who experience spirituality as an important part of their life and c) underestimates the impact (be it positive or harmful) organised religion still has in society - even among atheists. Please delete your reply.
Okay, here we go. I'm going to put all parts of this in one thread so people can easily mute if they want and will tag accordingly. Religious content and potentially sensitive subjects that come with it will be under a CW. First up:
Okay, first up: Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Erected around 400 AD over the supposed grave of Paul of Tarsus, it was the world’s largest church until current St. Peter was built. Despite of that this building has seen more days of neglect than of glory. Its roof collapsed several times, there are stories of pilgrims more or less camping in the nave, using cooking pots and putting up clotheslines. #christianity #rome #architecture #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday
The building has few origial parts left after it got: hit by lightning, an earthquake, was ransacked by Saracen pirates (it’s outside the city walls, thus poorly protected) and finally burnt down in the 19th century. Restoration went a bit free form and finished off everything that was left of the original. The triumphal arch paid for by Emperor Theodosius‘ daughter Galla Placidia in the 5th century and its mosaics are somewhat untouched, though. #christianity #rome #architecture
There is a row of friezes just above the columns featuring portraits of all Popes (those made before the 16th century are imaginary). But the space is limited. According to legend the Second Coming begins when the last portrait spot is filled. Well ... when John Paul II came into office there where only three spaces left. Sooooo… what did the Catholic church do? Add another 25 places in case the successor of Pope Francis isn’t the last in line. XD
You think that St. Peter is Rome’s most important church ...being in the Vatican and all big and famous? Wrong. Constitutionally, the Vatican lies outside of Rome, therefore the Bishop of Rome (= The #Pope) has got to have a seat inside of the city. The #Lateran Palace serves this purpose – quite literally (see photo) - making the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran the official cathedral of Rome and the oldest in the Western World. #christianity #rome
Apropos #oldest: The basilica’s bronze doors are the oldest (functioning) doors in the world as they were originally part of Ceasar‘s Curia Iulia, a building that was finished in 29 BC. It shows how the papacy went above and beyond to style themselves as the heirs of Imperial Rome. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curia_Iu… (Please correct me if this fact is wrong due to eurocentrism.) #ImperialRome #Rome #Antiquity
The original building was founded in 324 AD, but completely renovated during the 17th/18th century and looks nothing like the original. I personally lack interest in baroque architecture (Sorry, Mr Borromini) and mostly went there to salivate at the Cosmateque floors:
The #Cosmati were a 12th/13th century craftsman family specialising in #mosaic stone work. Many Roman churches are decorated with their inlays combining glass and marble in complex geometrical patterns – some almost fractal. They were inspired by Byzantine and (through Sicily) Islamic ornaments. The Lateran’s #cloister was wholly designed by Cosmati artists, each pillar is unique.
a historical Pope acting highly unethical in several unsurprising ways
Apropos Egyptian. The largest standing Egyptian obelisk is right next to the Lateran. It was dug up from Circus Maximus by Sixtus V. in the 17th cent. All being part of his ongoing campaign to repurpose/desecrate ancient artifacts. He was also proficient in executing monks/nuns for breaking their vow of chastity and forbidding castrates to marry because of their infertility. A true gem of a person. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latera…
Catholic church + tourism = pure weirdness, bit funny though
Imagine yourself nerding out in the cloister, shooting mosaics. Then stumbling across a *very* unique and clearly medieval metal door (11century). It's left ajar and you solemnly peek into the room ... to find a vending machine + coffee dispenser. Right inside the fucking cloister. Yeah, keeping people hydrated is good and prices were ok, but considering there was no seating available for older/impaired ppl *at all* this was surreal.
I decided to put the more controversial buildings on the backburner until after the holidays. So please enjoy the pearl that is Santa Prassede, a relatively unkown minor basilica featuring the most beautiful Carolingian mosaic work. San Zeno chapel was built by Pope Paschal I for his mother Theodora (see last image, depicted next to the saints Prassede & Prudentiana + Mary with a square halo to indicate she was still alive when the image was made). #Christianity #Saints
And for your pleasure: What does this church also have? You guessed it ... ✨Cosmatque✨ floors and a crypt decorated in the style. #medieval #architecture #cosmati
Welcome to a new year and another round of ecclesial architecture in Rome. Today: Santa Maria Maggiore. The following posts contain flippant comments about catholic veneration of relics. Personally I’m fascinated by the idea of objects being imbued by power, was humbled to learn from the Guaraní of Campo Grande. But considering how Catholicism has looked down on Indigenous practices while shaping its own tradition to become a main source of revenue I can’t hold back my cynicism on that.
Like most Roman churches, Santa Maria Maggiore got its heavy bling in modern times. The coffered ceiling is said to contain the first gold brought back by Columbus. The story is apocryphal, which doesn’t change the fact that gold mining and acquisition practices weren’t humane no matter the geographical origin. But certainly by not later than 1700, at least 2/3 of the gold used in Europe came robbed from South America.
The crypt under the high altar pictured above contains the most important relic of the church. Four boards of sycamore wood that are believed to be the manger of the Nativity. They are housed in a silver reliquary of questionable taste. It‘s also the burial place of Saint Jerome (the bible translator and lion-with-thorn-in-paw-guy)
Catholic relics and flippant remarks about them by a non-catholic
The treasury houses additional relics. Who wore it more appropiately to Jesus‘ teachings? Saint Jerome or the 18th century Borghese popes? Need a helping hand? Here are St. Luke’s and St. Matthew‘s.
Lacking a transept the church has two very impressive chapels framing the main altar. Since there was a prayer service in the Cappella Paolina, I can only present pictures from the Sistine Chapel (not to be confused with the one in the Vatican), commissioned by Sixtus V, one of the most ruthless and morally conservative people to ever hold the office. Research that person at your own peril, the list of possible CWs is too long to even start. #FotoMontag #architecture #Rome
Addendum for Santa Maria Maggiore, since it's February: The Baptistery houses the memorial of António Manuel ne Vunda. He was sent to the Vatican as the ambassador of Congo, but died just a few days after reaching the city in 1608. He received a memorial equal to European diplomats. Read more about why the Vatican was very much interested in the powerhouse that the independent kingdom of Congo was back then: africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-… #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #Catholicsm #Rome #Congo
You can compare with Lucca if you get the chance - the facades of the duomo and San Michele are filled with uniquely designed pillars, but many of these seem more delicately refined.
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Oh yes. Casting a POC for *that* role? *cackles maniacally* I also like the pacing of the last two episodes. More approachable for younger viewers. Many scenes practically made for reanactment by youngsters.
@eyeling It was very impressive. The story actually made sense and wasn't the usual new-Who ending where the Doctor gets electrocuted and infects the baddie with his time lord DNA or whatever
To summarize: 1) Ukraine is bracing for a Russian counteroffensive by fortifying the entire front; 2) that scenario could be averted, however, by freezing the conflict; 3) but Zelensky refuses to do so due to his messianic delusions of victory despit…
Vos cartes postales de Lozère du jour : aux « Arcs de Saint-Pierre », des passages naturels créés par l'érosion de l'eau dans les causses, près de Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers, à l'extrême sud-ouest de la Lozère. L'image avec une colonne de roche qui peut évoquer un chat aux yeux verts se trouve sur « la grande place », un peu plus au nord des arcs.
In a recent interview with Drake Michigan host Ant Critchley, an anonymous airline pilot of 34 years spoke about a government chemtrail operation in the United Kingdom. He claims the operation imports transporter aircraft from the U.S.
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Dans cet épisode, Éric Morillot s'entretient avec Bruno Gaccio. Ils discutent de la liberté d'expression, l'indépendance éditoriale et le rôle de l'humoriste.
What does Israel’s current war against the Gaza Strip have to do with oil and gas? Since the year 2000, when Gaza’s gas fields were discovered, the Israeli government has prevented the Palestinian peo...
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Journalist Whitney Webb exposes the WEF false flag plan to carry out a massive cyber attack in 2024 that will pave the wave for a regional war in the middle ...
Tehran(IP): President Raisi stressed that Iran's support for Gaza and Palestine is based on the constitution, where the protection of the oppressed is defined as the main duty.
Nous ne sommes pas le Hamas. Ce ne sont pas des missiles aléatoires. Tout est intentionnel. Nous savons exactement combien de dommages collatéraux il y a dans chaque maison.
Suggestion de cibles, plans d’attaque automatisés : des outils d'IA, créés par Tsahal ou par des entreprises privées, servent à mener une guerre «totale» à Gaza. Des ex-officiers du renseignement parlent d’une «usine d’assassinat de masse».
On voit un génocide en direct et on ne peut rien faire. WTF
est un crime consistant en l'élimination concrète intentionnelle, totale ou partielle, d'un groupe national, ethnique ou encore religieux, en tant que tel, ce qui veut dire que des membres du groupe sont tués, brisés mentalement et physiquement, ou rendus incapables de procréer, en vue de rendre difficile ou impossible la vie du groupe ainsi réduit. Le génocide peut être perpétré par divers moyens, le plus répandu et le plus évident étant le meurtre collectif.
MOSCOW December 02. 2023 (Saba) - The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 plane in Nikolaev Province and a Mi-8 helicopter in Kherson Province, and neutralized about 630 enemy soldiers during the last 24…
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Toledo (Spain), 3 December 2023 (SPS) - The Polisario Front will continue to demand that Spain assume its moral, legal, and political responsibilities towards the Sahrawi people, said its representative in Spain, Abdellah Arabi.
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