Insights in the Bible prophecies
I truly believe that the Lord Is with us and He has a wonderful plan for us! Do you believe it friends!
Christian Persecution World Map
I build a site that updates nightly pulling in news and updates about Christian Persecution around the world. All references are cited. Sharing in case anyone finds it interesting. https://rinchen.github.io/persecutio/index.html
The Lord will save us this day! Let's believe it!
The Lord will save us this day! Please believe it! Running will only get us so far. And the problem may follow!
July 4, 2026!
Happy 250th Birthday! 2Corinthians 3:17 says the Spirit of the Lord gives Liberty! This 250th Birthday of our nation we Americans must thank God for our Freedoms! Amen!
Off-topic: A Side Project
(i'm French)
The strange and fascinating world of early 20th-century French Catholic writers.
A while back, I started working on a second blog dedicated to French Catholic writers from the early 20th century, many of whom all knew each other in one way or another.
I’m lucky enough to own a large collection of books published during that era, including several remarkable works that were printed only once in a few dozen copies.
I also have plenty of books of correspondence (the WhatsApp of the early 20th century).
Much of what I plan to publish is extremely scarce online or IRL.
My goal is to paint a clear portrait of it all, including the relationships and the writings.
If you own rare texts from that period or simply want to get in touch, feel free:
See ya later, alligators.
https://sfss.space/off-topic-a-side-projectOpen linkView original on lemmy.blahaj.zoneI'm in a tough spot
Hey guys, I am in THE MOST difficult spot and I have no where else to turn right now, here’s the story:
I attended New Life Church back in Colorado Springs, I slipped up and ONLY said something once in a group setting (I’m NOT saying I did the right thing). I just merely said one statement about college and the trades NO CUSSING, NO YELLING, etc. (I say this because keep this in the back of your mind for what I am about to share). NOBODY asked me to apologize what they did next made my life SO hard. Then a girl SCREAMED at me for saying that and I said, “Please be patient with me, I have Asperger’s Syndrome.” She rudely states, “Asperger’s Syndrome doesn’t excuse you!” So I insulted her back (again not saying this was the right thing to do). I left the group after that. Then the group leader who’s a guy defended HER and he SCREAMS AND YELLS, “ASPERGER’S SYNDROME DOESN’T EXCUSE YOU! YOU I DON’T NEED TO APOLOGIZE (with a smirk 😏 on his face), I EXPECT ONLY YOU TO BE PERFECT IN THE GROUP AND NO ONE ELSE! YOU WERE BEING SELISH AND IMMORAL!” This was a CONTINUOUS thing and it happened at the Church ⛪️, he did NOT say it just once, it was THE DEEPEST of wounds. I was patient with this man 🧍♂️, I tried explaining to him what I meant by this and MY side of the story but he just says, “I don’t NEED to apologize with a smirk 😏 on his face.” He also stated, “I don’t NEED to hear your side of the story!”
Please note: this was a CONTINUOUS pattern of behavior from this man, he would NOT leave me alone and apologize. I went to Church ⛪️ authority told THEM all that had happened, THEY did nothing, I went to my parents about taking this man to the police 👮♀️ I told them that THIS was discrimination. My parents and EVERYONE around me said, “That’s NOT discrimination! That’s FREE SPEECH!” And I told them that THIS WAS discrimination. I wanted to go to the police 👮 about this but the Pastor said, “No! Don’t go to the Police 👮, I’ll talk to him.” Then he proceeded to tell me in an email to “forgive” the man who did those things to me. It turned out he NEVER confronted the guy and the guy lied 🤥 and said, “I NEVER said any of those things! I just said the remark in the context of what she just said!”
My patience was at its breaking point, so I finally have had enough and vandalized the man’s property in anger 😡. I shattered his windshield and spray painted the side of his car and house. EVERYONE was in shock 😳that I did that, Police 👮♀️ took HIS side EVEN THOUGH he admitted to discriminating against me. They talked to him and decided to charge me. But court came and took MY side through The Neighborhood Justice Center.
In court: So he was REALLY upset 😢 and started crying 😭 in court, the mediator told him, “You KNEW full well of what you were doing, you yelled insults about HIS protected class, he gave you PLENTY of chances to stop 🛑, apologize and make it right, but YOU chose to do wrong. Why didn’t you just stop 🛑? Why didn’t you just apologize?” Then the guy said, “No, an apology wouldn’t have worked in that situation, because HE was being off topic and that means ‘stop!’” He even told me, “You’re SUPPOSED to forgive me and let it go no matter what I say or do!” But court didn’t look at it like that, THEY told him that I did NOT do anything to deserve THAT level of behavior. They ALSO noted that the Pastor, My Parents, etc. ALL knew what to do but decided NOT to do the right thing and the justice system ruled in MY favor saying that the guy who yelled those insults at me were NOT JUSTIFIED by any means and that someone SHOULD HAVE stepped up and told me, “Yes, get the police 👮 involved.” THEN I yelled ALL of those insults BACK at him and ONLY with a slur and then 😏 smirked on my face in the same matter. He told me “This is SO wrong on all levels! You’re breaking the law right now against me! Apologize!”Then I said, “Now PUT YOUR FEET 👣 IN MY SHOES and think about how you made me feel with what you said to me.”
He 👀 looked at me and said, “I can’t!” Then I told him, “Then FORGET me apologizing to you!” Then I said, “I am not SUPER sorry for damaging your property, just only a LITTLE sorry.” Then he looks at me with a 😳 shocked face, “You damaged my property over that?!?” Then I said, “You discriminated against my disability over that?!?”
So you see, NO ONE held this man accountable for his actions EVERYONE was liberal on him, and please note, like I said above, I TRIED apologizing to him. I had been apologizing to this man spiritually for what I had done for years. But this man’s sin was NOT a papercut, it had infected me SO deep to the point where just these past couple of weeks, I went to the Lord about it, The Lord opened my eyes 👀 to fairness and scriptures on fairness. I told God, “Well Lord, I tried, this man is saying I OWE him an apology but HE WILL NEVER apologize himself for HIS selfish behavior and actions. So I think and believe it’s fair I NOT apologize to this man for MY actions anymore.” I further told the Lord, “Let the Angels write this down Lord, I’m ok with with this. All I’m asking is that you see it from MY perspective BEFORE you condemn me and judge 🧑⚖️ me accordingly. I don’t NEED to apologize to this man anymore, this man has TORMENTED me for being disabled. He NEVER once considered how I felt about the situation and NEVER apologized.” So something in between God and I is I am asking about my place in Heaven, I keep hearing words in the back of my mind such as “Safety, Protection, Forgiveness” when I ask him.
Now my question is this, is it fair to NOT apologize to someone like this after I gave him SEVERAL chances to apologize for what he had done? The Justice System DID say I reacted out of provocation and NOT pure evil or pre meditation.
Thoughts on Jewish Deicide?
Recently I stumbled across this Wikipedia article on Jewish Deicide. It seems to be the doctrine of a collective guilt/charge on what I take to be rabbinic Jews for the death of Jesus.A piece of Scripture that is often used to support it is Matthew 27:25 where the Jewish crucifixion mob at Jesus trial say that the blood of Jesus should be on them and their children.
Other references include the likes of Acts 13:27 and 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
I have researched it, but it appears Google is filled with either Jewish or Zionist sources complaining about this doctrine and labelling it as antisemetic. On the linked wikipedia article, it even criticises the legitimacy of the New Testament itself as an attempt to attack the idea.
Now, first off, and as a moderator of this community, calling for the harm of Jewish people is not tolerable nor Christian, nor by the rules of this site. Personally, if I were to take this doctrine as true, I would see it as a display/magnification of God's Love and Grace, as Jews are sinners like everyone else and can be forgiven, despite, for the sake of argument, bearing such a charge. Since we are both sinners, made in the image of God, etc, etc, it won't be acceptable at all to try and persecute Jews due to this doctrine.
If this doctrine were true, it doesn't justify the persecution of Jews.
However, as I said, the articles criticising the idea mainly seem to cite the antisemetism that people used this doctrine to justify. I don't think this is correct theological exegesis, as we should be determining our theology from The Bible foremost, with perhaps some Christian writings as well if they lay it out clearly. Essentially, I don't think I can reject this doctrine based on eisegesis.
Also, my mind is not made up on this doctrine, that's why I'm asking here.
I'll say it again, I will punish any displays of hatred towards Jewish people. It has no place in this community. But whether or not they bear the weight of this charge is strictly a theological matter. It doesn't make them any less eligible to God's Grace, who would forgive them even if they were collectively guilty of this (which is powerful). Nor does it invalidate the fact that they are made in the image of God and should be loved and protected like every other human.
I also think there's an aspect that we're all guilty of killing Jesus. So that's also worth throwing in there.
Also, please only really answer this post if you want to have a somewhat productive conversation about this.
Youtube video presenting evidence that the Shroud of Turin is real
Worth noting that it's not completely indisputable (although hasn't been disproven) that the purported blood is in fact human blood by all studies (although many studies do support it), but still worth a great consideration

