Lmao the white American trads are horrified of actual cool white traditions https://t.co/DwZhY1pTa7 — Nikolaj?????? (@nikicaga) December 8, 2023 It’s a Krampus parade, which has been a pious Christian celebration of emotional child abuse since at least the 16th century, but expecting an American ‘Christian’ to know anything about their own religion’s history is as …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: Chag Hanukkah Sameach
Tonight, families around the world will light the first candles of Hanukkah. And for eight nights, those flames will light others, spreading their light. May the glow of our White House Menorah join yours to celebrate the miracle of faith and the strength in each of us. pic.twitter.com/tDsHf6SAYx — Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) December 8, 2023 …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: What Part of ‘Papal Infallibility’ Did You Fail to Understand?…
Bad day for American rightwing evangelical converts to Catholicism, good day for the Church. https://t.co/bSXPjcPjA0 — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 28, 2023 I left The Chuch fifty years ago (the day after my parochial school graduation, held as part of a mandatory Mass). But it still tickles me when ‘radical traditionalists’ discover that Papa Francis …
Sunday Morning Open Thread: Happy Diwali!
Diwali or Deepavali, a holiday that is becoming more widely known in the U.S., starts Sunday. The religious holiday, also known as the festival of lights, is celebrated by over 4 million people in the U.S. and more than 1 billion people worldwide. https://t.co/ozwgpSuqii — Axios (@axios) November 9, 2023 Why it matters: The religious …
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Christian Nationalism
One of the more infuriating things about people in the mainstream starting to wake up to the fact that the Republicans are overtly all about Christian nationalists is remembering all the times I argued with people and they ignored me- “Trust me they don’t just want to stop at 16 weeks they want to end …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Día de los Muertos
DAY OF THE DEAD: Hundreds of people dressed as skeletons took to the streets for an early celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico City. Yesterday's parade is one of many events for "Día de Los Muertos" celebrations. pic.twitter.com/zymNm6wXOW — KTVN 2 News (@KTVN) October 23, 2023 When I was a wee child …
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I’m So Old
After having seen several interviews with this Johnson fellow out of Louisiana, I have a couple of thoughts. First, he has that slimy hyper religious sheen that a lot of the hucksters who are religious in the sense that they cherrypick the bible to justify who they are currently hating on. The whole Tony Perkins …