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“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Hamas started this war by their attack on innocent civilians in Israel, they did not attack hard military targets. They tortured, raped, and killed non combatants. Most of the hostages kidnapped are dead from torture.
Israel attacked and killed civilians in pursuit of Hamas. Way too many have died in the response. Mossad has long tentacles, they could have targeted Hamas and killed them without the collateral damage done here. It turned into revenge instead of justice.
The leadership on both sides are the devils here, taking sides in wars is a fools errand, all wars are bad and should only be a last resort. The same people profit and the same people suffer, time to wake up to that fact.
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So Much For ‘Democracy’ – Blinken OKs Ukraine Cancelling Elections – LRC Blog
Bishop Baron Today.
Friends, in today’s Gospel, when Peter asks about the destiny of the beloved disciple, Jesus says, “What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” Here at the close of John’s Gospel we can take this command to heart. What does following Jesus involve?
True conversion—the metanoia that Jesus talks about—is so much more than moral reform, though it includes that. It has to do with a complete shift in consciousness, a whole new way of looking at one’s life. Jesus offered a teaching that must have been gut-wrenching to his first-century audience: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
His listeners knew what the cross meant: a death in utter agony, nakedness, and humiliation. They didn’t think of the cross automatically in religious terms, as we do. They knew it in all of its awful power. Unless you crucify your ego, you cannot be my follower, Jesus says. This move—this terrible move—has to be the foundation of the spiritual life.
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INSANE: KC Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker Doxxed by Kansas City Officials Because of His Faith (5.17.24) – LRC Blog
After Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey calls out the city over its official doxxing, the city’s mayor Quinton Lucas calls Bailey a … (you guessed it) racist! (Hmmm: wasn’t this the same mayor who said that calling the Super Bowl Parade shooters “thugs” was racist? Yes, it was!)
John Barleycorn 
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