@gwire@mastodon.social> Due to claims that the Tribulation begins shortly after the Feast of the Trumpets, devoted Christians are urging each other to sell all their personal belongings.
I love this bit. Per Mark 10 you believe you need to sell your possessions to enter the kingdom of god, but ideally you don't have do it until the absolute last minute.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Priests:
🎵 Right Wing
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https://dongiovannirecords.bandcamp.com/track/right-wing
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@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.socialNew episode of the YDS 'Quadcast'! Hear host Emily Judd '19 M.A.R. interview Yale professor Carlos Eire about evolving Protestant and Catholic views on miracles, the history of near-death experiences, and ‘hot-button issues’ including the celibacy rule for Catholic priests. https://
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
"‘Should we not address a prayer to Comrade #Mars [...] Appoint 10 representatives to accompany me; that will suffice to attack the nearest village and enable me to bring back a meal fit for Salian priests.’
So he set out; the rest laid a huge fire and set up an altar to Mars on the green turf."
Apuleius, The G…
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
@rberger@hachyderm.ioToday’s global civilisation, however, is deeply interconnected and unequal and could lead to the worst societal collapse yet, he says. The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.
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If citizens’ juries and wealth caps seem wildly optimistic, Kemp says we have been long brainwashed by rulers justifying their dominance, from the self-declared god-pharaohs of Egypt and priests claiming to control the weather to autocrats claiming to defend people from foreign threats and tech titans selling us their techno-utopias. “It’s always been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Goliaths. That’s because these are stories that have been hammered into us over the space of 5,000 years,” he says.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaWWIII approaches. each nation blesses their forces. which side are u on?
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialSounds an interesting book - an analysis of the significant role of "elites" in societal collapse. But a slightly ominous message looking at the behavior of today's high priests (conservative economists & religious bigots having outsize roles in their respective disciplines), and rulers (the CEO & vulture capital class who have bought the political space)
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaFrom the Wikipedia article about the selection process:
"Girls who pass these basic eligibility requirements are examined for the battis lakshanas, or "thirty-two perfections" of a goddess, which involves their bodies being stripped of all clothing and caressed by the priests....In addition to this, her hair and eyes should be as black as possible, and she should have dainty hands and feet, small and well-recessed sexual organs, and a set of twenty teeth."
