Syncretism stew
“What this event makes clear is that God rejects worship of him in improper forms. He has the right to tell his people how he wants to be worshiped, and his people must follow those instructions to the letter. This event is also an illustration of a problem that will plague Hebrew worship for a long time—syncretism. They mixed true worship with false.”
(Scott Anoil) In the Old Testament Law, God gave his people very specific instructions about how they were to relate to the people around them, including in their culture and worship practices.
Deuteronomy 12:2–8 reveals important principles in this regard. God commanded that the people destroy the places where pagans worshiped, including their altars, their pillars, their images, and even the names of the places…. Continue reading
“Collins is attempting to hijack the pro-life movement to include both anti-gun sentiments as well as pro-transexual sentiments.”
“The first AR-15s and other assault style firearms will start to be bought back by the end of this year. It’s going to be hard, but we’re going to get it done.”
“The trial should have been of the FBI and Clinton apparatchiks in the FBI and DOJ for trying to overturn a presidency. No one believes the FBI didn’t know the truth. Sussmann should have gone on trial for conspiracy if anything, not for lying to people who knew what he was up to unless they are stupid, which we doubt.” — Mary Dowling, Independent Sentinel
“It seems likely the Democrats in the House may have enough votes to pass the package. A vote will reportedly be held next week on the litany of bills.”
“The Biden administration is expanding this to include demanding K – 12 schools do away with the separation of gender bathrooms. That is to say: any place that accepts federal money for the sake of food must go as far as enacting transgender-friendly policies within the workplace.
This is eerily reminiscent of what Steven Richards, who lived masquerading as a female for eight years starting when he was just 15, said about his former delusions. The “miserable world I escaped from,” he revealed, is one holding out the illusory promise that the next step in your “transition — a new name, a new set of pronouns, another year of hormones, another surgery,” will bring you the promised happiness. “But, as I learned,” he said, “it never can.”
(Thomas D. Williams – Breitbart) Pope Francis told a Buddhist delegation from Mongolia Saturday that Jesus and Buddha shared a common commitment to peace and nonviolence.
“The team – the cabal – is reducing the middle class to poverty and deprivation willfully. The USA is in serious danger.”
“These mandates must fall. One such effort is the proposed Texas COVID Vaccine Freedom Act. The proposal is based on the common law rule that informed consent does not exist when a patient is coerced or compelled to receive a medical procedure.” 
(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) It’s impossible to say that I’m shocked by the latest bombshell courtesy of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ).
Bancel called out the ugly Americans. “In the U.S., people don’t want vaccines. Around the world, we have a lot of people who don’t want the vaccine,” Bancel mourned, before reiterating that the problem was not a “capacity limit.”
“So what is Archbishop Cordileone supposed to do in the face of abortion zealotry? Nothing? Many Catholic clerics are afraid to advocate on behalf of the unborn. They know they will be attacked in vile ways if they do. They understand the media will viciously demonize them.”
Duncan–“and others who have embraced this kind of ideology—should certainly be placed in the ‘not recommended’ category, at the very least.”
“Critics railed against Obama for suggesting a comparison between Tuesday’s massacre and the police brutality Floyd faced.” 
“It is looking increasingly likely that the only cure for these high prices would be a recession, a devastating cure.”
“The common denominator to these Biden appointees is ideological rigidity, nonchalance, and sheer incompetence.” 
“Brilliant businessmen and ambitious politicians, striving bureaucrats and myopic experts — will cure the world of its ills, so long as we grant them power. Or, more likely, so long as they seize power in the name of “stakeholders” to whom they are never answerable.”
(WND) Amid charges of 
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(Katie Pavlich – Townhall) Speaking from the Roosevelt Room of the White House Tuesday night, President Joe Biden addressed the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old man stormed the school, killing 19 children and three adults [including the shooter].
“Unfortunately the world and worldly practices as—opposed to biblical practices and principles—have entered the Church, and there appears to be a “deep church” as well as a “deep state.” Are we willing to acknowledge and recognize how much the world has been allowed into the Church? Are we even willing to address the issues biblically?” 
“Panels included: investing in China, averting a global food crisis (partnered with CNN for this), staying the course for climate change, equitable responses to the pandemic (partnering with Politico and focusing on Moderna’s CEO), equitable economic outlook for the US (partnering with the NYT), shaping the future on investing (partnering with Reuters), defining the US (WSJ on stakeholder capitalism).”