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Yes the church was damaged the night before. But the protest Trump violently cleared was peaceful and legitimate. As for Trumps supposed respect for Christianity: The bishop of that very church feels disrespected by Trump. In fact she says she’s outraged by his actions: ““I am the bishop of...

The Antifa????? Seriously? That must be the most ridiculous scapegoat Trump came up with so far. Guess I’ll be arrested as a terrorist soon, because back in the days of my wild youth I hung out with a gang of teens that self-identified with Antifa. We did reaaalllly radical stuff, such as...

How about the crime of teargassing pastors who peacefully demonstrate in front of this church? They were there because that is what Christ calls us to: to stand with the margnalised and oppressed. Something that Trump would know had he ever actually read the Bible that he was holding up. 'They...

God blessed Israel with President Trump? He may have blessed Netanyahu with him, but many Israelis don’t see Netanyahu as a blessing. And even Nethanjahu may have wished for some sanity back in the White House when Trump withdrew from Syria, thus creating a great security risk for Israel +...

What rights have Christians lost during the previous administration? Sadly there are many countries where religious freedom is under threat. Since its founding the US has not been one of them.

… after violently getting peaceful protestors out of the way Hong Kong style ... Being a night-owl I watched this disgusting incident live and nearly puked when I saw this blasphemy. Just when I thought this man couldn’t shock me anymore! So I wondered what you guys on this forum made of this...

Gosh, and I thought Trump came up with that nonsense on the spur of the moment! When I first heard him say that I was rolling on the floor laughing, wondering how many of his fans would actually be daft enough to drink bleach now. Sadly, I found out today that’s it’s quite a few: Calls To...

Or perhaps their short-sighted material self-interest and blindly sucking up right-wing conspiracy theorists’ every word will get them and/or their loved ones killed. As much as the cynic in me chuckles at the thought of Trump wiping out his own electorate by egging these protestors on, as a...

Sorry, but you can’t make your salvation sure. Whether you are saved or not is in God’s hand alone. Nothing you can do about it whatsoever. Even your faith, whatever it may be, is not of your own doing but a gift from God. “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” (Romans...

Hi Aspen, Nice to read you again. As for your question: I’m neither a virologist nor an economist, but as far as I can gather we are witnessing something that actually gives me a little hope for humankind: As much as our capitalist societies have made the economy their golden calf, they...

I could cry every time I hear about an abortion, so I hate to burst the bubble: There have always been abortions and there always will be, no matter how illegal you make them. Best chance to minimize the number of abortions is to instill respect for the sanctity of human life + sexual...

Alas it works that way for most of the world. But if we want to follow Christ, who loved us first, and loved us still even when we nailed Him to the cross, we’ll have to do better than that: “43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you...

Thanks, quite fascinating how the Daily Express managed to distort what Merkel was actually saying. Watching the original interview on n-tv, you’ll find Merkel did not quite blow your horn, in fact she again is emphazizing “the Christian conception of the human being”, that right-wing organs...

Stranger, we’ve been there and done that. It would be nice had you given the source where you read that. Because – even though I eagerly follow the German press (both liberal and conservative leaning), I have not heard of Merkel saying there were no-go-zones, nor can I think of any zones in...

Sure, I kind of guessed you’d bring this argument up. Next thing you’re probably going to try to tell me is that US prisons aren’t safe and that thus John Paul II was wrong when he said: “the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity ‘are very rare, if not practically...

Well, one thing I have in common with all Popes I consciously remember, is that we’re against the death penalty. Guess, you’ll tell me that John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis perverted scripture. A fine Catholic you are.

Yes, I understood what you meant to say and I agree that we should not crave superficial happiness and vain pleasures. Of Course we are not entitled happiness from God, we're entitled to nothing. But I think God does not only want us to fear Him, He also wants us to take delight in Him, just...

You are both wrong and right. I think God very much promised us happiness: that’s why the Bible keeps telling us to rejoice and to take delight. But you are totally right in that we are to crave a different kind of happiness than that advertised in this capitalist, materialist world of ours...

So you open a thread in the hope that nobody will want to discuss its contents? And you think it is OK to post wild accusations without bothering to back them up? I’m afraid I'm self-righteous in very many ways, but none of these ways have been showing here. Did I ever deny proven facts when...

God decides whether you or the leaderships of our respective churches and I are right. But Romans 12:17-21 makes me think that God’s more likely to be on Pope Benedict, Pope Francis’s side than yours in the question of how to evaluate the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo. Of course: when a...