God does not want ‘a world governed by religious laws,’ pope tells Canadian clergy

By artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 1:07am |

By Claire Giangrave @ ReligionNews.com, July 28

[....] “God does not want us to be slaves, but sons and daughters,” Francis said. “He does not want to make decisions for us, or oppress us with a sacral power, exercised in a world governed by religious laws. No! He created us to be free, and he asks us to be mature and responsible persons in life and in society.”

The pope’s remarks take place as Christian nationalist rhetoric gains traction in conservative political parties in Europe and in the United States. Recent comments by Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, claiming she is “tired of this separation of church and state junk,” have sparked debates in the U.S. regarding the role of religion in government.

His comments were also aimed at combating clericalism — privileging clergy and religious people above lay faithful in authority and importance — which the pope has blamed for allowing sexual abuse and abuse of power to propagate within the Catholic Church [....]

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https://religionnews.com/2022/07/28/god-does-not-want-a-world-governed-by-religious-laws-pope-tells-canadian-clergy/

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This is a very interesting development... I was just talking about this during an interview I did this week. Pope Francis has just clipped Opus Dei's wings, which has been a long time coming.https://t.co/5KF4hHottu
— Dave Troy (@davetroy) August 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/06/2022 - 11:57pm

In praise of white women?

Besides positing a transition since 2010, the 2 threads make it seem that white women (that the woke shit on) are key to the future of the new Democratic Party, that conservative overreach is breaking the dam, and this actual silent majority will be taking roll call.

2. It’s that I believe in the wowzer power of the human mind to convince itself that terrible things aren’t so terrible.
— *The* Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) August 6, 2022

A record number of Michiganders signed on in support of a ballot proposal that codifies Roe and voids a 1931 law banning abortion in the state.https://t.co/KnPoY4jiUT

This followed a huge surge of volunteers right after Ginni Thomas leaked Alito's draft. https://t.co/z51mse8Teh
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 6, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 1:47am

I see "Alice" is very much on that, see threads

I tried to tell you https://t.co/1We9KOVzZk
— Alice (@AliceFromQueens) August 7, 2022

And I'd say she's pretty "apartisan" objective, actually, after reading her for a while, what seems to drive her nuts is partisanship swaying people to see things that aren't there.

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 2:22am

And the Dems' suicide squad making ads again

Help build a Blue Wave to defeat MAGA Republicans. We can win these Senate races and save women's rights, and our democracy.

GA: @ReverendWarnock
WI: @TheOtherMandela
NC: @CheriBeasleyNC
PA: @JohnFetterman
AZ: @CaptMarkKelly
NV: @CortezMasto
FL: @valdemings
OH: @TimRyan pic.twitter.com/dXJww0lYUf
— Tony #BlueWave (@TonyHussein4) August 3, 2022

Did they leave out anyone important? Is an ad for woke supermodels going to appeal to say normal dumpy women with jobs and home responsibilities worried about their kids getting knocked up by the delinquent in the back row or hanging out at 7/11 on Saturday night, or countless other parts of the equation that aren't represented here?
It's like updating a poster for Charlie's Angels and claiming to inspire "America". All this picture says is "they knew what they were getting into", hardly the needed message. (yeah, white girls who still make up >50% of the female population, and the only one here is shaved head? cute. fringe but cute.)

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 3:00am

just a reminder about how the porn biz has mutated from what it was to individual entrepreneurs fully in charge of selling themselves -

here's two people who sell to penises or are selling one:

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and here's Jessica

Wow tiny girl got big talent pic.twitter.com/kT9CzkgAC8
— 18+ (@JessicaB19xx) August 28, 2022

and here's robyn who has an alternate way of hooking the johns

i remember when i was a kid i started watching porn and i kept crying and was so stressed out bc i literally had porn stuck inside my head for hours at a time and thought of it at inappropriate times and i just couldn’t get it out of my thoughts and i was genuinely scared LMFAO
— robyn:p (@robynsnotreal) September 7, 2022

i was like 12 tho
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everything i do has a test and u guys are failing at it
— robyn:p (@robynsnotreal) September 7, 2022

y r grown men in their 30’s having actual full length discussions ab me and ab how easy it would b to unalive/r*pe me pls seek help that is a tiny bit weird pic.twitter.com/uodH9BHBVx
— robyn:p (@robynsnotreal) August 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 4:50pm

["tell me you're old without telling your age"] er, porn used to be a bit sexy...

btw, in what year did a girl slapping her own butt cheek become the come-on call for sex? It's like as iconic as twerking is today, butt i know it wasn't a huge thing when i was younger. Maybe not enough time around strip clubs or poles, but from my limited experience still wasn't a thing.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 11:41pm

When men write women...

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— Men Write Women (@menwritewomen) September 6, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 12:54am

AI generated porn (links go right to it, NSFW...) - rather bulky breasts, I guess that's what their algorithm tells them the public wants... the MILF i generated seemed to have rather gravity-defying proportions for that age... guess not a top-feeder at least. Also seems to have problems with proportion on side shots.
https://pornpen.ai/search
https://pornpen.ai/feed

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 6:00am

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