The fear of God in the Bible: To refrain from evil pleases the Lord, and to avoid injustice is atonement. Ben Sira 35:3 — Steemit

Avoiding evil is a necessity to get closer to God, the sapiential books in the Bible, like Ben Sira, Proverbs or… by bernardo69

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A #Republican #congressional #candidate destroyed a #holybook for attention

Republican #ValentinaGomez, who is running for #Congress in #Texas’ 31st District next year, set fire to the #Muslim #holy #book.

It was a desperate attempt at attention and relevance. Her goal? To promote #ChristianNationalism at the expense of anyone outside her #religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWRza2uTl1I
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/republican-congressional-candidate

#racism #racist #bigotry #bigot #islam #god

A Republican congressional candidate destroyed a holy book for attention

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Yep! The bible should definitely be in schools alright! With this and many other wonderful things for children to read. But, heaven forbid they learn any form of sex education.

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#Christianity #Religion #ReligiousTrauma #ReligiousText #Abuse #BibleVerses #BiblePassages #Bible #Trauma #TheBible #BibleStudy #ExChristian #Atheist #Agnostic #Atheism #Agnosticism #Christians #HolyBook
God blessed Solomon: You'll be rich and respected as long as you live, and you'll be greater than any other king. 1 Kings 3:13 — Steemit

The First Book of Kings teaches a great example of how God blesses those men who wish to follow his ways, because as… by bernardo69

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Trump ditches Bible for a copy of Playboy issue at LIV golf event

Bible salesman Donald Trump took a break from his evangelical charity work, setting aside his holy book to proudly hold up a copy of Playboy magazine to his cult devotees…

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Our neighbor matters or not: The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. Psalm 37:21 — Steemit

Psalm 37 teaches us that there are two attitudes towards our neighbor, one of respect and the other of contempt, our… by bernardo69

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So I decided to fuck around and write a version of JOURNEY TO THE WEST because it's exactly the sort of on-brand stupid thing I would do. Here'se the first chapter.

https://michaelscotthand.com/journey-to-the-west/

#writing #mythology #history #gothic #holybook #bible #horror #fantasy #writersofmastodon #writers

Journey to the West

A STRANGE PARISHONER The Priest had only one holy book to read and it’s pages were water-stained so he could not read them. Those he could read he did read and he did so in his empty church, …

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The affliction of Tobit: Lord, command that I be released from such anguish; let me go to my everlasting abode. Tobit 3:6 — Hive

This prayer of Tobit shows that when the oppression is intense, it has extremely destructive effects on the human being. by bernie2002xp

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