Satanists celebrate the national day of prayer at #Michigan's capital. Not all religions are full of terrible people.
#satanists #tst #nationaldayofprayer #satanic #freedomfromreligion @ffrf
https://www.youtube.com/live/_qXIlbGCPhE
Satanists celebrate the national day of prayer at #Michigan's capital. Not all religions are full of terrible people.
#satanists #tst #nationaldayofprayer #satanic #freedomfromreligion @ffrf
https://www.youtube.com/live/_qXIlbGCPhE


The National Day of Prayer didn’t grow out of ancient Christian practice but out of Cold War politics and later the culture‑war activism of the Religious Right. The Episcopal Church doesn’t formally observe it—not because we don’t pray, but because our life is already shaped by the Daily Office, Forward Day by Day, and the quiet rhythm of the lectionary. Today’s readings offer a very different vision of prayer: not performance, but trust, justice, and covenant. The full Tradition Remixed post explores why that difference matters and what it reveals about how we pray.
Today is #NationalDayofPrayer. Celebrate with a copy of "Blessed Are You, Wondrous Universe: A Siddur for Seekers, Non-theistic Jewish prayers" by Herbert J. Levine
https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/blessed-are-you-wondrous-universe-a-siddur-for-seekers/
#Trump used #NationalDayOfPrayer to push his "one big beautiful bill". Tax cuts for the very wealthy, which are "part of the religion"
"We love that bill, I won't like it if it doesn't pass. Neither will you. If it doesn't pass, your taxes are going to go up 68 percent"
"And this is a religious ceremony to me, but that's part of the religion, because if your taxes go up 68 percent, you might give up your religion. You might have no choice. You'll be working too hard to try and make it"
#Bales2025FilmChallenge of May 1: #NationalDayOfPrayer
Todo modo [One Way or Another] (Elio Petri, 1976)
Italy's political leaders, industrialists, bankers, and business leaders gather for a retreat as an atonement for their past crimes of corruption and unethical practices, and to reinforce their power.
https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-sxgl
#ElioPetri #LeonardoSciascia #GianMariaVolontè #MarceloMastroianni #MichelPiccoli #EnnioMorricone #cinemastodon #film
Ahmed Abdalla sat on a sidewalk in downtown Cairo, waiting for a bus that will start him on his journey back to Sudan. He doesn’t know what he’ll find in his homeland, wrecked and still embroiled in a 2-year-old war.
News in #SeparationofChurchandState :
#MikeJohnson's #ChristianNationalist Views Are Alarming
Lawsuit dropped in wake of #Biden rule restoring #religiousfreedom protections for people using federally funded #socialservices
Can a #CharterSchool Be a #ReligiousSchool?
#Religious #pluralism is an #American tradition
#NationalDayofPrayer continues to advance #Christian #Nationalism
An American requiem for the end of #whiteChristianNationalism
https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy
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