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POPSPope Reasserts Catholic Supremacy Over Protestants His Unholiness reasserts the pre-Reformation, tyrannical and usurping tradition of Papal authority and Roman Catholic supremacy as if Jesus Christ himself taught or authorized his ceremonial priest-craft and Latin Mass ( which is idolatry ), where his Blasphemy, through waving his magic wand and reciting Latin formula ( hocus pocus ) is able to (if you believe this) transform (transubstantiation) mere wafers of bread ("heil presto"--poof!) into the "body of Christ"! Jesus and the apostles never taught such superstition (which hails from Roman paganism, mixed well in its holidays and ecclesiastical hierarchy). The Pope is following the false teaching of Simon Magus, the sorcerer, instead of Simon Peter the apostle. Ritual, ceremony, miters, crosses, candles, pilgrimages, liturgies, and shepherd staffs all make a show of religion (tracing back to Babylonian religions) contrary to the writings of the new testament.
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POPSThe Last Supper??? Stumbled Upon this blog site and loved the reworking of Da Vinci's Magnum Opus. No disrespect to anyone but look at it in the light of Pop Culture as many of the various artists did. Da Vinci (and other Artists of the Renaissance) were painting the Pop Culture of their day when there was an Inquisition or three going on, the Protestant Reformation, the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment... OK, Popeye is no Christ but it is interesting, n'est ce pas?
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POPSSORD SOCIAL ORGANIZATION FOR REFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT (SORD)
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POPSAmerican Generations and Historical Change Crisis. A Crisis is a decisive era of secular upheaval. The values regime propels the replacement of the old civic order with a new one. Wars are waged with apocalyptic finality. Examples of Crisis eras include the Wars of the Roses (1459-1487), the Spanish Armada Crisis (1569-1594), the colonial Glorious Revolution (1675-1704), the American Revolution (1773-1794), the American Civil War (1860-1865), and the twin emergencies of the Great Depression and World War II (1932-1945), and now possibly the present time from September 11th, 2001. High. A High is an era between a Crisis and an Awakening. The most recent High was seen between World War II and the Consciousness Revolution. William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their books Generations (ISBN 0-688-11912-3) (1991) and The Fourth Turning (1997), divide Anglo-American history into saecula, or seasonal cycles of history
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POPSHoly Constitution! The Rev. Huckabee is trying to convince Americans that his visits to Israel and the Holy Land is actually foreign policy experience. What should be very frightening is his desire to amend the U.S. Constitution to reflect "God's" values. We condemn theocracies in foreign countries, but there are truly some people in our our land, that in the heart's seems to believe it might be a very good idea. Scary? You betcha!
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POPSChurch Can Be A Lonely Place "For me, throwing myself into the religious machine meant starting to pay attention to being real and to paying attention to those who seem kind of disconnected in my spiritual community. Thankfully I have found a church family that is intent on keeping it real to the point that my religious bones get rattled on a fairly regular basis. I did not know how tight the grip of religion had on me until I stepped out and got into a place where being weak is embraced by the teachers and leaders at The Bridge and in everyone else. It is very freeing to be weak and not feel like I am stuck in the dug-out anymore. The whole team is in the dug-out with me. Let's start a revolution of honesty that just might lead to a reformation of church and community."