Speaking aboard his flight from Lebanon to Rome, he highlighted lessons of co-existence from Lebanon and urged authentic dialogue and respect between Muslims and Christians.
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Pope Leo Asked If Islam Is a Threat for Christians & Europe, Watch His Response
Dec 2, 2025 | Pope Leo XIV addressed concerns from some European Catholics who view Islam as a threat to Western Christian identity, emphasizing that fear is often fuelled by anti-immigration rhetoric rather than reality.
Speaking aboard his flight from Lebanon to Rome, he highlighted lessons of co-existence from Lebanon and urged authentic dialogue and respect between Muslims and Christians.
Speaking aboard his flight from Lebanon to Rome, he highlighted lessons of co-existence from Lebanon and urged authentic dialogue and respect between Muslims and Christians.
Friday, November 28, 2025
How Do We Know Trump Is Anti-Christian?
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Saturday, November 08, 2025
Seth Andrews, Host of The Thinking Atheist, on the Un-Christian Behaviour of Many Christians
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
How Hitler Became the Moral Compass of the West | Tom Holland
Sep 8, 2025 | Tom Holland addresses how Christianity transformed Western culture, showing how the cross redefined power, why Nietzsche rejected Christian values, and how Hitler’s Nazism ultimately reveals just how deeply Christian our moral instincts remain.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. He has written acclaimed books on subjects ranging from Ancient Rome and the Persian Empire to the rise of Islam, with his bestselling Dominion offering a sweeping account of Christianity’s formative impact on Western institutions, morality and culture.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. He has written acclaimed books on subjects ranging from Ancient Rome and the Persian Empire to the rise of Islam, with his bestselling Dominion offering a sweeping account of Christianity’s formative impact on Western institutions, morality and culture.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Mike Johnson Serves Trump, Not Jesus. And We Have to Say that Clearly and Often
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Chris Hedges Exposes How America’s FAKE Christian Right & Billionaires Are Destroying Us! | Reupload
Feb 11, 2025 | Marc Lamont Hill sits down with Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief, to break down America’s looming future under a toxic mix of corporate greed, religious extremism, and fascist politics. Hedges calls out the “Christian Right” for its deep ties to the billionaire class, claiming they're using "magic Jesus" to distract the masses from real economic collapse. The conversation goes deep into how the system is rigged against the working class, how “boutique activism” misses the point, and why the fight for true justice can’t be won without confronting economic inequality head-on. The explosive talk covers the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism, the genocide in Gaza, and why the left is too weak to stop the chaos ahead. You won't hear this anywhere else.
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and social critic. With a long career covering war and global injustice, Hedges brings his deep insights into the collapse of the American empire, economic inequality, and the rise of authoritarianism. He's the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour and Wages of Rebellion, and a fierce critic of both political parties.
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and social critic. With a long career covering war and global injustice, Hedges brings his deep insights into the collapse of the American empire, economic inequality, and the rise of authoritarianism. He's the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour and Wages of Rebellion, and a fierce critic of both political parties.
Friday, February 07, 2025
Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president convened a task force to “prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.” Critics said he’d turned religious freedom on its head by singling out one faith.
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at eradicating “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government by having agencies review policies and practices that he says have tried to squelch religious activities and activism.
Mr. Trump, who announced the order at the National Prayer Breakfast, appointed his new attorney general, Pam Bondi, to lead a task force at the Justice Department to spearhead the effort. Mr. Trump said the task force would “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society” and “move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
“You’ve never had that before, but this is a very powerful document I’m signing,” he said. “You got it now — first time you’ve had it. If we don’t have religious liberty, then we don’t have a free country. We probably don’t even have a country.”
The executive order is meant to reverse what it calls an “egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses” under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. It cited the convictions of anti-abortion demonstrators for blocking access to abortion clinics. » | Erica L. Green | Reporting from Washington | Friday, February 7, 2025
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at eradicating “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government by having agencies review policies and practices that he says have tried to squelch religious activities and activism.
Mr. Trump, who announced the order at the National Prayer Breakfast, appointed his new attorney general, Pam Bondi, to lead a task force at the Justice Department to spearhead the effort. Mr. Trump said the task force would “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society” and “move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
“You’ve never had that before, but this is a very powerful document I’m signing,” he said. “You got it now — first time you’ve had it. If we don’t have religious liberty, then we don’t have a free country. We probably don’t even have a country.”
The executive order is meant to reverse what it calls an “egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses” under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. It cited the convictions of anti-abortion demonstrators for blocking access to abortion clinics. » | Erica L. Green | Reporting from Washington | Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
MAGA Congressman Wants to DEPORT Bishop Who CALLED OUT Trump
Gosh! That courageous Bishop did a wonderful job showing up Trump & Co in that cathedral that day. American Evangelical Christians seem to have no understanding of the teachings of Jesus; in fact, they appear to have no understanding of Christianity at all! – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, January 16, 2025
The History of Christianity and Homophobia | Sir Noel Malcolm: The History of Homosexuality (2/4)
Jan 16, 2025 | How has Judaism and Christianity understood and treated homosexuality throughout history? Throughout this fascinating lecture, learn how the answer is that it was radically different and varied across time and place. Discover the influence theology has had in the development of how various romantic acts were legally categorised.
Sir Noel Malcolm is a British historian and author, known for his work in early modern history and the relationship between Europe and the Islamic world. He's a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and has written extensively on Thomas Hobbes, among other subjects. Knighted in 2014, he's also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature
Part 1 of this lecture is to be found here.
Sir Noel Malcolm is a British historian and author, known for his work in early modern history and the relationship between Europe and the Islamic world. He's a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and has written extensively on Thomas Hobbes, among other subjects. Knighted in 2014, he's also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature
Part 1 of this lecture is to be found here.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
A Move Toward Christianity Stirs in a Muslim Land
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Christian converts in Kosovo, where the vast majority of people are Muslim, hope to revive a pre-Islamic past they see as a key to their European identity.
Two men chatting in front of a church in the village of Llapushnik, Kosovo, where a baptism ceremony took place in November. | Armend Nimani for The New York Times
The Catholic priest stood at the altar in the hilltop church for the mass baptism, dunking dozens of heads in water and tracing a cross with his finger on each forehead.
Then he rejoiced at Christianity’s recovery of souls in a land where the vast majority of people are Muslim — as the men, women and children standing before him had been.
The ceremony was one of many in recent months in Kosovo, a formerly Serbian territory inhabited largely by ethnic Albanians that declared itself an independent state in 2008. In a census last spring, 93 percent of the population professed itself Muslim and only 1.75 percent Roman Catholic.
A small number of ethnic Albanian Christian activists, all converts from Islam, are urging their ethnic kin to look to the church as an expression of their identity. They call it the “return movement,” a push to revive a pre-Islamic past they see as an anchor of Kosovo’s place in Europe and a barrier to religious extremism spilling over from the Middle East. » | Andrew Higgins and Fatjona Mejdini | Reporting from Llapushnik, Podujevo and Pristina, Kosovo | Saturday, Jan 4, 2025
The Catholic priest stood at the altar in the hilltop church for the mass baptism, dunking dozens of heads in water and tracing a cross with his finger on each forehead.
Then he rejoiced at Christianity’s recovery of souls in a land where the vast majority of people are Muslim — as the men, women and children standing before him had been.
The ceremony was one of many in recent months in Kosovo, a formerly Serbian territory inhabited largely by ethnic Albanians that declared itself an independent state in 2008. In a census last spring, 93 percent of the population professed itself Muslim and only 1.75 percent Roman Catholic.
A small number of ethnic Albanian Christian activists, all converts from Islam, are urging their ethnic kin to look to the church as an expression of their identity. They call it the “return movement,” a push to revive a pre-Islamic past they see as an anchor of Kosovo’s place in Europe and a barrier to religious extremism spilling over from the Middle East. » | Andrew Higgins and Fatjona Mejdini | Reporting from Llapushnik, Podujevo and Pristina, Kosovo | Saturday, Jan 4, 2025
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
The Churches Response to Islamisation in Europe | Panel Discussion
Islam is seductive to young men, especially because Islam is a muscular religion. It is muscular and masculine. Islam has no concept of “turning the other cheek”; rather, it preaches an “eye for an eye’. It is easy to see its attraction for young men.
Go to a church on a Sunday these days and you are likely to find not many young men, but many elderly ladies. – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Angels and the Festival of Michaelmas
Sep 24, 2024 | Rupert explores the significance of Michaelmas, the Feast of Saint Michael and all angels, celebrated on September 29th. He discusses the role of angels in various religious traditions, and how modern beliefs about angels persist despite materialist skepticism. He touches on encounters with angels in dreams and altered states, questioning whether they are real or products of imagination. Drawing on figures like Carl Jung and Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rupert reflects on angels' place in the collective unconscious and their roles in Western thought.
About Rupert:
Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University, as a Fellow of Clare College, he was Director of Studies in biochemistry and cell biology. As the Rosenheim Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he carried out research on the development of plants and the ageing of cells, and together with Philip Rubery discovered the mechanism of polar auxin transport. In India, he was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, where he helped develop new cropping systems now widely used by farmers. He is the author of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research contributions have been widely recognized by the academic community, earning him a notable h-index for numerous citations. On ResearchGate his Research Interest Score puts him among the top 4% of scientists.
Nb: I am posting this out of great interest. I am not posting it because I necessarily believe in angels! I neither believe in them nor disbelieve. But when this very interesting video showed up on my YouTube homepage, it reminded me of family traditions in my childhood. My grandmother on my father’s side ALWAYS brought the family together for a special family meal on the feast of St Michael. My grandmother always served a Michaelmas goose. Happy memories. – © Mark Alexander
WIKIPEDIA: Michaelmas»
About Rupert:
Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University, as a Fellow of Clare College, he was Director of Studies in biochemistry and cell biology. As the Rosenheim Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he carried out research on the development of plants and the ageing of cells, and together with Philip Rubery discovered the mechanism of polar auxin transport. In India, he was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, where he helped develop new cropping systems now widely used by farmers. He is the author of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research contributions have been widely recognized by the academic community, earning him a notable h-index for numerous citations. On ResearchGate his Research Interest Score puts him among the top 4% of scientists.
Nb: I am posting this out of great interest. I am not posting it because I necessarily believe in angels! I neither believe in them nor disbelieve. But when this very interesting video showed up on my YouTube homepage, it reminded me of family traditions in my childhood. My grandmother on my father’s side ALWAYS brought the family together for a special family meal on the feast of St Michael. My grandmother always served a Michaelmas goose. Happy memories. – © Mark Alexander
WIKIPEDIA: Michaelmas»
Monday, June 24, 2024
Holy Humanist: Sick of Sinning | The Power of Religious Indoctrination
Jun 23, 2024 | “Join me in conversation with Jennifer Graham as we unpack her fascinating and enduring life story, delving into the power that religious indoctrination once held sway over her.
Jennifer grew up in South Africa under the oppressive apartheid government and gave her life to the Lord early in life. As cognitive dissonance began to set in and the claims of Christianity fell apart, Jenn eventually de-converted. She let go of her limiting beliefs and discovered a sense of empowerment leaving it all behind.
Many thanks to Jennifer for sharing her story!" - Nuriyah
For those wishing to do so, Nuriyah Khan’s work can be supported on PayPal here.
Jennifer Graham’s book, An Immoral Proposal, is available on Amazon. – Mark
Jennifer grew up in South Africa under the oppressive apartheid government and gave her life to the Lord early in life. As cognitive dissonance began to set in and the claims of Christianity fell apart, Jenn eventually de-converted. She let go of her limiting beliefs and discovered a sense of empowerment leaving it all behind.
Many thanks to Jennifer for sharing her story!" - Nuriyah
For those wishing to do so, Nuriyah Khan’s work can be supported on PayPal here.
Jennifer Graham’s book, An Immoral Proposal, is available on Amazon. – Mark
Monday, June 03, 2024
"Theological Bullsh*t!" Richard Dawkins Challenges Ayaan Hirsi Ali's New-found Christianity
Jun 1, 2024 | Face to face in New York City...
"You are no more a Christian than I am" wrote the world's most famous atheist Richard Dawkins when he learnt his old friend Ayaan Hirsi Ali had converted to Christianity.
Ayaan, an apostate twice over, from Muslim to prominent New Atheist has come to Christ. She describes her journey to a packed room at the inaugural Dissident Dialogues festival of ideas in Brooklyn, New York.
Dawkins grapples with her faith, challenges her beliefs in one of the most significant encounters of New Atheism and New Theism. Physics vs metaphysics, rational vs spiritual, Is vs Ought. Surely the most important questions of the age.
Moderated by Freddie Sayers of Unherd. Filmed on May 4th, 2024.
"You are no more a Christian than I am" wrote the world's most famous atheist Richard Dawkins when he learnt his old friend Ayaan Hirsi Ali had converted to Christianity.
Ayaan, an apostate twice over, from Muslim to prominent New Atheist has come to Christ. She describes her journey to a packed room at the inaugural Dissident Dialogues festival of ideas in Brooklyn, New York.
Dawkins grapples with her faith, challenges her beliefs in one of the most significant encounters of New Atheism and New Theism. Physics vs metaphysics, rational vs spiritual, Is vs Ought. Surely the most important questions of the age.
Moderated by Freddie Sayers of Unherd. Filmed on May 4th, 2024.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Donald Trump ‘Is a Good Christian,’ Claims His Spiritual Advisor | Pastor Mark Burns
Who the hell is this deluded dude? Who the hell is this joker? – © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
God Bless America: How the US Is Obsessed with Religion | ENDEVR Documentary
The USA is falling into darkness! And whatever happens in the USA, it isn’t long before the rest of the West catches up; so, the rest of the Occident will soon be on the same trajectory.
The version of Christianity of these fundamentalists bears no resemblance to the Christianity I was raised in. I was raised in the Anglican tradition. In Anglicanism, there are plenty of myths and tall stories too; but they are generally either overlooked or considered to be symbolic. They are not taken literally. These fundamentalist Christians in the US, however, are clearly incapable of sifting fact from fiction. Sad! Little wonder the USA is in the mess it is. No wonder these people are hoodwinked by, and taken in by, Trump.
It wouldn’t be so bad if Trump’s re-election just impacted and messed up the States. Alas, it won’t end there. The re-election of Trump is highly likely to mess up the West in toto. Let us all hope that America comes to its senses before that. – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Mohamad Faridi in Discussion with Nonie Darwish on Islamic Values and Biblical Values
This excellent discussion is a very important one for Westerners to be able to understand the true nature of Islam. Both Nonie Darwish — a famous authoress — and Mohamad Faridi are former Muslims who have seen the light and have converted to Christianity.
This discussion cuts through the politically correct and woke nonsense Westerners are fed to get to the truth about Islam, to its true nature. It shows us not what people want to believe about Islam, but what people should believe about it. Enjoy the discussion! – © Mark Alexander
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