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ancianita

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13. Amen.

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 08:51 PM

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If there's one thing the Bible shows anyone who reads it, it's that authoritarian government, aligned with some extreme conservative religious fundamentalists, literally killed Jesus.

His religion of peace and empathy has been hijacked by a right wing movement that uses his name, waves it over their heads like a prop while it legislates against his actual teachings.

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