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People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD

[Woodrow W. Peckard IV @WoodrowPasha]

"What did we ever do to the Turks to deserve this?"

"Just a little thing called the Trojan War, maybe you heard of it?"

[Alexposting @Alexposteo]

"Se acabó, Príamo, Troya ha caído"

"De las cenizas de Troya, un nuevo imperio surgirá para vengar nuestra derrota, muero como un mártir, Ave César"

"¿Quién es César?"

"Ya verás"

[Old-School 3D Renders @Old_School_3D]

Snake's Ambition, by Michel de Rooij (1999)

[Wesley Todd (Sensible Moderate) @Wesley_Todd_]

People will clutch pearls over Aristotle saying some people are naturally slaves then go buy a bag of celebrity trash

[soli @solisolsoli]

Lenin monument in Tajikistan, c. 1990

[KinglyPancakes @KinglyPancakes]

Maybe I’m just over analyzing it, but this feels like such a great analogy for the Christian denying themselves the desires of the flesh

A fox looking away from chickens, while clutching at the Cross. Likewise, the Christian sees worldly desires and turns to Christ for guidance

[Lark @king_of_limb]

had a few too many meads and wrapped my noble steed around a telephone pole

[frank zeppo @NoahPasternak]

Going out for the night, and Rod Serling narration from the heavens started introducing me as "a vile man, one that holds no principles" who will "soon learn the most important lesson of all". Troubling.

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Missouri, July 1, 1922

[Aseel Swaid @aseelswaid9]

Senegal 1980

[Hayduke ⏹️ @GWHayduke97]

A quite moving plaque in the cloisters of England's Durham Cathedral:

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

On Threads they’re debating whether using big words is ableist. I’m sick of this anti-intellectualism masquerading as social justice. People are making excuses to avoid having to do anything hard, but at some point you have to grow up and read and learn and challenge yourself.

[John 🇺🇸🇹🇼🇺🇦🌐🫏 @NoVa_Jacksonian]

In this house we believe:

Homer was an actual guy
Moses wrote the Torah
Socrates invented philosophy
Roman historians were objective reporters
The Carthaginians sacrificed babies to Baal
Jesus actually said all that

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

An Iowan invented a dwarf wheat that saved 20% of the world from starvation

An Iowa invented the integrated circuit

An Iowan invented instrument techniques for space exploration

An Iowan literally invented sliced bread

[Ethel Braithwaite @Ethelbrait1941]

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING AMERICA. Being Italian is a mental disability,,here's a hint: I COULD HAVE TOLD YOUTHAT FOR FREE. ! It is high time we kick EVERY last WOP, GUINEA, AND DAGO back to the wastes of Sicily where they belong

[Klara @klara_sjo]

My chud duck son.

[Claire Lee Chennault ❂ @CLeeChennault]

Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in a black cloak during the Encirclement Campaigns against the Red Army, early to mid 1930s.

[Blue Pixel🌈✝️ PNG-Tuber @PixelBibleBytes]

Here's the thing.
Cultures at that time sacrificed kids. Abraham was Babylonian, who were known to sacrifice children.
This story is God teaching Abraham a lesson. He told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac just as all every other culture did to their gods, but God stopped him to show that this is not His way and had Abraham sacrifice an animal instead. This story points forward to Jesus. Abraham stated that God would provide the sacrifice. Jesus was God sacrificing His son for us and our sins.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Pope Leo XIV officially blessed and inaugurated the Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona's Sagrada Família, the tallest and final central tower of the basilica.

Video: Vatican Media