Polycarpus

“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.”

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

A much needed reminder for myself and perhaps many of you as well: The Gospel is for the brokenhearted, the crushed, the despairing, the grieving, the wretched, the tormented, the isolated, and the depressed. The Gospel proclaims liberty to you, O captive, through Jesus Christ.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@Antisiodorensis What does that even mean?

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

Translation: Do not speak out against the genocide of American and European peoples or the overthrow of Christianity. Be a little sweetheart and remember the one and the only commandment given to us by Jesus: Be nice and never be mean, and you shall have eternal life.

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV in a very practical Lenten Message to all Christians says:

“I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form of abstinence: that of refraining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor. Let us begin by disarming our language, avoiding harsh words and rash judgement, refraining from slander and speaking ill of those who are not present and cannot defend themselves. Instead, let us strive to measure our words and cultivate kindness and respect in our families, among our friends, at work, on social media, in political debates, in the media and in Christian communities. In this way, words of hatred will give way to words of hope and peace.”

Full text here: https://t.co/GTHINqW7wR

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

No one in the Bible talks like this. No one in the Bible is a sweet and gentle little critter who speaks softly. Even the Lord Jesus in His teachings on forgiveness and service of neighbor does not speak like this.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

In this detail from a photograph that has the quality of a painting, President Lincoln (born today 1809) meets General McClellan inside tent at Antietam in 1862:

[J.T. Alexander @JTAlexander]

This is right on point of what my Misunderstood Maxims project is focused on. Pop history dominates over real history and Federal Judges don't even know the facts.

The Founders signed the Declaration.

The Framers wrote the Constitution.

James Madison was almost the exclusive author of the Bill of Rights.

Freedom of Speech was #4 on Madison's list and within that fourth suggestion it was the second, behind Freedom of Religion.

[Auldluð @oldluth]

Anyone counter-signalling outrage over the Epstein revelations is a demon, full stop.

This is a travesty on an unprecedented scale, and nations have collapsed into civil war over less (see Judges 19-20 for details). For Hans to look at this and make light of the justifiable outrage it provokes in hearts still capable of natural affection proves that he has none left in himself.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@livechristian1 I hate this gimmick.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@DarthHarryson Correction. None of the sects are correct. 😉

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@AltarVision1 @barukalas Why not say “Honor the name” or “Honor God’s name” instead of picking up a phrase from post-Christianity Jews?

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@AltarVision1 @barukalas The practice of censoring the Lord’s revealed name with HaShem is indeed a later Jewish innovation. Christians call on God’s name. Jews do not. Christians should be teaching their children to hallow God’s name by calling upon and confessing it, not treating it as an expletive.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

That is because you should not be judaizing your children. Are you Jewish? If so, proceed. Otherwise, why are you teaching a Talmudic name for God to your children instead of saying plainly to “use rightly/hold sacred the name of Jesus Christ?” And why are you teaching them to set apart Saturday in their hearts as if they were under the law of Moses instead of teaching them to honor the Lord’s day of resurrection?

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@piratechristian Why would a supposedly Christian minister want to exalt (his faulty reading of) the Constitution over the proclamation of Jesus Christ?

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

Grown man does not understand that penis + vagina = children.

[Eric Chappell @echppll]

Wild to me that Solomon wrote a book on the erotic love of husband and wife and didn't mention procreation as an end of marriage. And also that it's God's infallible, inerrant Word.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@barukalas *Honor Jesus Christ
*Honor God’s word

[Diversity Makes Free @WillemD19118035]

This is the Massacre of the Innocents painting referenced in the Epstein files.
Epstein ordered a reproduction of Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem's painting The Massacre of the Innocents (1591), depicting the massacre of baby boys ordered by Herod in an attempt to eliminate Jesus.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@ncocb @archeohistories Racism and the Holocaust will eventually be no big deals. Our morality will evolve beyond caring about such trivial things.

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

These are the things the Biblical prophets had in mind when they ardently preached against the gods and cultures of the nations.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

The Moche were a mysterious civilization who ruled the northern coast of Peru beginning 2,000 years ago. The Moche lacked written language, but were incredibly skilled in pottery and ceramics which they used to communicate ideas and express their lives by depicting detailed scenes of hunting, fighting, sacrifice, ceremonies, and sexual encounters in startlingly explicit detail. Little was known about the Moche civilization until 1980s when archaeologists began uncovering monuments and tombs containing detailed murals, and incredible ceramics that depicted detailed scenes of hunting, fighting, sacrifice, ceremonies, and explicit sexual encounters. The erotic pottery left behind by the Moche represent one of the most detailed accounts of sexual customs ever left by ancient people. This last item, the so called “Sex Pots”, have been the subject of much research and study of sexual values in pre-Columbian Peru.

Of the thousands of ceramic vessels that have been recovered from Moche tombs, at least 500 of them display sexually explicit imagery, typically rendered as free-standing three-dimensional figures on top, or as part of, a vessel. Moche Sex Pots are actually functional clay post, with hollow chambers for holding liquid and stirrup-shaped spouts for pouring, often in the form of a phallus. They depict men, women and animals engaging in a variety of sexual acts, the most common of which is anal sex. Many of pottery bottles thus symbolized the emission of sexual fluids and would probably have been used in ceremonies and rituals. When Spanish invaders discovered them, the unabashed depiction of sodomy and masturbation so affronted their Christian belief that they had the posts smashed.

The anal sex in particular is reproduced over and over, in a variety of styles, indicating that it was produced by different artists over a long period of time. To remove any doubt that may arise in minds of the viewer regarding the gender of the penetrated figure, the artist often carved the genitalia carefully, despite their small scale, so as to demonstrate that it is the anus, not the vagina that is being penetrated. Scenes of vaginal penetration are itself extremely rare. Sometimes, accompanying the couples, one can see an infant suckling onto the breast of the female while she is having sex. There are also figures depicting women administering fellatio or masturbating. Some depict male skeletons masturbating, or being masturbated by living women.

“These pots clearly reflect very different notions of sex and reproduction from ones that prevail in the West, and, because of this, a lot of researchers have had trouble making sense of them,” writes UNEARTHING.

The Larco Museum (Museo Larco) in Lima, Peru, displays the largest collection of pre-Columbian erotic pottery. According to Museum, it presents “a conception of sexuality and eroticism inextricably linked to an integrated understanding of the world and its animating vital forces. In the Andean worldview, life is made possible through a generative encounter (tinkuy) between opposite complementary forces (yanantin). Female and male bodies are an expression of this duality.” The images below all come from their collection.

📷 : Stirrup vessel with fellatio scene; Peru, Moche civilization, 300-600 AD. (Larco Museum, Lima 🇵🇪)

#archaeohistories

[Polycarpus @martinvsanonvs]

@DavidWilberBlog Back to picking my nose.

[DAKKADAKKA @DAKKADAKKA1]

Lmao. Epstein is literally behind the drive of tween girls wearing adult clothing like belly shirts and short skirts. On brand for him I suppose.