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2024-11-06T02:55:36-07:00

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Bishops and Priests: Jesus is the Answer

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 2:55 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Woe to you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either. Jesus Christ I know many people who have either left the Church or are hanging on to it while suffering the extremes of alienation and isolation inside it, all because they are not deluded into following the false and idolatrous political gospel that... Read more

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2024-11-06T03:05:19-07:00

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Did the Bishops Stick their Thumb in the Pope’s Eye?

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 3:05 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Are the United States Catholic bishops declaring war on Pope Francis? I don’t know anything about the internal politics of the American bishops. I am confused about the meaning of this week’s winner in the bishop big guy election. Based on the headlines, the pointy-hat crowd chose an anti-Pope Francis right winger to be their new leader. I read the headline, and then I read it again. I’ve been thinking of it off and on since. Is that true? Is... Read more

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2024-11-06T03:01:24-07:00

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Did COVID Death Rates Change this Election?

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 3:01 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I haven’t heard any discussion of one of the more obvious points concerning this year’s election results. So, I’ll take it up. That point is simple. A large number of voters were missing at the polls this year because they died during the COVID pandemic. Around 3/4 of a million of those who died were in the precise age groups that vote most heavily for the Republican Party. Not only that, but studies have shown that registered Republicans died from... Read more

2022-11-14T12:53:50-07:00

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I Knew the Election Would Be Close. Here’s How I Figured It Out.

Last updated on: November 14, 2022 at 12:53 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

I’ve been watching talking heads “explain” the election results for days now. I get the impression that Michael Moore and I were the only living Americans who knew that the election was going to be close. I know that’s not true, but in the alternative universe of made-up “news,” it’s the pretend reality. So, as one the two unofficial only living Americans who knew the election was going to be close, I suppose I should share how I came to... Read more

2024-11-06T04:16:32-07:00

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St Thomas More Committed Sins for a Political Church

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 4:16 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I chose St Thomas More for my name saint. Since I spent much of my adult life as an elected official, and Thomas More is the patron of saint of elected officials, that might seem obvious. Of course, Thomas More’s political career far exceeded anything I ever accomplished. He was an internationally recognized thinker, who became, for a short while, the Chancellor of England. He was also a martyr who gave his life rather than take an oath saying that... Read more

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2022-10-14T10:24:40-06:00

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Being Catholic does not mean that you have to be stupid, ignorant, superstitious and dead.

Last updated on: October 14, 2022 at 10:24 am By Rebecca Hamilton

My Patheos colleague, Fr Matthew Schneider wrote a post about the anti-vax statements being made by his crazy brother priest, Fr Chad Ripperger. I’d never heard of Fr Ripperger before I read this article. I Googled, and he’s evidently an exorcist who writes books and posts YouTubes and who has also decided to bless Denver with a new community of his own making for other “traditionalist” exorcists. Along with casting out demons and such, Fr Ripperger has decided to start... Read more

2024-11-14T10:11:42-07:00

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Jury Spares Parkland Shooter. He Gets Life.

Last updated on: November 14, 2024 at 10:11 am By Rebecca Hamilton

The Parkland school shooter, who murdered 17 people and maimed many others, dodged the death penalty today. I don’t normally watch trials, but I watched parts of this one. We’ve got to stop these mass shootings. I watched mainly to see if there was anything we could have done to stop this shooting and others like it in the future. As I watched it, I concluded that the only reason the jury might not give the shooter the death penalty... Read more

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2024-11-06T04:22:45-07:00

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do not go gentle

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 4:22 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Do not go gentle into that good night Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage,... Read more

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2024-11-06T04:25:47-07:00

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In a Huge Pro Family Move, Biden Gives Student Debt Relief

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 4:25 am By Rebecca Hamilton

President Biden just gave a huge help to young families all across this country. It isn’t enough. But it’s very important, and no Republican would have done it. I fully expect right wing religious leaders, including “star” right wing internet priests, to oppose it. But this old granny who paid off all her student loans decades ago is thrilled that President Biden is providing between $10,000 and $20,000 in student debt relief to our young people. I think it’s just... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2024-11-06T04:32:11-07:00

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So, are “bullet rosaries” a thing or not?

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 4:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

So … are bullet rosaries “a thing” or did somebody make it up? Atlantic Monthly recently published an article discussing what it called the “weaponization of the rosary.” The reaction from right wing Catholics was immediate and predictable. They latched onto the article as an opportunity to generate outrage — and clicks and donations and revenue from advertisers — among and from their followers. The whole thing reached such a crescendo that Bishop Baron hopped onto Fox News, to excoriate the... Read more

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