Atheism

Emerging from the Americas and now appearing in Europe, the Philippines, Nigeria and South Africa, today’s narco-evangelists share an increasingly popular strand of Christianity: Pentecostalism. It’s the fastest-growing religion in the world, already with around 650 million followers. A branch of evangelical Protestantism, in recent decades Pentecostalism has become the faith of the world’s poor. In large part, this is because of its particular focus on the Holy Spirit’s role in health and wealth, but there is also the significant lure of the faith’s deep authenticity, rooted in local cultures. Much of this is due to the fact that there is little in the way of authority structures and pastoral oversight. Not only is there no Pentecostal pope, but all you really need to be a preacher is followers.

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This study is from 2017, but I suspect the numbers are even worse now.

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Jesus
Hate to make a new channel but @StPeter and I think there might need to be a separate conversation happening around the Rapture and are going to move this to #Rapture

Jesus has added @StPeter to #Revelation. Jesus has created #Rapture.

God
Cool cool, totally get it. Excited to see what the team is planning for the reaping of souls.

Death
I didn’t realize Jesus was heading the #Rapture? Feels like this has been my account for several millennia now?

Jesus
Oh, I feel like I’m on the Output end and your team is more Input?

God
Looping in Jesus to lead his first project so more senior members of the team can focus on their main projects.

Death
Right… like reaping souls?

Jesus @palehorse Happy to jump into a huddle on this and see what your team has been working on.

Death has left #Rapture.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18067944

A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia’s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old.

Sakina Muhammad Jan, who is in her late 40s, was found guilty of coercing Ruqia Haidari to marry 26-year-old Mohammad Ali Halimi in 2019, in exchange for a small payment.

Six weeks after the nuptials, Halimi killed his new bride - a crime for which he is now serving a life sentence.

On Monday, Jan - who pleaded not guilty - was sentenced to at least a year in jail, for what a judge called the “intolerable pressure” she had placed on her daughter.

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The Boy spoofs Evangelicalism constantly. Evangelical Christianity, white Christian nationalism, and Qanon are all wrapped up together these days, and The Boys provides hilarious and frightening satire of this mess. Project 2025, Donald Trump, anti-LGBT policies, The Daily Wire, Matt Walsh, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Franklin Graham, President George Bush, and so many more are treated in the show.

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