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This is *very* long, but interesting on
(1) the bizarre coming together of a version of American Christianity ("the American heresy") with a right-wing politics that could hardly be further from the Sermon on the Mount; and
(2) why the last Pope, & perhaps this one, posed such a challenge to that.
(1) the bizarre coming together of a version of American Christianity ("the American heresy") with a right-wing politics that could hardly be further from the Sermon on the Mount; and
(2) why the last Pope, & perhaps this one, posed such a challenge to that.
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is *very* long, but interesting on
(1) the bizarre coming together of a version of American Christianity ("the American heresy") with a right-wing politics that could hardly be further from the Sermon on the Mount; and
(2) why the last Pope, & perhaps this one, posed such a challenge to that.
(1) the bizarre coming together of a version of American Christianity ("the American heresy") with a right-wing politics that could hardly be further from the Sermon on the Mount; and
(2) why the last Pope, & perhaps this one, posed such a challenge to that.
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🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
March 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...