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[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Oklahoma House passes “Christ is King” resolution.  Trump might be upset with that.

The lack of legal recognition for humanist marriage in the UK continues.

Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools while another case could force “Don’t Say Gay” laws on every school nationwide.

Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion.

Rep. Diana Harshbarger supports sending American citizens to prison in El Salvador.

DIY religion: More Americans finding faith outside church.

World of Woo:  RFK’s autism investigation will show that Big Pharma is behind it.

Environment:  U.S. climate data websites go dark.

The shot heard ‘round the world.

Skepticism greets claims of a possible biosignature on a distant world.

Dress it up in a lab coat but it is still a plain old god-of-the-gaps argument.

Declining US vaccine rates may come back to bite.

David Deutsch: “There is only one interpretation of quantum mechanics”.

Is there any validity to life extension technology?

Long Reads:

Science’s best answer to the origins of the Universe.

Sunday Book Club: Just Following Orders: Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience.

Some photographs taken last week.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……

Coffee Break Videos:  Oh, Jesus mad! I was a professional Christian. Quantum and the unknowable universe with Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Slavoj Žižek

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Have a great week! Post is shorter this week but feel free to add any articles you might stumble upon.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

[_Robert_Participant]

I’m so glad the Whitehouse eradicated all the anti-christian bias. Morons.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Is there any validity to life extension technology?

Maybe not yet, but Physicians wouldn’t be living up to their oath if they didn’t keep trying.

Almost to a person, everyone I’ve seen who believes in Heaven will still say without a hint of self-awareness: “Every day above the dirt is a good day.” So which is it?

[_Robert_Participant]

Well shucks, the pope is dead, right after welcoming JD Vance. Here he was featuring baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh. Not wrapped well enough to protect a baby from his army of pedophiles that he shuffled around the world. Or maybe he just admires the tenacity and faith of the death cult. Hard to say. If there was a hell, surely cuddles would not be too surprised if he woke up staring old Beelzebub in face.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Yeah, The Cuddly One is dead.  Just back from the local shop where someone kindly informed me that “it was a bit unexpected but at least he is in Heaven now” and “there will be a week of mourning for him”.

Of course, I just can’t keep mouth shut when presented with such an opportunity. “Why are Catholics going to be in mourning if he is already in Heaven. Surely you should be celebrating his life and the fact that he has bypassed the Day of Judgement while everyone else has to wait for the return of Jesus”.

“Oh Reg why do you have to be so cruel and disrespectful? It’s offensive to Catholics”!

“So you are not happy that he got straight to Heaven???”

“Of course I am. It is very sad though. So please, a little respect would be appreciated”!

“So upon hearing the news you went straight to the shop to buy Fanta, Ice cream and candy?”

“No, we are having a small party in the house for the kids”.

“Ah, doing the same as the Pope so”.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

JD Vance was the last known world official to meet the pontiff alive??

This needs to be investigated!!

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

What was JD Vance doing there? Was he trying to MTVGFO (Make The Vatican Great For Once)?

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Any smoke signals on who could be taking the Pope’s place?

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Reg,

Any smoke signals on who could be taking the Pope’s place?

I made a call. They said “We are Okay for smoke but can’t make the decision until all the mirrors are setup. Then we will do a lot of praying and make a decision on who is the holiest in the room.” So I guess it will take a while to find that guy.

My biggest concern is; Are there tariffs on popcorn? Is that the question he and JD discussed?

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

@Enco – What was JD Vance doing there?

Coincidence? That’s exactly what they’d want you to think. The truth is far more divine (and disturbingly Ohioan).

Sources* reveal that during their meeting, Vance attempted to explain the theological implications of Hillbilly Elegy as sacred scripture. The Pope, already weakened by decades of ecclesiastical politics and an allergy to banjos, simply couldn’t endure the revelation that Jesus was possibly a coal miner from Appalachia who voted Republican “ironically.”

Vance reportedly offered the Pope a MAGA-branded communion wafer and whispered, “The Holy Spirit votes red.” Vatican surveillance mics caught the faint gasp of “Mamma Mia…” before the papal heartbeat monitor flatlined.

And let’s not forget: immediately after the meeting, white smoke was seen billowing from the chimney—not for a new Pope, but from Vance lighting up his Freedom Cigar in St. Peter’s Basilica. Or was he smoking something else on 4\20?

Coincidence? Or prophecy?

Stay tuned. The rosary beads have ears.

*Source: a guy named Cletus in a Facebook comment thread under an article about soup.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Of course it must be true! I mean, how else do you explain:

The mysterious drop in holy water levels right after Vance left the Vatican? (Evaporated? Or exorcised itself?)

The Pope’s final whispered words: “Who is this man and what is a Vance?”
The Swiss Guard now seen wearing flannel vests and chewing tobacco?
The sudden rebranding of the Vatican Bank as “St. Peter’s Credit Union: Faith, Family, Financing”?

And let’s not ignore the secret photo leaked online (and immediately taken down) showing Vance and the Pope awkwardly fist-bumping over a Chick-fil-A bag.

All signs point to something deeper, something Vatican’t be ignored.

Clearly, this isn’t just a meeting. It’s a divine Appalachian convergence event. The Pope met Vance… and the Holy See saw too much.

We need a documentary. Netflix won’t touch it (too scared), but I’m pretty sure Ancient Aliens will bite.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Who would be deceiving whom in that case? Would it be mutual? And would Bigfoot and Mothman get Beatified as Saints or at least get a St. Francis blessing of the Beasts?

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