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1. Nazareno Evangelista (nazareno@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 21:59:11 JST Nazareno Evangelista

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   @ThatCrazyDude 👍 My father was a minister, an evangelist. Until the last decade, I spent my life as a secular humanist, materialistic reductionist agnostic. I've come to understand that religion is the first thing that the Bolsheviks get rid of, the one thing that defeats the Bolshevism. It's the one thing that holds a culture together and prevents it from "genital mutilation". Though I"m more of a 'shaman pagan consciousness ascension" type, I'm joining the Russian Orthodox and buying a flag

   • :gnu:+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 (bonifartius@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 21:59:11 JST :gnu:+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄

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     @Nazareno @ThatCrazyDude
     the most dangerous people are those who have no spirituality who deny such things exist.

     also, kind of my story as well. i'm really happy that i managed to get off the materialist train.

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   • pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 21:59:12 JST pat

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     @Nazareno I won't say there's no difference, but it's also true that a cult is a cult and a holy war is a holy war in the end of the day, so there's that.

   • Nazareno Evangelista (nazareno@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 21:59:13 JST Nazareno Evangelista

     The Holy Face, also known as the Image of Edessa or the Mandylion, is an ancient icon featuring the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is boldly framed on a red background and the Slavonic letters IC XC NIKA, which means "Jesus Christ Conquers."