Transfigurations: News and Views: May 24, 2025

American Churches Turned into Mosques — But Who’s Really to Blame? For Muslims, the transformation of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques is the physical manifestation and validation of Islam’s ancient battle cry: Allahu akbar, which simply means “my god is greater than your god,” as seen by Allah’s taking up residence in the temple of his vanquished counterparts.

The transformation of Christian churches into mosques is especially emblematic of this phenomenon. Because most of the land Islam conquered (or stole) from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east was for centuries Christian, most of the religious houses that were turned into victory mosques were churches.

As such, the transformation of American churches into mosques is, for Muslims, another example of Islam’s triumph over its Christian nemesis. “Allahu akbar” will be chanted as the Muslim deity makes his residence in this vacated church. Screenshot-taking down crosses from former Catholic church in Syracuse

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Biden Administration Labeled Opponents Of Covid Mandates As “Domestic Violent Extremists,” Newly Released Documents Show The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists,” or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records obtained by Public and Catherine Herridge Reports. The designation created an “articulable purpose” for FBI or other government agents to open an “assessment” of individuals, which is often the first step toward a formal investigation, said a former FBI agent.

Operation: Pretend It Didn't Happen

The title of Senator Johnson’s latest hearing was The Corruption of Science and Federal Health Agencies: How Health Officials Downplayed and Hid Myocarditis and Other Adverse Events Associated with Covid-19 Vaccines, which sounds compellingly, scandalously newsworthy to me. Unfortunately, the proceedings occurred only in a parallel dimension where journalism hasn't been replaced by pharmaceutical press releases.

CNN? MIA.

USA Today? Totally mum.

Fox News? Nada.

The New York Times? Too busy covering the Slop Life.

The AP? The Atlantic? Newsweek? Reuters? Quieter than a ghost in a graveyard.

Even The Onion completely ignored it, which frankly stings the most.

....The analysis makes it clear that the CDC knew about not-mild myocarditis risks from mRNA vaccines as early as February 2021, but didn’t even hint at them openly until late June—after millions of doses had been administered and a fresh crop of mask-and-jab billionaires had already ordered their custom yachts. It also reveals how the FDA swiftly shut down internal proposals to issue potentially lifesaving early warnings, citing concerns about looking “alarmist.” Hahahaha the people who brought us the “winter of severe illness and death” didn’t want to look alarmist.

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Low Church in High Places: The Fate and Future of American Protestantism American Protestantism is in a bad way. At least, depending on how you define the term “Protestant.”

For many of us, it means “not Catholic.” If we’ve done our church history homework, or pay attention to online theological debates, maybe we mentally add “or Orthodox.” But baked into the name is a protest and that nominal fist is raised squarely at Rome.

There was a time when the umbrella term did some work. Protestants included the heirs of Martin Luther, of John Calvin, of Thomas Cranmer, even of Menno Simons. Later there were break-offs and dissenters—including pietists (Lutherans who cared about the heart), Puritans (Anglicans who cared about the heart), Baptists (one-time Puritans who cared about the heart), and Methodists (are you sensing a pattern?)—but the family, however extended, was still recognizable.

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The Supreme Court is putting Venezuelan child killers ahead of the law But what would the early-republic American presidents have done if the Barbary pirates had set up shop on American soil? Just let them have their way in Boston or Philadelphia? No; they probably would have raised a militia to kill them all. Or, if it was easier, they would have arranged for them to quickly and efficiently get out of our country post-haste. They would have made use of the provisions of the Alien Enemies Act.

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Antinatalism: The Latest Destructive Ideology That Must Be Eradicated A fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, was severely damaged by a car bomb late last week, in what authorities are calling a deliberate terrorist attack. News reports have attributed the bombing to Guy Edward Bartkus, an emotionally troubled 25-year-old who appears to have been killed in the blast. Bartkus left behind social media posts and videos in which he expressed the intention to commit suicide in just such a manner, and described himself as an "antinatalist."

Unlike the "child-free" movement, which objects to making people feel guilty for choosing not to have children, antinatalists believe no one should have children, arguing that the world is "unjust," life brings suffering, and those not yet born cannot consent to being brought into existence; therefore, it is unethical to bring them into existence.

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Biden’s Prostate Cancer –- Things Don’t Add Up

'Senior Democrat' Whistleblower Has Come Forward Regarding Biden Autopen Fiasco

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