<![CDATA[For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time.]]>For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. For Christians, today is Easter Sunday.

But celebration and hope are difficult to sustain right now, due to the world situation indicated by the Guardian headline this morning — see the screenshot below.


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/422b0109-3f2e-428c-aa91-d7e41f786cd7/for-those-with-religious-connections-this-is-a-season-of-celebration-of-rebirth-with-festivals-including-eid-passover-and-easter-falling-around-the-same-time.RSS for NodeSun, 05 Apr 2026 21:56:06 GMTSun, 05 Apr 2026 15:17:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:46:27 GMT]]>@wdlindsy I can respect the journalistic rules.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116353111623082660https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116353111623082660Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:46:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:45:12 GMT]]>@wdlindsy I have lots of bones to pick with other actual Christians, including the pope. But Trump is a not a Christian. One of these men leads a church. The other can destroy humanity by force and destroy life on earth. This is not a mere philosophical divergence of views. The Christian thing to do is to remove Trump from power

He is an unrepentant rapist, felon and war criminal. He can change his ways, but he needs to do that work on himself away from weapons of mass destruction.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116353106768771335https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116353106768771335Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:45:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:37:59 GMT]]>@wdlindsy it is patently ridiculous to call Trump a Christian. He doesn’t self identify that way and he shows no evidence that he follows the Way of Jesus. This is not a correct equivalence from Martinez.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116353078355663252https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116353078355663252Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:37:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:32:26 GMT]]>@BLTpizza I think the media decision is that it would be unprofessional to weigh in on discussions of what constitutes authentic Christianity. Those are discussions that need to go on within Christianity itself. Also, it has to be recognized that all sorts of beliefs and behaviors have claimed to represent Christianity over the centuries: some have used Christianity to justify "holy" wars, others have adamantly refused the path of violence, etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116353056566400779https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116353056566400779Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:25:35 GMT]]>@wdlindsy

Agree. Those who are standing on the sidelines watching trump disintegrate - and choosing to do nothing - are complicit. He is now the most unwell and dangerous person alive.
When I first saw this post I thought it was parody, a joke. But no. This is actually a post by the President of the United States.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/CherylA/statuses/116353029625469791https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/CherylA/statuses/116353029625469791Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:25:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:15:33 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Some people in the media keep referring to trump as a Christian without any evidence to support the claim.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116352990119728943https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116352990119728943Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:15:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:59 GMT]]>@BLTpizza Does anyone credibly suggest the contrary?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352960407605069https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352960407605069Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:12 GMT]]>@wdlindsy Being white or an oopaloompa does not mean the person is Christian.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116352957312576235https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BLTpizza/statuses/116352957312576235Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:04 GMT]]>"He called Iran’s leaders 'crazy bastards.' He signed off with a sarcastic invocation of Allah. He skipped church. The deadline is tomorrow. International law experts say the threatened strikes would constitute war crimes. The pope — an American, a Christian, the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics — has now directly appealed to Trump twice. The rest of the world is watching to see what Tuesday brings."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352956802156003https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352956802156003Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:07:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:06:38 GMT]]>"WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW: On Easter Sunday morning, while the world’s Catholics were gathering in Rome to hear the first American pope call for an end to the Iran war, the President of the United States was posting profanity on social media threatening to bomb Iran’s power plants and water infrastructure on Tuesday."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352955083837269https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352955083837269Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:06:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:05:10 GMT]]>@Charlesberkow Apparently not. But to my way of thinking, that only underscores the point Roginsky is making.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352949310382704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352949310382704Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:03:45 GMT]]>"one man posted profanity threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure on the holiest morning of the Christian calendar; another man, also American, also Christian, speaking from the world’s most prominent religious platform, asked him to stop."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352943733129466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352943733129466Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:03:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:03:32 GMT]]>"The juxtaposition of Trump’s Easter Truth Social post and Pope Leo’s Urbi et Orbi message has dominated international coverage of Day 37, confirmed this session via Reuters, NBC News, Al-Monitor, and The National. The contrast between the two is being reported not as political commentary but as a documented factual record:"


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352942889970913https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352942889970913Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:59 GMT]]>"'He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.' Archbishop Timothy Broglio — head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, one of the most conservative voices in the American Catholic hierarchy — told CBS that under just war theory, the war on Iran is not justified, and aligned himself explicitly with the pope."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352928944783327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352928944783327Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:36 GMT]]>"Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, asked Pentagon officials in March to pray for soldiers to wage 'overwhelming violence' in 'the name of Jesus Christ.' Leo responded from the pulpit the following Sunday: 'This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.'"


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352927422387774https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352927422387774Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:58:31 GMT]]>"On Easter Sunday, the president posted profanity and skipped church. The pope asked him to stop the war. …

The theological divergence between the two most prominent American Christians on the world stage is complete."

~ Rudy Martinez


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https://www.chicanoinparis.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-april-a42

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352923203116527https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352923203116527Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:52:29 GMT]]>@wdlindsy The Israeli leadership seems to not agree.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Charlesberkow/statuses/116352899467625691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Charlesberkow/statuses/116352899467625691Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:52:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:23:33 GMT]]>"I’m going to choose to step away from my initial reaction — We have elected an actual madman.

We are in deep, deep shit. —

breathe, and focus instead on the also true that lunatic man knows he’s in big big trouble. Of course, that doesn’t mean the rest of us aren’t.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!"

~ Rebecca Schoenkopf


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https://www.wonkette.com/p/jesus-fcking-christ-is-fckin-risen

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352785647972315https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352785647972315Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:23:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:22:55 GMT]]>"Trump has taught the world something that decades of non-proliferation treaties have attempted to stave off: Nuclear weapons are the only reliable guarantee of survival."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352783184011523https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352783184011523Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:22:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:22:26 GMT]]>Noting that "we are much closer to nuclear war today than we were six weeks ago, Julie Roginsky says,

"There is a quiet, unsettling clarity settling over the world right now that has announced itself with a stark pattern. Watch closely, and you will see it.

It spans Ukraine, Iran, and most tellingly, the Korean peninsula."


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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-thing-about-the

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352781273849908https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352781273849908Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:21:26 GMT]]>"It’s entirely possible that basically by this time Tuesday, America will have established itself as one of the world’s great villains. I don’t want to be here, but, you know, be warned. This is happening. This is real.

It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things."

~ Paul Krugman


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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/living-in-hell

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352777360285296https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352777360285296Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:21:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:57 GMT]]>"Civilization is not the accumulation of power, or the building of grand monuments to a leader or a nation. It is not creating the greatest capacity for violence, posting the highest number in a stock market’s history, or adding chatbots to the kill chain. To the contrary, it is the ability of a population to constrain those very powers that defines whether it is truly civilized, or merely a sacrificial battleground."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352775451721406https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352775451721406Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:30 GMT]]>"Donald Trump wants to reverse the polarity of civilization. In a civilized country, the military exists to protect civilians. But in Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s America, civilians only exist to provide resources—and bodies—to the military."


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352773700189385https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352773700189385Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For those with religious connections, this is a season of celebration of rebirth, with festivals including Eid, Passover, and Easter falling around the same time. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:09 GMT]]>"Trump’s glorification of the destruction of civilian infrastructure—in Iran and Washington DC—is emblematic of those who seek to sabotage civilization because it threatens their unfair advantage over the population."

~ Jim Stewartson


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https://www.mind-war.com/p/back-to-the-stone-age-the-iran-war

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352772292941315https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toad.social/users/wdlindsy/statuses/116352772292941315Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:20:09 GMT