quote [ "Late-capitalistic semantic drain" sounds like its own uniquely hellish bullshit neologism. But I swear it does mean something: the lack of meaning spreading through English, driven by a corporate monoculture devoted solely to profit. ]

quote [ The Satanic Temple has earned the same tax-exempt status as a church by the IRS.

One of the first things that people need to realize about us is that we don't advocate for any supernatural beliefs. We're a nontheistic religion. We don't subscribe to supernatural explanations or accept them as legitimate," Greaves said.

He explains that while members of the Satanic Temple see the mythological, and literary, figure of Satan as a symbol of rebellion against tyranny, they do not worship Satan in any way. "This idea of worship, it's usually kind of insulting to people who identify with Satanism, because that implies a sense of servility. Satanism is about personal sovereignty and independence and freedom of will," he said. ]

quote [ Police accuse 51-year-old P?ock woman of ?profanation? of revered religious image ]

quote [ A sword-wielding suspect was fatally shot by police and two officers were struck by gunfire during an incident at a Church of Scientology in Inglewood Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The incident was reported at the church about 3:30 p.m. at 315 Market St., Inglewood Police Lt. Neal Cochran told KTLA. ]

quote [ Believers in a flat Earth will have an opportunity to sail to Antarctica in 2020 on a cruise organized by the Flat Earth International Conference. ]

quote [ Cardinal George Pell becomes the most senior Catholic figure to be convicted of sexual offences.Pell abused two choir boys in the rooms of a Melbourne cathedral in 1996, a jury found. He had pleaded not guilty.

As Vatican treasurer, the 77-year-old cardinal is one of the Church's most powerful officials. ]

quote [ At this year's annual meeting of the Indian Science Congress from Jan. 3 to 7, senior research scientist Kannan Jagathala Krishnan dismissed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity as "a big blunder" and said Isaac Newton didn't really understand how gravity works. ]

quote [ Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse. ]

quote [ Japan's monks are taking to social media to show how flexible they are in their traditional garb in response to one of their own being fined for driving in a robe. ]

quote [ The bible has 365 references to ?don?t be afraid?. The good samaritan is based on fearing strangers, your neighbor. Strangers like Jews -money changers, or Muslims.
The crusades were about Christians intolerance to Muslims.
The Roman Catholic Church is modeled after the structures of the Roman Empire. An institution fostering lies and cover-up of child molesters.

Xenophobia

Pope Francis represents the anti-Trump and other despots of xenophobia ]