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§ “Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.” https://prayerandpolitiks.org/articles-essays-sermons/early-church-fathers-on-refusal-of-the-sword/

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

Joseph de Maistre Quote

Every nation gets the government it deserves.

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

"Nero watched the fire from the tower of Maecenas, delighted with what he termed 'the beauty of the flames' and, dressed in his stage attire, he sang 'The Fall of Troy'."
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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 2h

William F. Buckley, Jr. Quote

I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every ef...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 2h

Chomsky on Religion

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 2h

Saudis ‘second largest investors’ in Twitter after Musk takeover

KHC and the private office of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal are jointly the second largest investors after Elon Musk.

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 3h

https://edlatimore.com/1984-quotes-and-ideas/

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https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/09/10/the-power-elite-connections-between-business-and-politics-in-the-u-s/

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 4h

"I practiced medicine before we had Medicaid, in the early 1960s, when I got out of medical school. I practiced at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio, and the churches took care of them. We never turned anybody away from the hospitals."
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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 6h

a pixel art drawing of a purple and green volcano with green circles coming out of it .

ALT: a pixel art drawing of a purple and green volcano with green circles coming out of it .

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prospects/article/abs/ron-cobb-a-voice-from-the-underground/080312CEC52BF11DD6E7EF44056428EB

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 10h

2 Nephi 28

Many false churches will be built up in the last days—They will teach false, vain, and foolish doctrines—Apostasy will abound because of false teachers—The devil will rage in the hearts of men—He will...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 11h

Luke 17:2 NIV
[2] It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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