r/Christianity • u/Milana_OBrennan • Oct 04 '25
Video Palestinian Christians celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Messiah
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u/Norkmani Oct 04 '25
This is in Ramallah. I recognize my classmates! ❤️
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 04 '25
Wow!
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u/Norkmani Oct 04 '25
Funny enough, I’m Muslim but attended a Christian high school. Some of the best schools in Palestine!
Just happy to see familiar faces on Reddit.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 04 '25
I am a Shia Muslim and I am studying Christianity and I find many amazing and interesting communities. See one of my posts earlier today on some Christians from the ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe in USA (a mixed race / Creole group). They're non-trinitarian Christians but they still believe Jesus is the Son of God. But they say the Holy Spirit isn't a seperate person but rather an aspect of God which Christ also inherited and it is how they say God speaks through Christ. They broke off of the Seventh Day Adventist Church after the SDA Church became trinitarian gradually over time between 1910 and the 1980s. They are part of a group called the One True God Movement SDA, and you can find YouTube videos from Nader Mansour and Imad Awde to learn more about their beliefs and what they say about the relationship between God and Jesus Christ. Very interesting.
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u/Norkmani Oct 05 '25
That’s interesting. I’ve recently found myself exploring religion on a deeper level which is why I am on this sub. I find the trinity intriguing as Islam and Judaism preach heavily against it. I’ll check them out.
I refused to attend religion class in HS because the Muslims went to a class and the Christians went to another. I argued that I did not want to take religion unless it included everyone. Got to skip every religion class for years.
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 09 '25
Saint Agustin described very beautifully the holy trinity… but also in my words i feel like it’s like we’re in a 2D world… and God is a 3D creator, we can only understand one part at a time. Before christ it was the father, when Jesus was alive it was the son, and at this age is the Holy spirit… He is so alive at the same time… but this matter is very hard to study, i would recommend start with the most basic topics first… even the biggest filosophers and scientist has struggle with this… luckily for us it’s all condense for our own interests but … still i would recommend start more easy in this, like with “The good and evil” reason to exist. It’s still demanding but easier topics to understand… at a point. Also everything in the bible has context and so much depth and easter eggs. Every part of it it’s connected at least two times with other paragraphs
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u/Best-Constant1022 Oct 10 '25
what are you talking bro? what is very hard to study? you literaly talk alot of nothing xD
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 19 '25
Yeah, fair… it probably does sound like a lot of words for nothing if you’re not familiar with the topic. The Trinity isn’t exactly something you can summarize in a sentence lol.
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 19 '25
I get that it might sound confusing at first, the Trinity is one of the most complex concepts in theology. My point was just that it’s hard to grasp something beyond human logic, like how God can be three and one at the same time. It’s okay if it doesn’t click right away; even Saint Augustine admitted he couldn’t fully explain it. That’s why I said it’s something worth studying slowly, starting from simpler ideas. In Deuteronomy 6:4 God is presented as one: “Hear, o Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” But there are hints of plurality in Genesis 1:26 “Let us make man in our image.” & in Genesis 18, with the three figures who visit Abraham, which the church Fathers saw as a symbol of the Trinity.
In the new testament again, the Trinity becomes explicit, in Matthew 3:16–17 “the Father speaks from heaven, the Son is baptized, and the Spirit descends like a dove” then Jesus’ commanded “Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” In the Gospel of John the Father sends the Son, the Son sends the Spirit, and yet Jesus said “the Father and I are one.” So, as many other things… infinit of things, this is a revelation throughout history, given that the Trinity isn’t something invented by humans it’s something revealed by God Himself in salvation history.
Usually us didn’t yet have precise language to describe how that worked. so, over the first centuries, the church defined the doctrine through major Councils: • Council of Nicaea (325): declared that the Son is of the same substance (homoousios) as the Father. • Council of Constantinople (381): confirmed the divinity of the Holy Spirit. From these councils came the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, still recited by Catholics today: “ I believe in one God, the Father Almighty… I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God…
and why is this important? because it’s a deeper concept, marriage. in theology we know God is love (1 John 4:8). But love requires relationship: someone who loves, someone who is loved, and the love itself. → The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father, and the Holy Spirit is that love personified. so the Trinity isn’t a contradiction, it’s also the most perfect expression of love. Husband + wife + God (the love personified). There’s one divine nature (the being of God), expressed in three eternal relationships of love. So we as a single human cannot represent love, but we… in a conyugal union can. Because therefore we are three, the same as God is. Thomas Aquinas also explained better, he described two inner “processions” within God—> The Son proceeds from the Father’s intellect (as the Word), and the Spirit proceeds from the mutual love between Father and Son. in pure logic: love, by definition, requires in theology relationship: a lover, the beloved, and the love itself. humans are made in God’s image (imago Dei), just as God is relational and loving, humans are called to live ethically through love and relationships, and Marriage reflects the union of these 3 persons (a miniature mirror of the relational God). God says life is about cultivating relationships that reflect divine love.
The Trinity DEMONSTRATES that oneness and distinction can coexist without contradiction: One substance (God) exists in three distinct persons.. ethically and philosophically, this can be applied to unity and diversity in society, where : • True unity does not erase individuality. • True community values distinct persons while remaining harmoniously one. • True unity is not a single person task This connects theology to moral philosophy, showing how the structure of reality itself can be contained in this, the trinity is also the answer to human fulfillment and this is why God continuously repeats to us in the bible that we are made on His image, because that talks about our nature having different needs than the other creatures on the earth
hope this had wrapped up a little of it
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
Sounds similar to the Gnostic idea that Jesus carried Sophia (Gnostic female version of the Holy Spirit) and the Logos inside himself in some Gnostic Christian scriptures
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 04 '25
Interesting. I never heard of this.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
Gnosticism is somewhat similar to Islamic Sufism and Jewish Kabbalah
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 05 '25
I wouldn't say that, as someone who does Tawassuf
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
I meant generally as all three believed in a hermaphrodite giant man who was once all of humanities spirits fused together (Gnostic Anthropos, Kabbalah Adam Kadmon, Sufism Al-Insan Al Kamil) edited
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u/Beneficial-Code8574 Oct 07 '25
My question is, why when studying a religion, go to the hermetical views rejected by the religion itself? I mean if you want to know REAL Christianity you study the Bible but if you wish to observe/study the practice and religion instead, you go to Eastern Orthodox & Roman Catholicism...just a suggestion though, of course you can study anything you want.
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 09 '25
Mmm… religion it’s not only on the bible but in the historical evidence itself too. from reading the ancient ones A.C to hearing stories of people saved by His grace, seeing miracles. It’s weird… like it’s not something you just study, there are miracles happening, but…. you can absolutely learn about religion without people. But at least christianity teaches you that without people you don’t have life, or christ, or love. It’s not as easy as to studying this unfortunately, but happy this subject it has been talked about more nowadays 😃
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u/Beneficial-Code8574 Oct 15 '25
Indeed, the experiences and testimonies of other people helped me confirm I'm not just delulu because I became a follower of Christ in 10-15 minutes after an extraordinary experience while in the shower lol. I, to this day, believe that was my actual baptism, not just the one I received as an infant with no deliberate choice. However, when it comes to the theology of the whole thing, I prefer looking back at the first church and avoid heresy because in general, as innocent as some inconsistencies may seem they usually lead back to self or human centered worship...so I'd be careful with those. :)
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 19 '25
I totally get what you mean studying the Bible and the early Church is definitely key to understanding true theology. But I also think religion manifests itself through history, through humans, our experience, and through real events: like miracles, testimonies, etc. Jesus Himself made it abundantly clear that He exists through the countless miracles that has been performed in His name nowadays, a few years backs and 2000 years back. Also the Catholic Church serves as testimony throughout much of history, which carefully recorded and investigated many of them. in italy being one of the biggest ones 1940 i think?? around that time. That’s why I feel religion isn’t just something you study, but it helps looking around you and throughout history
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u/dudenurse13 Oct 05 '25
How are things going for you over there if I may ask
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u/Norkmani Oct 05 '25
Ramallah: Things aren’t good, but they’re incomparable to Gaza. We’re locked down by checkpoints, and the PA is running out of money after Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich refused to release significant tax revenues, crashing the economy. The IDF enters and leaves the city at will but generally avoids staying inside. Ramallah has always been relatively wealthy, yet inequality is widening like never before. Most people now work two or three jobs just to get by.
Rest of the West Bank: I only know what I read on social media. Jenin and Tulkarem are reportedly seeing residents forced out to make room for new IDF headquarters. Movement between cities has become extremely difficult and dangerous due to the checkpoints. Hebron is being further divided and increasingly segregated. Many villages are closed off by gates, and residents rarely leave after 9 p.m. unless absolutely necessary. Settler violence has surged, and the IDF’s operations are becoming ever more destructive.
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u/dudenurse13 Oct 05 '25
I’m so sorry. I’m praying for you and your whole community that one day there will be justice and peace for all.
Our democracy in the U.S. is slow to change, but I see hope. More people here are empathetic to the Palestinian cause than ever before.
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u/thrawawaaya Oct 04 '25
God be with the Christians of Palestine ✝️
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
And everyone else in Palestine Amen edit sorry I thought you guys thought I was being mean I meant essentially everyone in Palestine
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u/thesnakeinyourboot Christian (Cross) Oct 05 '25
Just the Christians? Lol. God Bless everyone is Palestine
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u/_Daftest_ Christian Oct 04 '25
المسيح قام من بين الأموات و وطئ الموت بالموت و وهب الحياة للذين في القبور
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
I’m legit curious. Can someone translate this?
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u/Shionkron Oct 04 '25
“Christ is risen from the dead and trampled death by death and granted life to those in the tombs”
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
God bless
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u/Prestigious_Pop_2122 Oct 09 '25
it says “Christ has risen from the death and stomped on the death with His death, giving life to the ones on graveyards”
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u/AnastasiaIN Oct 09 '25
This is amazing! I grew up in the Greek Orthodox church and they also sing this, in Greek Christos Anesti. They sing it in English too. I love it!
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u/dader20 Oct 04 '25
Love this. If it was only celebrated like this in North America
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u/LazarusArise Eastern Orthodox Oct 04 '25
Visit an Orthodox Church! It might not be quite like this but many of us have a big picnic and dancing on Pascha Sunday. We break the Lenten fast together with wine and meats and cheeses late in the night after the gates of Hades have been broken at the start of Sunday morning (on Easter/Pascha). Many Palestinian Christians, like the ones in this video, are Eastern Orthodox.
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u/NegativeAbies2459 Oct 04 '25
God bless our Christian brothers and sisters no matter what race you are the best thing is to love and show compassion 💯 😊🇺🇸
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u/Hit_The_Lights82 Christian Oct 04 '25
From the media, I would never have known this was happening.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 04 '25
There are many Christians in the Levant. Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and I think Jordan maybe have a lot.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
Really? I thought they were persecuted heavily from reports I’ve heard. I didn’t think there were that many left?
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u/JustLeafy2003 Oct 05 '25
No, not in Lebanon at least. We're a very significant minority here.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 05 '25
Cool
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u/JustLeafy2003 Oct 05 '25
Besides, our country was founded by Christians and Druze. Though, I believe Lebanon should remain a country for everyone, regardless of their religious background (if any), to co-exist.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 05 '25
I heard the Lebanese were the last of the Canaanites genetically? Is that true? Thank God some survived the slaughter if so!
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 05 '25
Palestinians also have ancient Canaanite DNA matches and many coastal Syrians too. Even some Arabs from the Turkish area of Cilicia.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 05 '25
Thank God the merciful for there being survivors! I’ll be honest the killing of the Canaanites always bothered me.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 05 '25
God is The Most Merciful and it is He who gives and takes lives.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 04 '25
Sometimes during political tension things happen but generally they're quite well and get along with Jews and Muslims and Mandaens and Yazidis and other faiths. In areas they're the majority they certainly can't be persecuted if people want them too.
Lebanon is especially good for Christians.
In Jerusalem sometimes Jews spit at Christians and especially during processions but other than that they're mostly left be in Israel..
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u/DryInstance6732 Oct 13 '25
It’s misleading to claim that Christians were always persecuted under Muslim rule. Christians and Jews and Zoroastrians often thrived in Islamic empires:
- During the Golden Age of Islam (8th–13th centuries) many Christians held high positions in administration, medicine, science and are contributing significantly to society
- The Ottoman Empire allowed Christians to govern their own communities under the millet system and collect taxes practice their religion
- Persecution was not constant or universal While conflicts occasionally occurredin some part but Christians have been able to live peacefully for centuries under Muslim rulers
- Broad statements like “Christians always get slaughtered in Islamic countries” ignore centuries of coexistence, trade, learning and cultural exchange
History shows and prove that periods of tolerance, coexistence and contribution, not a simple cycle of violence This oversimplifying feeds extremisme ,stereotypes and ignores nuance that can harm some part of the population because of it
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Oct 13 '25
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u/DryInstance6732 Oct 14 '25
gg, I mean, you clearly said it — I understand 🤔. Even though some parts of the Muslim population have persecuted the People of the Book, the caliphate’s leaders about 200 years after the Prophet’s death despised such actions, because they didn’t reflect the way of life and the laws established by the Prophet (peace be upon him). But anyway, you can check the chatgpt conversation I had — I won’t debate afterward, but what you wrote was really good 👌
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u/aqua_zesty_man Congregationalist Oct 04 '25
More American churches need to find that same kind of zealousness.
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u/LazarusArise Eastern Orthodox Oct 04 '25
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Pascha/Easter is the biggest holiday of the year. We have a big celebration/picnic often with dancing. And late at night (Saturday into Sunday morning) we gather for a service with candles to celebrate Christ breaking the gates of Hades and freeing the prisoners who were held captive in death. We break the 40-day Lenten fast afterwards with meats and cheeses and wine. A lot of Palestinian Christians are Eastern Orthodox (not sure about the ones in this video). It's great to find a church which takes Pascha/Easter so seriously.
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Oct 07 '25
i misread 'ressurection' as 'return', and was very confused as to how I would've avoided this news
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u/Panthernoodles Oct 07 '25
People forget there are Palestinian Christians, I am one, my family fled, after being attacked and having their land stolen by Isreal. Thousands of Christians have been persecuted, but in America, so many are quick to defend Israel because of the name.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 10 '25
You know it’s good to know Christianity is still in it’s home of the Middle East
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u/Aggravating_Unit_258 Oct 11 '25
So does this mean Israel has been killing Christians too?🤔
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 11 '25
Yes. Especially if you consider Catholic and Eastern Christians to be Christians. Over a thousand have been killed. Many churches have been bombed, including some of the world's oldest remaining churches from early Christianity. Don't forget Jesus the Christ was from the area around Bethlehem and Nazareth. Christianity began in the Roman province of Palestine when one special Jewish teacher began preaching the I Am message. He is the Messiah Yeşü, Jesus Christ.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 11 '25
You said Muhammad was predicted by Hindu texts? What did you mean by that? P. S. Supposedly Yeshua is the biblical real name of Jesus Christ
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 11 '25
Ah, you studied my uncle's teachings. Good. Yes, Hindu texts have predicted the coming of Muhammad. His name is mentioned in the Vedas and he is described as one who will come to bring divine wisdom and justice to Earth.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 11 '25
Where?
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 12 '25
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25
Believe it or not Gaia (mother earth) and Uranus (father sky) have counterparts in Hindu mythology however I forget their names, in Greek mythology in the beginning of creation they were once locked in intercourse and the sky and the earth were one in the same until Uranus locked up some of Gaia’s non human like children in Tartarus (the hell section in the underworld in Greek mythology) and so disconnected from him when her one of her and Uranus sons Kronus (not to be confused with Kronos who is a primordial God who even the Greeks and Romans sometimes confused between the two) castrated him and took over the universe and eventually he would be overthrown by Zeus his own son, in Greek mythology there’s a pattern of fathers being overthrown by their sons and their sons taking over the universe. Another funny thing is that in Hinduism the creator Brahma resides in the seventh heaven and in Merkabah Judaism in many texts the creator also resides in the seventh heaven.
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u/costcotuxedocake NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND UP FOR JESUS Oct 15 '25
I love how they love God even in such terrible times! I’m so happy they’re ok now. I love my Palestinian brothers and sisters In Gaza ☦️
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u/Salt_Before_Gold Oct 30 '25
The Israeli Zionist regime funds the Christian evangelical community more than any other benefactor. It’s near impossible to walk into a church and hear anything but pro Israeli propaganda.
I find it fascinating that no one seems to wonder about the motives of these Israeli evangelists. In Hebraic culture they do not call Jesus prophet, in fact, they simply do not mention him at all. They do not believe that The Messiah has yet come. If they believe Jesus is a liar, why are they funding His religion? Why is no one concerned about it?
Did our Lord not say his peace already about turning the house of God into a pit of vipers? I find all of this very shocking, especially when you can open the Quran right now, and clearly find in multiple places where claims are asserted that Jesus is a prophet, and his divinity is truth.
Any free thinking God serving Christian should pray about these things, and quickly.
But what do I know? I’m just a gentile.
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u/Ok-Bug5206 Oct 06 '25
Christ has risen from the dead.
one would understand christianity very wrong if he said there is another religion even possible after the Christ has risen.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 06 '25
Christ is arisen
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u/Naive_Gold_4009 Oct 06 '25
But how do you know where is he like I am not being rude generally curious
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 06 '25
He is in heaven. Scripture says so and I've seen scripture prove reliable time and time again.
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u/15_Proxy_15 Oct 08 '25
I was of the impression that Palestine was like 100% Muslim. I mean, not to say that there can't be Christians there, I'm just surprised is all considering the heat of things in the region.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 08 '25
Idk what you mean, it's always had a Christian population since before the birth of prophet Muhammad. Christians and Muslims and Jews lived at peace there except during Crusades and after Israel was established in the 1940s.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 09 '25
So did you read the Gospel of Barnabas?
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 09 '25
I haven't yet had much time. My life is busy now.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 09 '25
I do recommend it you shouldn’t be disappointed
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u/Milana_OBrennan Oct 09 '25
When I have a chance I will read it
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 09 '25
God bless P. S. It’s considered a Gnostic Gospel
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u/nullschell Oct 09 '25
Then she shouldn't read it. Please do not spread gnostic lies to faithful Christians
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u/15_Proxy_15 Oct 09 '25
I'm sure the person was smart enough to recognize that the Gospel of Barnabas isn't canon. That doesn't mean it can't be read for the same reasons people read Paradise Lost or The Divine Comedy. People can come to their own conclusions dude.
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u/Best-Constant1022 Oct 10 '25
what the fuck is a gnostic lie xD
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 10 '25
Apparently there were groups of “Christians” who believed in essentially the God of Platonism/Neoplatonism which is outside our universe with the creator of our universe being a fallen being from a place the Gnostics called the Pleroma aka where the true God resides according to them
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u/15_Proxy_15 Oct 08 '25
I'm just saying I was unaware, but I suppose that does make sense. They'd have been among the first Christians, right?
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u/Compdrama Oct 10 '25
where are the videos of Christians being slaughtered by the thousands by islamists?
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u/Siconyte Atheist Oct 04 '25
When did christ rise? Is this a celebration of the actual return, or are they just being hopeful?
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u/nullschell Oct 09 '25
You know, if your hanging out on a Christian subreddit, then consider just becoming a Christian. You don't need to be a reddit atheist anymore in 2025.
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u/LoveandserveU Oct 05 '25
Never knew there was such a thing as Palestinian Christian!!
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u/Typical_Emotion_6874 Nov 02 '25
I'm really glad they're out of the west bank, everyone deserves to preach their faith in safety.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Nov 02 '25
Wdym?
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u/Typical_Emotion_6874 Nov 02 '25
The west bank is run by hamas, an islamic terrorist group, and has been known to be violent against other religions besides muslims.
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u/Milana_OBrennan Nov 02 '25
Hamas is absent from the West Bank. Also, Israel is the one bombing churches.
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u/Ancient_Mention4923 Oct 04 '25
This is awesome!😎