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swanqueenisendgameyo:

rhythmviolence:

honestly missionaries are evil. the idea of traveling the world to tell people Who Didnt Fucking Ask that their beliefs are wrong in the hopes that theyll adopt your beliefs seems sinister

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: “If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?”

“No,” said the priest, “not if you did not know.”

“Then why,” asked the Inuit earnestly, “did you tell me?”

~Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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shortviolet:

most iconic things shane madej has said in buzzfeed unsolved 

  •  “yeah, that rings a bell or two, that shakes a tambourine.” 
  • “let me spin you a yarn, that you shan’t soon forget. I’m being eaten alive by crabs right now.” 
  • “I’M STRAAAANGE, AND OFF-PUTTING !” 
  • “I’m disrespectful, but I’m talking to dust and cobwebs.” 
  • “HOW DARE YOU DISPOSE OF MY BODY” 
  • “Cops in the 70s were like, oh you just killed someone ? You got 20 bucks ?” 
  • Everything he said on Goatman’s Bridge. 
  • *imitating a man claiming to be D.B Cooper on his deathbed* “I have something to tell you…… I’m the phantom of the skyyyyyyy” 
  • *laying down on a pentagram* “ROCK N ROLL, BUCKAROO” 
  • “Look I’m not here as a doctor. I just wanna see some of this crazy shit.” 
  • “You better watch out or Yankee Jim will give you some taffy. Some folks say they hear him playing a jolly little kazoo tune in the middle of the night.” 

A Dutch church has been conducting religious services for 27 days to protect a refugee family

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beachdeath:

For the past 27 days, a small Protestant church in The Hague has been conducting round-the-clock religious services to protect an Armenian refugee family from deportation.

By law, police officers in The Netherlands are not allowed to enter places of worship during religious services. So, reverends from around the country have taken turns holding services at Bethel Church to prevent officials from arresting the Tamrazyan family, who have been in The Netherlands for nine years. 

“By giving hospitality to this family, we could give them time and place to [demonstrate] to the secretary of state the … urgency of their situation,” Theo Hettema, chairman of the General Council of Protestant Ministers says.

A Dutch church has been conducting religious services for 27 days to protect a refugee family