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Cirsium

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46. Strange, isn't it?

Reply to TNNurse (Reply #41)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:38 PM

Wednesday

I was at a AOG service a while back. No hymns, no sermon, no scripture - just right wing political rants. Once in a while some one would leap to their feet and yell "praise Jesus!" It was a fascist rally masquerading as a church service.

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