Cavaliers Head Coach Kenny Atkinson wins NBA Coach of the Year https://www.rawchili.com/nba/11858/ #atkinson #Basketball #Cavaliers #CavsNews #Cleveland #ClevelandCavaliers #ClevelandCavaliers #coach #fear #FrontPage #head #kenny #NBA #of #sword #the #wins #year

Were the Cavs settling for the wrong threes in Game 1 loss to Pacers? https://www.rawchili.com/nba/11232/ #Basketball #cavs #CavsAnalysis #CavsPlayoffs #fear #for #FrontPage #game #in #Indiana #IndianaPacers #IndianaPacers #loss #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #Pacers #PostgameBreakdowns #settling #sword #the #threes #To #were #wrong

I first saw this sign on the gate leading into a ranch while on a bike ride a few years ago. I should have taken a picture of it then, but riding past it this weekend (story on that to follow), I had another chance.

I'm 99% sure this was posted in reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests a few years ago. Here's the thing: this ranch is miles outside the nearest town, in a very right-wing part of Texas. There are not going to be civil-rights demonstrators within 50 miles of this place, ever.

This sign strikes me as both pathetic and scary. Imagine being so afraid of the world. Imagine wanting to signal to everyone just how afraid you are of the world, and the way you use your fear as fuel for hostility. But I have little doubt that whoever posted this sign goes around armed, and would probably shoot anyone who looks at him crosseyed. And as long as it happened in his home county, there's a good chance he'd get away with it.

#guns #fear

@Npars01 @GottaLaff @theogrin Was thinking more of frustrated lust and perversion, riding him with spurs and can’t be thrown off. #Age #Impotence #senility #DeathOnPaddedFeet #Fear

未来へ　У майбутнє
宇宙を駆け抜ける一筋の光
Я запрошую вас у світле завтра

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n483d318a69e2

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#ray #light #running #space #cut #abyss #future #horizon #road #filled #hope #invite #shining #tomorrow #fear #straight #color #chaos #calls #better #light #continue #reaches #never #end #rainbow #limit #life

Dear LNP, hey dumbos. Oz rejected #Racism #Fear #Division #Nuclear You need to find a leader with brain cells that are fully charged, otherwise just shut up shop.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:enzntcnnscd5v23v2wirk76m/post/3lofyfijhdc2r

15 Takeaways from Cavs disastrous shooting performance in Game 1 loss to Pacers https://www.rawchili.com/nba/10120/ #Basketball #Cavaliers #cavs #CavsAnalysis #CavsPlayoffs #Cleveland #ClevelandCavaliers #ClevelandCavaliers #disastrous #fear #from #FrontPage #game #in #loss #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #Pacers #performance #shooting #sword #takeaways #the #To

OK donc il n’y a plus de support client Free par message si tu n'installes pas What’s App. Je crois qu'il va falloir tester le support par téléphone... #fear

Whenever we feel fear it is because we are not living in present moment. We are fluctuating between two extremes past and future or powerful and weak etc.
God is always present means if we can live in present moment then god is with us! #fear #god #meditation #spirituality
https://open.substack.com/pub/joshuto/p/you-plus-god-is-majority-dc24e6c62116?r=1gxdhi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Letra de la canción “FEAR.” de Kendrick Lamar
#KendrickLamar #Fear
https://daletra.net/kendrick-lamar/letras/fear.html

Cavs vs Pacers Game 1 Preview: Start Time, TV, Line, and Injury Report https://www.rawchili.com/nba/8274/ #(tv #and #Basketball #cavs #CavsGamePreviews #CavsPlayoffs #fear #FrontPage #game #Indiana #IndianaPacers #IndianaPacers #injury #line #NBA #NBAPlayoffs #Pacers #preview #report #start #sword #the #time #vs

It’s time for hate-based Christianity to be stopped!

Some recent media reports indicated that just prior to his passing, the late Pope Francis wrote Catholic bishops warning them not to fall for the Christian doctrine being touted by some in the current American administration, especially regarding immigration. This post will go one further. It’s not just interpretations that are the problem, it is hate-based doctrines being pushed by some Christians pitting people against one another.

As one who was raised Christian, and who has explored many facets of the religion for more than a half-century, the unfortunate increase in hateful pseudo-Christianity is hard to fathom.

Instead of preaching love and forgiveness, far too many churches have evolved into a hate-based theocracy. Nearly as bad is the prosperity gospel that claims you are rewarded monetarily for being a good Christian. It’s almost like those weird television preachers of late-night programming from our youth have somehow found an audience.

And whenever a thoughtful counter-response is expressed by those who still preach love-based beliefs, it is too often drowned-out or ridiculed by naysayers at the highest levels of government, media, and even religion. Case in point was the vitriol aimed at Bishop Budde of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. after she advocated for compassion and mercy by the new administration.

So many 21st century Christians, especially men, are now sounding vengeful, hateful, inconsiderate, and fear-mongering. Immigrants, minorities, the poor, the unhoused, gays, those of other beliefs, and even women are being singled out and vilified. Anyone or anything that is somehow perceived as contrary to the a “white men are right” gospel have become fair game to many evangelists, priests, pastors, preachers, and parishioners.

Did any of these people actually read the New Testament? Do they know what the Beatitudes are? What grace is? Do they realize Jesus was from the Middle East and was not white? Or is it just easier (and lazier) to become a successful ministry by pushing a hate-based doctrine? This is certainly NOT the Christianity most of us grew up with.

It used to be said that one cannot act one way on Sunday and then behave another way the rest of the week. Well, today, bad behavior seems to be a week-long activity amongst some Christians. And with their easy-to-use “get out of sin jail free card” always available through confession or repentance, why should bad actors even worry about how they behave? All they have to do is confess or apologize and everything suddenly becomes hunky dory — despite how many people they harmed, hurt, or betrayed. Frankly, at some point, there has to be some form of “divine justice” for serial hate-mongers within Christianity at the time they are behaving that way. Otherwise, the faith gradually loses its credibility in the public realm.

Generally, it is believed that comeuppances for bad behavior here on Earth take place after death, as we were taught in Sunday School (a.k.a. Hell or Purgatory). However, Karma is a useful concept from Eastern religions that helps one cope with so much of the free-flying crapola taking place in the world these days.

Some might argue that believing in Karma is counter to Christianity. Perhaps, but, nearly every major religion does have some principle that relates to actions having consequences, including Christianity. Furthermore, how is Karma’s belief in “a law of cause and effect” different from the following?

• The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you;”
• Galatians 6:7. “for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap;” or
• Matthew 7:18: “A good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit;”
• Newton’s Third Law: “each action has an equal and opposite reaction;”
• Or even the old adage of: “What goes around, comes around.”

Once again, it seems that the ever-present “get out of sin jail free card” is the single biggest enabler of hate-based Christians. Why behave on Earth when eternity in Heaven is promised to those who eventually repent? Please explain how such a belief system improves life on Earth right here, right here and right now?

• Hate doesn’t end poverty.
• It doesn’t solve crimes or end wars.
• It certainly does not solve racism, bigotry, or injustice.
• Hate does not reduce sin.
• And hate absolutely does NOT promote peace, love, and understanding.

Meanwhile, living a mindful, loving, empathetic, and compassionate life while we are here on Earth would go a long way towards easing the hate-filled atmosphere pervading so much of our country and planet. All we have to do is be nice, be kind, and show others grace. Why is that so hard?

Peace!

#Buddhism #Christianity #compassion #doctrine #empathy #fear #gospel #hate #hope #inclusiveness #karma #love #mindfullness #peace #religion #theocracy #understanding

The Hidden #Fear That Keeps People #Religious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Ut6PXChYM

#sundayschool #religion #christianity #atheist

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), a massive biomedical-research funder that also employs thousands of scientists at its own laboratories,
🔥is “totally broken and non-functional right now”,
according to a principal investigator at the NIH who asked for anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
“We can’t #hire people. We can’t #recruit people. We can’t #talk to people on the outside. We cannot #travel,” they say.

Other government scientists, say that they can’t afford #publication #fees or the #supplies they need to process lab samples.
At the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
— which monitors Earth’s oceans and atmosphere and provides weather forecasting services
— some scientists cannot do fieldwork because many of the contractors they have historically worked with have been #furloughed.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Government Efficiency, effectively run by billionaire Elon Musk, has been sowing #fear among federal workers with its visits to various agencies, threatening possible workforce cuts and more.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01245-2

#beer #words #quote #fear

NBA Reacts Survey: Cavs fans predict a dominant Round 2 vs Pacers https://www.rawchili.com/nba/7165/ #a #Basketball #cavs #dominant #fanduel #fans #fear #FrontPage #NBA #NbaReacts #Pacers #predict #reacts #round #survey #sword #the #vs

Watch a Man Who’s #Terrified of #Heights Confront His #Fear Head-On

https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/watch-a-man-whos-terrified-of-heights-confront-his-fear-head-on/87691879/

“Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than to be loved” -Niccolo Machiavelli

#philosophy #philosopher #wisdom #politicalphilosophy #truth #fear #love #philosophyquotes #machiavelli #realism #politics

https://blog.philoblognotes.com/2025/04/a-summary-of-machiavellis-political.html?m=1

I kinda wish there was more #focus on the fact that, no matter what the excuses are, children - CHILDREN - in the United States of America are being handcuffed.

W - H - A - T
T - H - E
F - U - C - K
?

#Fear is a hell of a #drug.