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Pope Francis Replaces Jesus with Mary

ReformationCharlotte.org, 3/25/21, “Pope Francis Replaces Jesus with Mary, Says She Is the ‘Bridge to God’” [Excerpts]: When the Reformers held that the pope of Rome was the anti-Christ, it is becoming increasingly evident that they were right. The office of the pope, according to Roman Catholic dogma, has always been regarded as the representative office of Christ on Earth—the “Vicar of Christ”—which is diametrically opposed to the teaching of Scripture.

Nothing could be more clear in Scripture than this: Christ sits at the right hand of God (Acts:7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
See All...–56; Romans:8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
See All...; Ephesians:1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
See All...; Colossians:3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
See All...; Hebrews:1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
See All...; Hebrews:8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
See All...; Hebrews:10:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
See All...; Hebrews:12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
See All...; 1 Peter:3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
See All...; Revelation:3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
See All...; Matthew:22:44The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
See All...; Acts:2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
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[On March 25, 2021) the pope declared Mary “the bridge joining us to God”—a title reserved for Christ alone. “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy:2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
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Cow Cuddling For Lonely Hearts

JewishReview.com, 3/11/21, “Cow cuddling has become a thing for lonely hearts in the pandemic.” [Excerpts]: Renee Behinfar lives alone in Scottsdale, Ariz. The pandemic has been painfully isolating for her and has left her longing for warmth and touch. On a recent afternoon, she finally was smothered in long-awaited hugs—by a 2,000-pound cow. “It was really my first real hug of the year,” said Behinfar, 43, a psychologist who sought out bovine comfort with a friend.   

People are signing up to hug cows at sanctuaries across the country, many desperate for affection as the nation approaches a full year of social distancing.... The farm has about 100 rescued farm animals, many with disabilities. Cow-cuddling sessions, which cost $75 an hour, are booked until July.

Owner Aimee Takaha says she gets around 20 calls a day about the service she has offered for five years. Business has picked up dramatically in the past year.

“They’re just like happy pills, just to be around,” she said of the cows.

In Hawaii, James Higgins runs the Krishna Cow Sanctuary on more than 40 acres of land on the Big Island with 67 cattle, including female cows, calves, bulls, and steers. He started offering $75 cuddling sessions about three years ago, and guests can even book through Airbnb.

In India and within Hinduism, cows have been revered for thousands of years, Higgins said. He said his Hare Krishna faith, a branch of Hinduism, motivates him to care for and protect cows. He said he often bonds with his guests, who are also in awe of the cow.

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Big Fish Fossil Recalls Big Flop

ICR.org, 3/11/21, “Big Fish Fossil Recalls Big Flop” [Excerpts]: One of the most famous living fossils is back in the news. The coelacanth is an endangered deep-sea fish. Its fins fit to unique wrist-like bones, and unique bony plates envelop what scientists call its lung, which is like the swim bladder that controls buoyancy in other fishes. A new coelacanth fossil-find measures more than double the size of live specimens while calling attention to outdated ideas about fossils.

Nineteenth-century fossil experts only knew about coelacanths from their fossils. Evolution’s supporters back then taught that its wrist-like bones were evolving into legs. It became famed as a transitional form—an example of evolution recorded in the fossils. Experts envisioned coelacanths clumsily creeping upon ancient beaches to gasp for air on their way to becoming land animals and eventually humans. However, its discovery in 1938 at a Madagascar fish market washed away the whole saga.

It turns out the coelacanth uses its unique limb bones to expertly swivel its fins in tight control of its body position. Since modern coelacanths use their fin-tied bones perfectly well at 500 feet below the sea’s surface—nowhere near land—advocates could no longer use the creature to support evolution.

The university news wrote, “It was found next to a pterodactyl, which proves it lived in the Cretaceous era—66 million years ago.” Prior to 1938, one could have asserted that coelacanth fossils prove pterodactyls lived only in a Cretaceous or earlier era. Instead, the then-unthinkable discovery of the fish still alive disproved that coelacanths belonged to any particular era.

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